Busch Gardens

It was absolutely beautiful on Thursday and Friday. Saturday turned out to be very cloudy with a little bit of rain and very cold. We had planned on going to Busch Gardens for the day, had a puppy sitter and all so we did not back down.

Here's the view of the sky from my driveway.

It rained a little bit on the way there but that was ok-- we were just in the car. After a lunch at our favorite barbecue spot, we went over to B.G.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg's new thing for this year is a kiddo spot with the Sesame Street theme. Not a biggie on Rebecca's list.

Seeing the Clydesdales always makes you smile.

Rebecca refused to be in the picture with anything associating to Sesame Street.

She did go on this one ride with Emily but it was "boring". They are in the second seat and Rebecca didn't even crack a smile.

We have had seasons passes since Emily was 1 year old. It's been so neat to see her graduate from the baby rides to the kiddie rides, and now the big kid rides. Poor Rebecca didn't grow enough over the past winter to be bumped up to the next section and be able to ride more rides. Next time, she will wear her tennis shoes with thicker soles. She was less than a half an inch away though.

This ride here has been called, "the ride we like but Emily can't ride". Now we can call it by it's name. Tradewind. Emily was able to ride it and it's now her favorite ride, other than the Big Bad Wolf, of course.

on the Flying Machine

Here's another one that Em can now do by herself.

She loved being able to do the bumper cars without an adult!

She's coming after me...

One of the many wildlife that live at the park.

Abbey Stone Theater

My favorite show Emerald Beat is shown here.

It's river dance and I love it. It's nice to watch it season after season and see mostly the same people each year.

It really was cold and Emily said her face was numb. Nevertheless, I was shocked at the amount of people there. Emily left crying because she didn't get to ride 3 of the rides she wanted to due to the cold wind and long lines. She was so looking forward to riding the Big Bad Wolf, swings without an adult and the Lochness Monster. There's always next time...

The sky on the way home.

It cleared up but only got colder as the evening wore on. With Easter Sunday being the next day, it was wise of us to leave (hitting Chick-fil-a on the way home) before closing.