Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Longwood Gardens


My beautiful sister at Longwood Gardens. (Yep canders this shot did make it into my blog :) )

Candy decided to take a vacation day and wanted to do something fun with me and my girls. My friend Courtney told me how much fun she and her family had at Longwood Gardens so Candy and I decided to go. It was an hour drive, but well worth it. It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! They had all types of gardens, but the girls favorite part was their indoor children's fountain garden. Thanks Canders for a fabulous day out! It was just what we all needed.

The girls loved this place. This video is mainly for my mom who keeps asking to see more footage of Madeline walking. She is practically running now :)


This is 10x more beautiful in person!!!


There was an enormous dragon fountain with water coming out of it's mouth. You could take a paintbrush and paint the walls of the room. The girls went crazy! Gigi was pretty proud of herself for writing her name with water.


This was by far Gigi's favorite part of the day. A wall with water! She and Madeline got drenched sticking their heads, arms, etc into it!


We loved the topiary gardens. I think this one is a dog, but Gigi is sure it's a bunny. What do you think?


Gigi being a statue. All day long she kept stopping and would then pose like this to be a statue. Funny girl.


We all loved walking around. The girls really adore their aunt Candy. I can't blame them, she's pretty darn cool!


Madeline could not get enough of the fountains!



Gigi hanging out in a chair just her size.


The hidden "castle" that Gigi found. We were hoping to find Sleeping Beauty there, but found some massive bells there instead.

6 comments:

Tiffany said...

Looks like so much fun. We are so excited to see you guys in a couple of weeks.

John-n-Mel said...

love watching them walk. So cute as they find their feet. LOVE the picture of you and the girls in front of the fountain. will you email it to me?

Emily said...

That looks amazing. Candy has a way of finding the best places to go!

Rachel said...

That place looks so beautiful! Where was it? Aren't you so glad it's Springtime now!?

SydneyMin said...

I had a ton of fun! Thanks :)

Katie Parent said...

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing.