Saturday, December 6, 2008

Winter Festival of Lights


We trekked up north and across the border to check out Niagara Falls and the Winter Festival of the Lights last night. Put on by the Niagara Parks commission, they have amazing light displays and fireworks at the end of the evening.
We hiked all around the area and about froze but it was fun!

This flag is pretty neat, it changes between a Canadian Flag and an American one depending on what angle you are viewing it at.


Did I mention it was COLD? The Minolta Tower showed the temp as a balmy -13C...that's 8 degrees to us NYers.



Just look at the rosey cheeks!!!
















They have a big Disney light display with scenes from the movies. Victoria loved the Princesses.



Beauty and the Beast



Of course the Disney Faeries




Not to mention Arial.
We wandered through a lovely greenhouse. It reminded me of that scene from Frosty where he takes Karen into the greenhouse to keep her warm until Santa comes to take her back home. It was so peaceful to walk through the warm, fragrant flowers. This Nativity scene was nestled among the plantings.














Santa took time out from his busy schedule to see the girls. He was amazing and even took the time to talk to them, find out what they wanted and to whisper in their ears about being kind all year and that his favorite kind of cookies were chocolate chip and would they please leave him some with milk on Christmas eve.






















The Misty Gang....




















The evening ended with a beautiful fireworks display over the falls...




2 comments:

Cara said...

Looks like an awesome time!! Miss you guys!

Pooh's Pics said...

Look at Vix! She's so grown up looking in that pink coat! Oh, such a big girl. Stop growing!

And she got to see SANTA! How exciting! Chew on their cheeks for me!