Blossoms of Light

The first weekend in December we drove down into Denver to go to the Botanic Gardens Blossoms of Light. This is similar to Zoo Lights, but we were able to go for free on opening weekend since we are members. We had to drive around for 20 minutes before we found a place to park a few blocks away. Then we had to wait in line for tickets for about 20 minutes. It was in the low 20s, but after 40 minutes standing around, we were all very cold, even though we were bundled up in hats and gloves.

However, when we finally got inside the gardens I decided it was worth it. Everything was beautiful. There were tons of lights, snow on the ground, and ice in the fountains and pond. It looked very magical. The kids loved it!

We had these glasses, similar to 3D glasses, that made all the lights look like snowmen. Erik and Lily thought these were great. Erik and Lily kept oohing and aahing at all the lights and Drew copied them a few times. I was worried Drew would get upset and want out of the stroller, but he did awesome. I think he likes looking at lights just as much as the other kids. He points and says "ooohhhh" whenever he sees Christmas lights. It's pretty cute. It took about an hour to go through the gardens, and we got home late, but we had a nice time together. It's just too bad they don't do this in July when it's warmer. They could change it to a Christmas in Summer event. :)

We could see this tree from the neighborhood we parked in.


One of the ice sculptures. They also had a sleigh and a snowman.






View across the pond.