Festival of Lights

I started using Groupon, and I found one for the Festival of Lights down in Galveston at Moody Gardens. It was for 1/2 price admission, so I bought it. I didn't really pay attention to the fact that it was only able to be used on the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving. Cory had already planned on going hunting, so I was on my own if I wanted to go. It sounded like something I could do with all the girls, so I decided to go for it. Shane and Dana were taking the boys on Saturday, so I thought I would try to hook up with them. The girls and I got loaded up in the car around 2:30 and headed down to Galveston. We also had tickets to a craft show down there, so I thought we would do that first. I had never been down to Moody Gardens, so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I thought there would probably be places for us to hang out until the light tour started. We got down there, and it was quite a little compound down there. There is a huge hotel, convention center, and all the museums and theaters. The craft show was super hard to maneuver through with the big, huge stroller, so I decided to get the heck out of there before we broke a $100 glass sculpture! I couldn't figure out how to get over to the outside part, but we eventually found a door. The problem, there were only stairs to get down, about 15 of them. I was holding Brooke, and Adilyn and Kacy were in the stroller. I told the girls to get out of the stroller, and I attempted (one-handed) to drag the stroller down the stairs. It was a pretty dangerous venture, but we survived. We found a little park to play at, but the girls had to go to the bathroom pretty quickly after getting there. We loaded back up in the stroller and went to the main area. It was insane there!!! After the restroom, we went back out to the park, but they had closed it. There was a sign that said it closed at 5pm, but I didn't believe them. I told the girls that we were just going to ignore the sign and play anyway. When we went to go back to the park a guy stopped us and told us that we couldn't go because it was closed. Adilyn said, "I guess you can't break the rules when you get stopped by a guard!" Life lessons were learned! :) Finally we decided to find a place to eat our snacks and hang out. After eating, we got in line for the light tour. The Hrobars were running a little behind, so we decided to get started. It was a little chilly, so the girls got all bundled up. I put Brooke in her carrier, and the big girls snuggled in the stroller. It was a lot of fun! We just walked the trails and saw the light display, then we stopped and got some kettle corn and watched a guy juggle and do other silly things. Adilyn and Brooke seemed to really like it, Kacy, at one point said, "Are we going home soon?" Nice...It was pretty funny to hear all the people's comments to me. "Got your hands full?" or "Hey, I'll strap mine on your back, if you need one more!" Luckily, the girls were all very good. There were no meltdowns, no emergencies, and no issues! I am very glad we went to get us all in the holiday spirit!