Longwood Gardens Dec 2013

We had such a great time a few years back my parents decided to go with us this year 

to see the light display at Longwood Gardens. 

We figured with Lily who is so fascinated with lights it would be perfect. 

We purchased the timed tickets a good month in advance and well we apparently we chose poorly.

Lily got a double ear infection a few days before we left, we still thought it would be ok since she had antibiotics in her system for 2 days or so...

In addition the forecast was calling for snow, we thought hey its only like 3 miles from the hotel...

So we get up to the area, have lunch and then check in to the hotel and get lily a nap.

Everything is working well...

Get to the gardens and see the beautiful inside areas

(as always these pix are with my camera so not the best example)

 Lily in her snowsuit with GrandRuss

It started to snow while we were there. It was beautiful!

Then Lily fell asleep just as we finished up the inside.. We didn't want to wake her to go outside.

So we decided to run over to the restaurant and eat dinner while she slept and then it would be dark and we could see the outside lights. 

 She did sleep through dinner, then just as we were packing up to go she woke up.

And she was not happy. 

When we got outside this time the snow was coming down HARD.

I was the only one in snow boots... they were plowing but it was still a lot.

we started to walk and Lily just was not having any part of it. 

At this point Kenn and my mother couldn't take pictures outside anyway so Kenn so sweetly said he would take Lily back to the hotel and the rest of us (in my dads car) could finish up.

We walked for maybe 5 more minutes and decided it was just too snowy and should leave also.

I was able to get 1 picture in the snow. the rest was so hard the camera could only focus on the snowflakes

On the way out Brandon broke something in the gift shop and we knew the night was complete.

The snow was so bad getting home both kenn and my dad had issues getting to the hotel.

We ended getting back around the same time, put Lily to bed and then the bad snow storm turned to rain.

An hour late the roads were completely fine so we used the free babysitter to take Brandon out to see

"Frozen" at the local movies. It was really really good!

 (all the while my sweet parents were stuck with no cable at the hotel due to the weather)

Lily woke up like 2x that night in the hotel and we had one more small mishap in the parking lot involving a luggage cart and a Lexus and we then went home.  

Overall we all still had a great time even if it was exactly as we planned. There is always next year!