magnolias!

We made our annual visit to see the blooming magnolia trees at the Haupt Garden on Monday night. Although it had been a pretty warm day, it turned out to be a windy and chilly evening. The kids didn't seem to mind and ran around nonstop as usual.

The first thing Oliver did was climb into the empty fountains. It made our evening much more enjoyable to not have any water features to worry about with that kid.

The girls were quick to turn this into a stage and perform a few shows.

It's fun to look back at previous years and see how things have changed. Last year Amelia was more than happy to come up with poses for the camera and Elsa refused. This year was the opposite. Amelia had little interest (minus the one photo above) and Elsa was requesting her photo be taken at various places around the garden.

Some of my favorite pictures from last year's visit: