Colonial Williamsburg

We spent the last two days at Colonial Williamsburg...what a wonderful place! There were houses and gardens to go through (we stuck to the gardens), animals to see and wave to (Z loved this!), people to talk to, and reenactments to watch. The first day, we tried to take the shuttle from the visitor center, not knowing there was a walkway. Weeeeelllllll, let's just say, it didn't make Z a happy camper. It was so rough on the bus that when we were leaving a restaurant, we overheard someone say, "there's the kid who didn't like the bus". Apparently, Z made quite a reputation for herself! Zoe loved watching the horses walking around, the puppies, and the kitties. She *loved* the drums, and ended up with one as a souvenir (thankfully, it's not that loud!).

Did you know that there were private residences in Colonial Williamsburg? I had no idea, and I'm not so sure I'd like that, as a resident...talk about intrusions!! But, hey, to be able to say, "I live in the middle of Colonial Williamsburg"? I guess to each his own, right?? We only discovered this because we saw some houses that had little placards on them that said "private residence" on them. Interesting!

Zoe decided that she was going to narrate pretty much the entire time we were there. I know, this is shocking news...shocking that she wouldn't be quiet. It was cute...until we heard "I see a green tree" for the 24028420934823th time! :)

Today, we hung close to home. We had the timeshare tour (which we've agreed, we will NOT attempt with Zoe again EVER), and then it was nap time. I'll tell you, being on vacation has done wonderful things for Zoe's nap schedule! She's been napping an average of 2.5-3 hours a day since we've been down here!! She did this when we were on MV in August too. Maybe it's the pack and play?? Who knows!

But, what everyone wants to see is PICTURES....so here they ARE!

The Palace..


Kinda dark, but one of the 1342103981 different horse drawn carriages we saw. Zoe LOVED the horses...said hi and wanted to touch them!


I want this in my yard...when I get one. ;)


Caught her in a funny pose :)


Seriously...could it get any more beautiful!?


A reenactment..


Watching the reenactment with Daddy..


8 shots before I got one where she was sorta smiling and looking at the camera...this is what taking pictures with a toddler is like!!


One of the private gardens we found...Zoe wanted to go and walk through it, but it was a private residence. We weren't sure if that was "kosher".


I love this shot of Z...we were "playin' cahs"


Momma and Z...Zoe was saying "cheese" in this shot, believe it or not.


Hanging with all her friends before bed tonight...watching Dora (what else?). She insisted on watching TV with all of them while having her snack.