However, the weather forecast was not good for Saturday morning and we were worried about driving up. GWL was booked for Friday night, so we found an alternate hotel--the Powhatan Resort. By booking at the very last minute (Friday afternoon) we got an awesome rate of $130 (including taxes and fees) for a 3-bedroom apartment!!! It's a timeshare resort, but you can also book single stays. We picked the kids up slightly early from school and left around 3:30. Unfortunately, we timed it completely wrong and hit all the snow on the way. So, in our quest to avoid bad weather, we drove right into it! But, it was too late to turn back, so we pressed on and fortunately made it safely. We stopped for dinner along the way and got to the Powhatan around 8.
The apartment was amazing! It was 3 stories and had a bedroom on each floor and a little sitting area loft. The kids loved it! Luke was going to sleep in a big bed with Jack (he sleeps in a regular bed at home, but has still been using his pack and play when we travel, which he kind of outgrew about a year ago). But, there was some strange noise that scared him, so he wound up in our room in his too-small pack and play. He still sleeps well in it and I imagine it gives him a sense of comfort, but we are ready to travel without it.
The weather was rainy and cold on Saturday. Thomas and Anna went out to get breakfast and we enjoyed eating at the dining room table in our apartment. On our last trip to Williamsburg, we bought annual passes to the museums at Yorktown and Jamestown and decided to take advantage. Even though we couldn't enjoy the outdoor area, we decided the indoor part alone was worth the trip. It is a fantastic museum with tons of hands-on activities. Now that our older kids are all great readers, museums are much more interesting to them, but they still like the hands-on stuff too. They also have a great movie in a surround theater that we all enjoyed.
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| This is one of those interactive exhibits, you could write what Independence means to you and they projected it on the Liberty Tree. Very cool. |
We spent about 2 hours there and decided to see if GWL would let us check in super early. And, they did! They actually gave us our room at 11am. We brought all our stuff in and then went to lunch at Taco Bell. Apparently, Taco Bell is our new Williamsburg go-to.
We returned and changed into our bathing suits. It was snowing outside and we enjoyed being in the pools with the view of the snow peacefully falling. As expected, it was crowded, but still manageable. Like our visit in October, Luke was really into all the big slides and we rode them repeatedly. We were surprising our neighbor's son who was there celebrating his birthday. He and Jack are best friends. He is only 6, but he loves Jack and Jack loves him back. They live across the street from us and we spend a lot of time together. Fortunately, I love his mom almost as much as Jack loves their son, so it all works out. We swam all afternoon and then had pizza and cake to celebrate Kolten's birthday. There were several other people we knew there, who had also booked the great MWR deal, but we didn't get to spend much time with them. For example, their good friend Ireland (Summer's daughter) was also celebrating her birthday and it was fun for the girls to see her, but our times didn't quite match up in the waterpark.
After dinner, I took the girls back to the waterpark and Thomas took the boys to the arcade. Jack apparently had a run in with a bigger kid while in the lazy river that afternoon. The kid got mad at Jack for bumping him and he knocked Jack's float over and then dunked Jack. Jack didn't tell us until later, but it had soured him on the park that day. We were upset that he had that experience and especially that some kid had put his hands on him and put Jack's head under water. Unfortunately, there was nothing we could do.
The girls and I had a good time. The lines were very short and we rode the slides over and over again. Anna said it was the best time she'd ever had at GWL. Meanwhile, the boys enjoyed the arcade. Luke probably would have preferred to return to the waterpark, but it was nice to have some time alone with the girls. Plus, we knew he was exhausted and wanted to try and get him to bed at a decent time.
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| We didn't take many pictures. One of the girls wanted a picture of this unicorn tree. |
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| Luke thinks he is the center of any photograph. |
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