Williamsburg Christmas Trip

On the day after Christmas we took an overnight trip to Williamsburg with Grandma Holly. The drive was long but DVDs in the car kept the kids occupied for more than six straight hours  (what a treat!).

First stop: Busch Garden's Christmas Town!

The whole park was covered in lights and decorated for Christmas!

The kids enjoyed warming their hands by a huge fire.

Singing Christmas carols in the England themed section of the park.

The kids loved that each section of the park had its own color scheme - yellow here.

The Christmas show in Germany.

We stayed at the Staybridge Suites and I've gotta put in a plug. NICE place! Reasonably priced, yummy breakfast (not just bagels and danish), super comfortable beds and an excellent staff. Nice job Staybridge!

Funny story. When we got to our rooms there was a laminated note on our bed from the Staybridge General Manager thanking us for our stay. Christopher immediately found a piece of paper and wrote a reply thank you note, thanking them for cleaning our room. On the way out he asked to speak to the General Manager and, very business like, handed her the note. They LOVED it and treated him with respect (and didn't laugh or even giggle at my serious little boy).

We wanted to take the kids to historic Williamsburg for day two of our trip but it was cold and raining so we went to the Virginia Living Museum instead. Highly recommend!! It was like a nature center on steroids! Lots of things to look at and everything was hands on.

Christopher did NOT want to pose with this statue!

This otter was attracted to Hannah's bright pink shirt and swam past 15+ times!

Posing with the alligator.

Posing with the alligator.

SNAKE!!!

Wooly Mammoth tooth.

Christopher was all about touching the sea creatures. Hannah, not so much.

Enormous fish!

On the way home we came out of the clouds and found this beautiful rainbow. Thanks God!