There was a big Christmas event at Cook’s Children’s Medical Center that involved lighting up all the trees as well as the topiary animals. Santa rode in on a fire truck with police escort. The middle of the event had a surprisingly long fireworks display, and for the rest of the night, kids had a chance to push the button to set off the remaining fireworks.

My camera and D.’s handled the lights different. Mine focused on the lights, as seen on Rabbit above; his focused on the objects, as seen on Rabbit below:

This girl was adorable; it’s too bad you can’t post pictures of strangers’ kids’ faces online:

So sad, though this time I’m the only one without a tail:

The rest of the trees light up, too, but they’re all flashing on and off; it was about a dozen shots before I could get this many lit up at once:

To see the other animals, the grounds, and the rest of the shots from the night, my gallery is here: http://www.nordahlia.com/?page_id=885