Week Away

After my school let out for the summer in early May, we took a week off for a family vacation.  Can you guess where we went?

 

 

 

 

 

Bingo! Williamsburg, VA

 

The kids were pretty good sports about riding around while I drooled over colonial style gardens for one whole morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we chanced upon a guy, hauling an old fashioned sandbox on a cart,

 

 

who led us straight to the brickyard, where Gus got to do some heavy lifting.

 

 

 

 

 And now there will forevermore be a brick in some new/old colonial building with my son's name inscribed:)

 

 

Did you know that back then they could only make two bricks at a time?  It's mind boggling to me the amount of time and effort that went into EVERYTHING you made back then.

 

 

 

Playing in the sand pit:)

 

We also visited Smithfield, VA (the Ham Capital of the World, I kid you not!), spent many afternoons at the pool, had several movie nights, introduced the kids to the Candyland board game & ate lots of special vacation treats.

 

It wasn't the most relaxing week (for us parents), but it was so good to get away from the normal routines of life for a bit.