Colonial Williamsburg

Well, being the history buff I am (or at least have turned into), since we already visited Jamestown & Yorktown it was time to visit Williamsburg.  They were having a deal, that if you lived in certain cities in the area they were offering a free day pass.  Sign me up I said!  My friend, Lexi, joined us and we had a lovely day of looking at the old structures, museums, a nice quiet lunch (Aidan was  napping) and we had to make a last minute stop at the candy story before we left.  Williamsburg is a lovely area, but I was a little disappointed that it had been so modernized for tourists.  I would have loved to have more restored buildings and less tourist shops.  Oh, well.  Still an amazing experience!

Busch Gardens

As active duty military (and family) we are allowed free tickets one day a year to go enjoy Busch Gardens.  Woot!  Due to the intense and brutal nature of a general surgery internship year, they required the interns to take a day off and go enjoy their free tickets (mind you, either you went and played or stayed and worked....hard choice).  So, we went w/Ron.  Ron went off w/the interns and enjoy all the big scary rides.  Which was fine by me as I am not much into the scary ride.  Aidan and I went and enjoyed all the children's rides, including riding the train around the park twice.  Aidan's favorite ride (outside the train) were the bumper cars (which he was NOT very good at, but quite entertaining & the horses).  Funny kid!  It was only a few weeks before Halloween so the park was decorated as such!

U.S.S. Wisconsin

We are living on the east coast & Dr Daddy is in the Navy, seems obvious to me that we visit a Navy ship!  So, we went and explored the USS Wisconsin, which is one of the largest and last battleships ever built by the U.S. Navy!!  There is an entire museum attached to the ship so you can learn about Navy history and battleships.  What an amazing history the US Navy has!  Of course, Aidan, being a 2 year old boy absolutely loved his adventure on the "boat" (daddy does not allow us to call it a "boat", it's a "ship")!!

Fall Activities

The weather in Virginia, during the Fall months, has proven to be beautiful and warm.  We had many different outdoor adventures.  I had been dreaming about the changing of the leaves since we moved here in June!

Oakleaf Hike - Newport News
The spouse club I am a part of went for a hike on a beautiful Fall day, up in the backwoods.  Ron had the day off and decided to join us!  What beautiful scenery, weather and company!

Bergey's Breadbasket
Aidan and I joined the Oakleaf Tots for a morning at the Farm.  We went for a tractor ride, went through both a soybean & corn maze and then played on the little tractors (I think that was Aidan's favorite part)!

Clark Farms
We originally went here w/my MOPS group as a playdate!  We took a hay ride and picked up our very first pumpkin of the season!  The second time we went, we took the very same hay ride, but they let us take a spin on the tractor.  Aidan is very much in love w/the tractors!!