The trip to IA was awesome! Noah was a great traveller too; only one meltdown on the way there around Albert Lea. We stopped at the local Pizza Ranch (YUM!) for their buffet and let Noah run around the mall that it was located in. That was just enough activity to tire him out until Sheldon. By then we were pretty much home free.
Our time at my parents' was great. We just hung out, played with the kids, did a little shopping, opened tons of presents. We do our Christmas celebration at Thanksgiving b/c it's the only time we know that we'll all be together for sure. It was a Little People Christmas for Noah. He got lots of Little People toys, which he loved. Uncle Dan bought him his first bowling set too. Last night he was almost throwing the ball like a pro, much to his daddy's delight. :) The cousins had a great time playing together. If you can, check out the Rosencrans Family blog. Chris has a great video of Addy and Noah playing the piano together. Noah even played with his head at one point (but we didn't get that on camera).
The trip back home was not so nice. Tons of snow all through MN which made driving difficult. Wisconsin wasn't so bad, but the snow picked up some more the closer we got to home.
I'm now ready for Christmas. All my decorations are up, except the tree. On Saturday we're going to Sheboygan Falls where they have a Christmas event going on. Then we'll get our tree. Noah's enjoying all the lights and snowmen that we have in the house right now. I'm sure he'll love the tree too.
Here's the kids playing with new toys.
Noah loved his new Aquadoodle!
Checking things out:
Giving Uncle Dan some bowling tips:
That's my boy!
Babies on the bowling alley!
Having fun at the Hull Christian gym.
Chillin' with Addy.
