A Child-free Day at Williamsburg

Our wonderful friends, the Phillips, were nice enough to take Sarah so that we could enjoy a whole day exploring Colonial Williamsburg child free. We could explore as many gardens and old houses as we wanted without worrying about a fussy toddler. We had all kinds of fun, and Sarah got to spend the day playing with her best buddy instead of stuck in the stroller. Win for everyone!

 I found this wonderfully relaxing spot in the the back yard of George Wythe's house. (By the way, he is a fascinating founding father that I had hardly heard of.) I told Kelson he needs to build me an arbor like this at our house.

 Not a bad view. I guess Kelson doesn't need to build me one of these. I'll just take this one and the house that goes with it.

 This "Biblical garden" was completely made up of plants mentioned in the Bible. 

 Don't you just love springtime? It is amazing to me how many individual gardens they maintain at Colonial Williamsburg. 

 We told my mom that we found a guesthouse for her to live in after we move in to the Colonial mansion. 

 Inside the Capitol building, where the Virginia House of Burgesses and the House of Lords met. Living in Virginia has given has such a great opportunity to learn about and immerse ourselves in the history of our country's origins. It has taught me even greater gratitude for how blessed we are to have the freedoms that we do.

 Admiring the beautiful dogwood trees blooming outside the church where many of the Founding Fathers attended.

Kelson, who has discovered quite the love for plants and trees, downloaded an app for his phone that allowed him to take a picture of any plant and find out what it was. He pretty much played with it all day.

After a wonderful all-day date, we got stuck in traffic on the way home, and our friends were kind enough to have pizza waiting for all of us so we didn't have to make dinner. Thank you, Phillips family!