Camping during Christmas time has become something we've done quite often. We've got all the festive lights to decorate the outside of our camper and plenty of Santa hats and twinkling necklaces to decorate ourselves. However the inside of the camper was missing something - but Al came through with a present for the family to help change that.
The boys thought it was so clever that Al would bring a gift two days before Christmas and it added just the right amount of holiday cheer to the camper. Add to that the Yule Log playing on a loop on the tv with Christmas tunes to accompany it and we had ourselves a festive abode in the woods.
We enjoyed a nice stroll through downtown Williamsburg and enjoyed seeing everything decorated for the holidays. Candles in the windows, fresh wreaths on the doors, and a perfect excuse to visit the local candy store. Adam was so excited to dive into that caramel and chocolate apple - and it did not disappoint.
What did disappoint was our timing on arriving at Christmas Town - apparently we arrived when the rest of the world had also planned on arriving - oops! I guess Busch Gardens at Christmas is all that it's cracked up to be considering the line of cars - but we don't know for sure as we decided as a family to bail out on the 45+ minute wait to just get into the parking lot - and opted for quiet evening in our festive camper building a gingerbread house instead.
I have to say - I kind of liked it. The boys did a great job working together to build and decorate the house and I was proud of myself for just sitting back and letting them do what they wanted with it - relinquishing control isn't my strong suite - but that evening in the camper was one of my fondest memories from the entire Christmas season. It's funny how life works out that way sometimes.
On Christmas Eve we packed up the camper and headed home to continue the festivities...
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