A Late Christmas Present

Forecast ed to arrive late Christmas Day, it wasn't wasn't until early the next morning the white stuff started to arrive. Like a blizzard the wind blew and the snow fell all day long. We got out in it for a while that evening after the flakes had slowed some. Sophie was so happy to wake up from her nap and find Taylor there ready to play in the snow with her. From snow angels to sledding we all had a great time. Charlie, Drake, and Holden stayed that night. We had yummy hot chocolate when we came in and everyone played with the games Santa had brought Sophie for Christmas. Oh it was so much fun.


The next day we ventured out again. Taylor and Ryan came over and of course the four wheeler was at full force again. Sophie and her daddy built a snowman while mommy watched from the warmth of the living room. (already had a nasty cold) I made two batches of snow cream. Neither one made it to the freezer. It was a wonderful end to the Christmas Season.

It's Christmas!!!

WoW! What a wonderful Christmas Season! On Christmas Eve we drove to Grantsboro to see Grandma. Sophie fell asleep on the ride home, which in turn made for a late night.




She was so excited about making cookies for Santa. He probably had a sugar rush when he left our house that night. Over the past couple of months if you asked Sophie what she wanted Santa to bring her she'd quickly respond "Santa's gonna bring my bike!" Welp, he came through. And a pink one at that. Her face that morning was priceless. She tore through presents, but made sure she said thank you after each one. Such manners!



We had visitors through out the day. Sophie was just so excited. Trying to get her to take a nap that day was impossible.



That evening when we loaded up to go to Papa's, which is only 15 minutes away.....she crashed!! So we let her get a little refresher nap in before waking her up for the next round of Christmas. Papa always goes overboard and this year the favorite was definitely the MobiGo.

More of Williamsburg

So on the third morning we were really lazy. Got up later. Went to Ihop. Come back. Got lazier. William and Chris went shopping. Kids took naps. Then we were off to Colonial Williamsburg again. Dinner this evening was an experience all of it's own. It was getting late. I wanted to just go ahead and eat. I could not even tell you the name of this FORMAL, EXPENSIVE, french looking place. CHris's crowd got up and left. We decided to try it. VERY different. Funny thing is, I LOVED it. NO one else did. William order duck and I had the pigeon. I'll let the pictures do the talking.



After that we hit some shops and headed back in. The next morning we packed up and headed to the Outlets Malls. Did just a little shopping, because my cold was getting worse. On the ride home Sophie's famous words, "Mommy, I don't want to go home." "You don't!" I replied. "NO!!I want to go on vacation again!"

Williamsburg ....Day Two

The second day started with the opening of gifts. Our tradition has been to do it in the morning and normally at the beginning of the vacation so the kids have some new toys to play with. Sophie got lots of dress up clothes from Neenie and Aunt Christy gave her yet another beautiful outfit.


Later that morning we spent some time in the pool. Our little water bugs did not want to get out, but after informimg Sophie that we needed to go get our naps so we could go back to Christmas Town that night, there was no more fussing!



That night was spent mostly riding rides. We ate at the Smoke House and that was good food. Not too expensive either. We also saw Rejoice which was a very nice musical. The kids weren't really into it, but it didn't last that long either. I introduced Sophie to hot chocolate that night. She's now a big fan. Tonight we turned in a little early as Sophie started to get moody that evening. And let's face it. If she's not happy, why bother.