Holidays at Old Westbury Gardens

One of the great things that I love about living on Long Island is that there are so many different activities that we can do as a family. As I mentioned back in August, Carey discovered that we can borrow museum passes from our local library. (Remember when we went to the Cradle of Aviation museum in August? Abby loved it!) On Labor Day this year, we took Abby to Old Westbury Gardens, an historic house with beautiful grounds. They're known for their rose gardens, we which didn't get to see in bloom, but that is definitely on my list for next spring! Old Westbury Gardens decorates for the holidays, so we borrowed the library pass again this weekend and decided to go see the beautiful decorations. Little did we know, Santa was also going to be there!

The house


The Christmas trees on the enclosed porch


Mommy and Daddy sitting with Abby while she enjoys a cookie and apple juice. (They also had hot cider for mommy and daddy!)


Abby was a bit afraid of Santa at first...


...but she warmed up after he told her a few stories. Abby was very excited to tell Santa that she wants a stuffed snowman for Christmas!


Abby thought it was so funny that the little kids were giving the reindeer a bath. She especially liked the bubbles in the bathtub. :-)


I loved the decorations by the fireplace in the drawing room. It makes me wish we had a fireplace in our house!


Standing outside of the enclosed porch, watching the toy train circle the Christmas trees.


Abby loved looking at the statue of the kitty that also looked like a lady!


Of course, Abby decided to walk through the only six feet of snow left on the entire grounds. Without her snow boots on. Good grief...


The Ngs beside the duck pond

Overall, we had a great time. The rooms were beautifully decorated for the holidays, the grounds are always fun to explore (even when no flowers are in bloom), and we found an ornament for our Christmas tree. Once again, I'm so thankful that Carey discovered the free museum passes at the library - the Ngs had a great day!