Christmas Vacation 2010

The 3 of us went on a much needed mini vacation last weekend to Williamsburg, VA.
We left in the AM and got down to VA around lunchtime.
I found a quick and easy parking place, and realized as we left that
I had parked my car illegally on Duke of Gloucester street next to the church.
(There were several cars ahead of me that i followed in and parked...
apparently they must have been residents unloading)
Oh well still a great spot and no ticket!

For those who don't know Colonial Williamsburg...
I used to travel there almost every year with my parents, either in the hot hot summer.
Or the freezing Christmastime.
My favorite time is Christmas there b/c each house decorates in the Colonial style
of fruits and feathers and other creative wreaths.
So I will update another day when kenn has finished with some of the door pictures.
For now you have to suffer with mine.

So right after we got there I took B into a shop and he picked out a metal Flute.
I was hesitant and didn't get it, but at the next shop he pointed it out again so I purchased it.
It was really a good buy b/c it kept him busy for the rest of the trip there.

This is what he did...

He would go in front of every house and stand directly infront of the door
and blow as loud as he could a single "toot" at the door.
Then proceed to the next one.
Once I figured out the pattern it was hilarious.

By this point it was early afternoon and he hadn't had a nap so he was starting to get sleepy.
Kenn carried him a bit.
I love the picture below

Below is how B kept trying to "ride" kenn.

A example of the beautiful decorations

After a late lunch we headed over to our "special hotel"
the Great Wolf Lodge.
Now, we didn't tell Brandon where we were going all week b/c
1) We wanted it to be a surprise
2) We figured if he knew he wouldn't want to go to Colonial Williamsburg

So we checked in and below are the pictures of the special room B got.

next to our bedroom was a childrens room with a bunkbed and a TV.
B still is referring to this as his "new room".

He was SO excited to have his very own remote and TV.
As he was changing the channels he stopped here and yelled
"OHHH GOLF"

He slept on the bottom bunk b/c i was afraid he'd fall out.
but we allowed him to watch TV on the top bunk.
This picture is from the next Am, as soon as he got up
he was back up there.

When i was packing for the trip b saw the bathing suits on the bed and asked me
"Mom why are you packing that"
me- "i dunno"
B- "is there going to be a pool or something?'
Me- " maybe"

So after exploring our room, I tell him to get his bathing suit on and we head out.
Below is his first reaction...

Now I hate to leave you hanging but this is an indoor waterpark.
It was FANTASTIC!
My pictures suck and didnt come out b/c the flash didnt work with the lighting.
So once again you will have to wait for Kenns pictures.

First they climbed up this big huge play area, then he went to the childrens area and went down the acorn slides. (below)

With this area we just sat and watched, he went on it over, and over, and over, and over.
He started to go down the slide on his tummy and then midway FLIP over onto his back.
He was a pro at this area.

After a couple of hours we went back showered and headed out to see the rest of the resort.
He found his second favorite place.

After dinner they had a special childrens show and story time with the kids all in their PJS.
Now I thought this place would be empty on a sunday night but apparently there was a large group from the home schooled children.
(kenn said he could tell they were homeschooled kids just by watching them)

Lobby

B's special drink at dinner

This is the clock tower where they had an animatronic show.

you can't even see all the people in this picture

then at the end of the show it began to "snow"

After that all the kids turned to the fire place and listened to a story about
their knock off reindeer.
(reindeer and fire place on right, B and I are on the very bottom left)

Below we are right in the middle

The next day we got up, B looked out the window and kenn said "hey its snowing"
I said "No its not" and to my surprise it was...
That really was the perfect ending,
watching the beautiful snow fall outside as we went down water slides.

After we got up we had breakfast
(B said it was his favorite breakfast ever b/c it had all his favorite foods.
Cereal, bananas, waffles, and a donut)

Then we got back into the waterpark where we went down the ADULT inter-tube water slides with brandon. (at least 6 times in a row)
We also took part in the water basketball court, a wave pool, hot tubs (kenns favorite), lazy river and back to the kiddie slides.

As we left I took a picture of the snow falling outside.
We decided we are going to go back and do this trip every Dec.
(Kenn said it has to snow though)

We had lunch at Sonic (Yeah)
and a 1/2 hr into the trip this was B

It was a PERFECT trip.