Christmas Town and Williamsburg

One night, while in Williamsburg, we went to the Busch Garden's Christmas Town.  Each section of the park was a different country and had themed rides and shows and decorations that pertained to that country and it's culture.  It was so beautiful and we all really enjoyed ourselves.  I was surprised at all the rides there were for kids Simon's age.

The entrance starts you off in England in what appears to be a village.  

We had the boys spend some time in the stocks there...it's funny because those signs fit them well!

We heard some carolers who were really very good.

Over in Italy, Joshua and Caleb got ready to ride their first amusement park ride.

I wish I could zoom in on Caleb's face here but this is one of Doc's pictures and I can't edit his.  But if you click on the picture it will enlarge it in another screen and then you can see what I am talking about.  He's got his mouth wide open!

The rest of the ride he has this face.  I felt so sorry for him!

 This was the expression Caleb wore the whole way down the walkway after getting off the ride.  He could have caught a lot of flies.  Josh liked the way it "tickled" his tummy!  He's the thrill seeker.

Simon rode his first ride with Caleb and Caleb said this was his favorite ride. 

Here are we are getting ready to ride another ride.  I got talked into going on this one. 

I think I was telling Troy that I was going to kill him if we made it off alive...

Riding another ride.

Nana rode this one with Simon.

Simon loves his Nana!

 There was a beautiful nativity as we were leaving Italy.

There were lights everywhere and here they put some on the train bridge.  I love the way it's reflected in the water too.

Simon and Caleb rode a mini version of the swing ride.  It was very tame but I think they enjoyed it.

It started getting too dark for pictures but here the kids flew bomber jets.  

There was a giant tree in Germany.

We rode a train all around the park and there were trees lit all along the way.  It was very pretty.  We also rode a carousel, and saw a Sesame Street show.  It was lots of fun and I hope we get to go back this year!

We also spent some time looking in the shops in historic downtown Williamsburg.  It has lots of charm and character. 

We visited a fun toy shop where the boys tried on Tricorn hats.  They were more interested in the guns though.

We really enjoyed our stay in Williamsburg and there is so much that we didn't get to do.  We will definitely be going back again.