Yesterday I visited Longwood Gardens with my friend and her two blue-eyed boys.  Although we've never selected a particular date to meet up, we've been meeting up at Longwood for three years now since her first son was a baby!  So it's sort of developed into our little tradition.  It's always nice to catch up with a friend and watch the kids get excited for new things.  And it's even better when you're catching up at beautiful location!  Longwood Gardens has their conservatory and outdoor gardens set up for Christmas now so everything is festive and lit!  We got there a little after lunch so made it in before the mad rush of people.  We stayed till early evening... long enough for the lights to turn on and for the boys' energy levels to turn off! 

The first "tree" below reminds me of a fancy themed wedding cake...

And I had to do a montage because there were just way too  many photos!