Vacation Recap (FINALLY!!)

Okay, so here we go!

Day 1:

We left at the crack of dawn to head down to the PRS Guitar factory which is on the way (sort of) to Virginia. They were having their annual "We Love Guitar" thing (I made that up... I have no idea what it's really called. This clearly was an event for Rob to do for work and not something I would have picked). It was OK. They fed us, and we got to see a bunch of really old and brand new guitars. I'm just not a guitar person. Melly would have loved it more, but the event was during her nap time so she was a tad cranky. So a big "I'm sorry" goes out to Rob for us being sticks in the mud on day 1 of our vacation.

We didn't get to Williamsburg until kind of late so not much happened.

Day 2:

Nana & Grandpa were driving back to VA from NY, so we went to Busch Gardens without them. What a fun day! We love it there, and so does Melly. They are all decked out in their "Howl-O-Scream" stuff, so it's interesting. I'm a big pansy, so I'm scared of everything, but not my Melody! She loved talking to the pirates (any skeleton), and liked to look at and try and touch the doggies (werewolves). We took her to the kiddy section, and she went on all the rides and laughed the whole time. We spent the entire day there, from opening to almost closing. She napped well while we were there (thank goodness we brought the big stroller with us!), and enjoyed all the shows. The animal tricks one is her favorite, along with Jack is Back (but more on that later on). Now, it was a Saturday, and I can't believe how packed it was! We hear that Friday during the day, and Sunday evening are the times to go so there won't be that many people there.

We got back to Nana & Grandpa's house late, and she Melly fell asleep on the way there so Nana had to settle for a sleepy kiss instead of all the playing she had hoped for.

Day 3:

Hurray! We get to go to Busch Gardens with Nana & Grandpa! Melody was starting to not want to go on the kiddy rides anymore. She started getting this bored look on her face. Now, when she went on the teacups and the other bigger rides, that's a whole different story. I think she's a carnival ride junkie, and she keeps needing a bigger adrenalin rush to get the same fix! She'll be skydiving in no time! Another long day, but Nana & Grandpa really enjoyed watching Melly enjoy herself.

Day 4:

We took it a little easier on Monday. We hung around the house during the day, and let Melly play in Nana's playroom. I think she may have more toys that we do! The other difference is the playroom is still set up from all the boys. Meaning, a ton of Power Ranger action figures, toy bugs and robots, etc. Well, Melody thought this was the best room ever! She plays like a little boy and loves "being" the Power Rangers. She even called herself the Pink Ranger when she was in her pink jammies.

In the afternoon, we went to pick pumpkins. There's a cute little place that you have to take the ferry to, and the pumpkin patch is nice. We ran around there, and picked a bunch of pumpkins that we thought we would carve, and just ran out of time to do it.

For dinner, we went and ate my favorite meal in VA. We went to Sal's! I hear the pizza is good, but who could eat pizza when you can get 4 cheese tortellini in alfredo sauce? This is the only place that I can clean my plate, then use the bread to scrape every last bit of sauce that was left. It's amazing. That's one of my requests when we go to VA, is to eat at Sal's!