Christmas camping in Williamsburg...

Part of the perks of our season passes to Busch Gardens was entry into the infamous Christmas Town event at the park. We figured we ought to take advantage so we planned one last camping trip at the Williamsburg KOA for the year so we could see what all the Christmas Town fuss was all about.

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...

Scary Busch Gardens...

We spent a very warm (boo!) weekend in Williamsburg in early October with friends (more on that later) and used it as an excuse to get another use out of our season tickets to Busch Gardens. This time we were greeted by a "scary" version of the park - well, we didn't go at night when it's really scary - but the decorations throughout did make for a more spooky visit. 

The park wasn't too crowded and even though it felt like it was the middle of July we did get to hit all our favorite rides and even took in the animal shenanigans show which did not disappoint. 

It was a great day but our fun weekend was just getting started! 

Spring Break: Easter...

We spent Easter at the Williamsburg KOA last year and had such a wonderful time that it was easy to make the decision to stay there once again this year. They do such a great job of providing fun activities throughout the weekend to add that special something to the holiday. 

The first item on the agenda was a visit from the Easter Bunny - of course as we learned last year she's really just a weird female bunny rabbit who is a bit odd if we're being honest. Adam was still excited - sort of - to get a balloon animal from her - he opted for a Pirate's Parrot and it was cute - but honestly, she's a bit scary. Needless to say - Harper kept his distance. :) 

Also on the agenda was the petting zoo. The kids had a great time with this. Harper was in awe of the animals and enjoyed kissing on them and petting them. Of course Adam was also intrigued and had fun watching his little brother partake in the fun. They also got to see the real "Easter Bunny." (or was it?) 

Happily since they met with the real Easter Bunny on Saturday he knew where to find them on Easter morning. The boys had such great baskets waiting for them filled with all kinds of treasures. Adam was most excited about the DVD copy of "Rogue One" and Harper was thrilled to find bubbles and fruit pouches (ok, Harper was thrilled with all of the colorful goodness.) Regardless, it was a happy Easter morning and we were thrilled that the Easter Bunny decided to gift Adam with a box of donuts as they made the perfect breakfast before we headed out for our third day of Busch Gardens fun! 

Busch Gardens on Easter is a hidden gem and while the drizzly weather from last year kept even more crowds away we still found the crowds on Easter Sunday to be minimal allowing for even more consecutive runs on the Loch Ness Monster, a father/son ride on the Autobahn roller coaster, and more fun rides for Harper to enjoy - that is before he fell asleep again. :) 

After a long day of fun at Busch Gardens we all got cleaned up and went for a nice Easter dinner at Bone Fish. We followed the up with an Easter Egg hunt around the camp site. Harper was loving ever moment of it and did a great job of finding eggs that his big brother was kind enough to leave behind. 

It was another memorable Easter weekend!