Busch Gardens

Busch Gardens is such a beautiful park!

Since Colin did so well with the rides at the fair, we knew he would love the rides at Busch Gardens.  

They were so tame, even I got to ride!

He isn't quite so sure about this ride, though!

choo choo!

The park was decorated for Halloween and Colin had a little too much fun playing with the fake rats!

I just love the Clydesdales!

Around Town...

Will Colin go to law school one day?  

Our apartment :)

Yorktown Beach

While we decided not to hit the Yorktown battlefield, walking down Yorktown Beach was just what we needed!

It was a little chilly, but Colin wanted to get his feet in the water just the same...hence the no-pants shots!

Yankee Candle

Colin is always cracking us up!

Williamsburg is home to one of the two flagship Yankee Candle stores.  It is HUGE!

They have the candle emporium, a fudge shop, a Christmas store where it "snows" every 4 minutes, and a toy store, and a place where they count down to Christmas all year round!

This summer, I taught Colin how to smell candles, and he had the best time smelling all of the many scents Yankee Candle has to offer!

It's snowing!

Santa was even there!

Shoom!

The timeshare resort we stayed at had a pretty awesome pool with basketball hoops, fountains, and jetted areas.  Colin loved playing "shoom" (the sound effect he makes when he makes a basket) with his daddy!

 His new favorite thing is to jump off ledges, whether you are ready or not!

Jamestown

Jamestown is a very hands on type of historical site and we knew that between the boats and the things to touch and see, Colin would have fun.

What I didn't expect was how much he liked hanging out in the Indian Village and sitting on the furs in the wigwams.  There were 6 or so huts, all similarly decorated, and he just loved sitting there petting the furs and barking (we had explained the wolf furs were doggies).

Colin rarely smiles in a picture!

Grinding corn

Look how happy he looks!

Me at 35.5 weeks

 Fanning the flames

This is how I feel like we spent most of the vacation:

Can we just lay him down for a nap here please? 

Carter Mountain Orchard

Picking apples in the mountains...is there anything more "fall-like" than that?  In Charlottesville, there is an amazing orchard that also sells to-die-for apple cider and apple cider donuts.  I think we made the 2 hour trip just for the donuts, honestly, because there were no apples to be picked!!

Thankfully, Colin had fun looking!

Only rotten apples on the ground :(

We found an apple to pick, but it turned out to be rotten too!

We all enjoyed the donuts, though!

One of the other apple patrons brought his gorgeous Great Dane with him...yeah, we had to get a picture!