On Saturday of our weekend of holiday festivities, we slept in and had a leisurely morning. The kids were so excited that it was warm out they dug out their shorts and tank tops and had a picnic lunch in the side yard!
Later in the afternoon I wanted to take everyone for a bike ride since it was so warm. My husband was even able to join us, which was a real treat! But we knew it would probably be painful for him later. It was a beautiful morning and then some ominous clouds came out as we started on our bike ride.
We rode up to the Gouveia Vineyards near our house and drove through the vineyard and to the lake. It was a lot of fun for us to have him join us and to all get outside during the spring-like winter weather.
After the ride, we had dinner and my parents and brother met us at our house to follow us to Goodwin Park in Hartford for the Holiday Light Fantasia! Heidi told me she was volunteering there that night so we wanted to make sure we could see her! We were lucky she was manning the ticket booth we went to!
We were so impressed with the lights at this park! We had been to Fantasy of Lights in East Haven once or twice, but these lights blew them away. I also appreciate that the donations from the lights is going to the Channel 3 Kids Camp. If you are looking for festive things to do for the holidays, check out the three things we did this past weekend. Some are free and some only require a small donation towards charity. We went to Hubbard Park in Meriden, Goodwin Park Holiday Light Fantasia in Hartford and Gillette Castle in East Haddam.
Enjoy the slide show of the lights at Goodwin Park!
The night wouldn’t be complete without a little shenanigans. As soon as we got off the highway to head to our house I took a very quick detour to Beaumont Farms to get some photos of the new holiday decorations that farm owner put up for this year’s display.
