Day 4 Jamestown & Williamsburg

I must say this area is very beautiful and definately worth visiting. Olivia dips her toes into the James River and they collected some sea shells
We saw a demonstration on how they made glass back in the day.

Here is a pic of the boats from a distance.

These are a few pics from Presidents Park - we tried to go there 3 times but they were never opened, so they may be permanently closed. This place is kind of neat, I could only get a few pics from the fence. This George Bush.

And of course, George Washington

Then, we spent a few hours walking around Colonial Williamsburg, which you don't really need a ticket for. This is the shoemakers house.

When we got in to town on Saturday, there were thousands of these tents set up, with the British invading and thousands of red coats.

This is the governors palace, set up for Governor Dunsmore era.

Day 3 Busch Gardens

Today we ventured out to Busch Gardens. They say the parks open at 10am, but for both parks we arrived at 9am got prime parking and got right in, no need to get there at 10am. The perfect torture chamber for my two kids, the messy one and the one who talks too much!


Our first stop was Sesame Street, where Lexi was very excited to go on her size rides. She even went on the roller coaster in this area with me and Olivia.

After Sesame Street, Olivia and I went on the Pompei Water Ride and barely got wet. So, I suggested we ride the Roamin Rapids..not knowing just how wet we were going to get. Here is Olivia, not very happy with me that she is drenched. We got stuck under the water fall and had water pouring down on us and our backpacks. Thus, my phone no longer working and my checkbook is in shreds...luckily the camera still worked. We didn't dry off until 6pm.

I am one of those moms that makes her kids get up with the dancers, here is Olivia doing the polka.

The kids playing in dragon eggs.

Here we are crossing the rainbow bridge with the pot of gold at the end in Ireland. Oh and the stroller, if you really thought I paid for that your crazy. After a few rides, I noticed a sign that said complimentary stroller if you left your stroller on the other side of the park due to going on sky ride or train. How Stupid!! So, instead of paying $16, I just picked one up here, there were plenty for everyone :)

Need I say more - Olivia pointed this "Male" horse out to me.

We finished the park by going back to Sesame Street's water spritzer where the kids just got dry to get soaked again.

We had a great time and when we got back to the hotel, we laughed our butts off because Wally's feet were dark brown, due to the dye coming out of her sandals onto her feet. The color is still wearing off...

Day 2 Water Country

Today we went to Water Country...luckily we got there one hour before they opened and stayed in line, got front row parking and prime seating at the wave pool. Everyone had a blast! We loved the Hubba Hubba Highway.

Wallis and the girls in the wave pool

Striking a pose! Love that the girls could wear life vests all day, was one less thing I had to worry about.
Playing at the Kiddie Korral

Olivia takes a rest

At the end of the day, waiting for their non a/c taxi to pick them up!

Not a lot of pictures from Water Country as I didn't have my camera on me at all times...we may go back another day and I will try to take more pics!

Once we got back to the hotel, the girls immediately went to the pool. Didn't make much sense to me, since we just spent the entire day in water. The pool actually looks good in this pic! It is very funny, the lounge chairs are missing straps and the plastic loungers are broken. Even the life ring is broken in pieces attached to a 100 year old rope. I guess we got what we paid for! Oh and those other people in pic to the right, are what you would called trailer trash...although very nice and gave us a lot of pointers, they actually work at the other hotel that these hotel owners own and came down to swim. He didn't mind sitting in the lounge chair with just a few straps because he was totally wasted!!

One of the pointers was to eat at CiCi's Pizza. For just $5.49 it was all you can eat salad, soup, pasta, pizza and desert, the kids ate for $3.49. It was so nice to meet "the people" at the pool. I guess I shouldn't have been making jokes about the No Tell Motel and how much this hotel was a dive, because they seemed to really be enjoying it.

Lexi eating apple pie pizza - YUMMY!

Olivia enjoying Mac and Cheese Pizza!

We will see what tomorrow brings at Busch Gardens, as you know it is always an adventure with us!

Day 1 Road Trip To VA

Our road trip began pretty uneventful, until we hit CT. Then, little Petulia Putt Putt decided she didn't like going up hills, and the engine light started blinking. I almost stopped there and headed for home, but I held my guns, talked nice to her and we continued on. We didn't hit much of any traffic... our first stop was about 3 hours in for a bathroom break and then we didn't stop for lunch until NJ, where I paid $3.64/ gallon for gas.

We were breezing right along, I was so excited to not hit any traffic, knowing I had to get through DC as quick as possible. Then, it hit us, like a ton of bricks....we were through DC just before 4pm...shot down the HOV lane...seeing everyone in the traffic jam....then BAM!!! there we were stuck in the friggin traffic for two hours with 95 degree heat and no air conditioning....we were melting....we finally started back up and rolled into the hotel at about 7:30pm....we should of made it no later than 5:30pm...UGGHH!!

The best part was when we got into Williamsburg and Wally was reading the map directions to the hotel...and all of a sudden I realized she was continuing reading in the TRIPTIK from AAA and was actually reading the directions on how to drive home from Williamsburg...

Well, we made it here and did I tell you we are staying at the No Tell Hotel....pretty much one of the worst hotels I have stayed in...but it is clean...just old....

and the best part Sat am was that the shower didn't work...thank goodness we were heading out to Water Country! Oh Yea--- the gas runs between $3.44-$3.49/gallon... whata barrrrgaaainnn

Camping In The Pouring Rain

So, I planned a Girl Scout Encampment for 200 people to attend...started planning back in January. This was going to be a great weekend...our theme was I'm A Survivor-I'm A Girl Scout...well someone forgot to notify mother nature that it wasn't suppose to pour rain....and man I mean pour rain from morning until night onto the next morning.

But the girls loved it...they played all their games outside in the pouring rain, they explored the woods and they even got to go boating in the pond in the pouring rain with a foot of water in their boat. We were true survivors and I have realized I hate camping!!! By the way, my troop is lodge certified, so we were in a building and very lucky our building had a kitchen a dining room and even a couch with two bathrooms.....I still hate camping...I don't get why in the world you would pack up all this stuff for a stay in the woods.....I just don't get it!

Dr Lexi

Lexi had her end of the year performance. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to attend but Nana and Papa attended. The highlight was that Lexi (the only girl in her class) was the doctor and all the boys (patients) were laying down sick. So to the song of Dr. Dr. Give Me The News...I have a bad case of loving you....she had to run around and wake them all up (heal them). Too Funny!

Mystic Aquarium

Lexi Turns 5 Years Old!