Long Weekend - Busch Gardens

Thursday night after work, Kaylea and I took off and headed toward Busch Gardens in Williamsburg.  I took the day off on Friday.  I originally planned to take off on Thursday, too, but we had a big town hall meeting, so I decided I needed to be there.  It took us forever to get there.  We had a hotel in Newport News.  It was a little further east than I would have liked, but I got a great government rate.  It was about 9:30 when we arrived.  Kaylea had 30 minutes to swim and she took full advantage of it.  After swimming, we attempted an early bedtime so we could wake up for some fun.

We spent a lot of Saturday at Busch Gardens.  Kaylea was about 1/2'' away from being able to ride the 48'' rides.  I felt bad for her.  A lot of the rides she was able to ride, were below her thrill level.  However, we ended up finding enough stuff to do to keep us busy until about 4:30.

After Busch Gardens, we headed to the Outlet Malls. I wanted to take her to Build a Bear.  I had a coupon in the mail, but of course they wouldn't take it because this was an outlet store.  Of course, what Kaylea wanted as not on sale.  Kaylea built the bear of her dreams and we left for dinner at the Olive Garden.

I thought we were both exhausted, but of course, my child with endless energy was not tired. We returned to the hotel and played for a little while.  We had fun.  We made hot chocolate and just spent quality time together.

The next morning, we started our journey home.  We stopped to shop, we stopped to pick up a picture, and we stopped to eat.  It took us awhile to get home, but we enjoyed the moments.