Anyway, we woke up on Christmas Day and immediately went to our stockings!
Hmmmm, what's in here?
Among other things, Daddy and Jeremiah got new Hawkeye hats! And Mommy got a new candle, which was quickly claimed by you-know-who.
After stockings and a quick breakfast, we packed up and hit the road for Sioux City. With a sunny day, dry roads, Starbucks coffee, and "Trains" and "Gab Gabba" on the DVD player, it was a great trip (notice the lack of white stuff out the window)!
We arrived at Meema and Boppa Wissink's house just in time for lunch, and a nap for Jeremiah. After J's nap, we were able to take a walk around the neighborhood and enjoy the 50 degree temps (not exactly like last year, but still VERY nice)! Later in the afternoon, Uncle Kelly, Aunt Rachel, Kyan and Kobe arrived. Time for more presents!
First it was stockings...
Another Hawkeye hat!
After stockings, we ate a fabulous dinner of prime rib and chicken cordon bleu. YUM. We also sang "Happy Birthday" to Jesus and enjoyed birthday cupcakes!
I love cake.
And here is a video of Jeremiah saying Happy Birthday to Jesus with lots of enthusiasm (he is never lacking in enthusiasm, right Grandma Wiers?)!
And then it was time for the REAL presents under the tree! The first present Jeremiah opened was his very own vacuum cleaner!!!!!!!!!! Grandma's floor was spotless by the end of the evening. :)
Seriously, I have very few other pictures of him from present opening. He did enjoy "helping" when it was time for others to open presents, too.
On Monday, Jeremiah and I spent some time with my good friends Stephanie and Natasha-- so good to see them again! And Jeremiah had fun playing with Lucas and Samantha (pretty sure he would have stayed overnight if it meant he could play some more with Samantha's kitchen set!). Of course, we were so busy chatting and watching the kids play that we didn't take any pictures! Believe me, we had fun. :)
On Tuesday we checked out the new Sioux City Public Museum. It was full of lots of cool stuff and historical information, and having lived in Sioux City for a couple years, Adam and I both found it very interesting! I will always have a special place in my heart for Sioux City-- it's where Adam and I dated, I taught for 2 years, we got engaged, got married... it's so fun to go back and reminisce about those things. Anyway, wasn't I talking about the museum? Right.
This guy loved it!
There were lots of cool interactive things, with buttons to push, etc. That is right up Jeremiah's alley!
Giving the cow a kiss...
Inside a teepee.... don't be fooled. My smile is genuine, Jeremiah's is not. For some reason that teepee FREAKED him out! Of course, like a nice mommy, I took him in anyway. :)
The cabin was more Jeremiah's style-- perfect for playing peek-a-boo!
Jeremiah and cousin Kyan checked out some type of big machine. I won't even try to guess what it was-- after having my 3 year old nephew, Kobe, call me out for mistaking a road grader for a truck (silly me!), I'm understandably quite hesitant.
I bought this cute little wooden grasshopper for Jeremiah at the gift shop-- he loved it so much that he took it for a walk around the museum. See how the picture is blurry? Yep, he was going that fast. And it was right after I snapped this pic that he turned around to watch his grasshopper... and then he ran into that little placard thing on the left and got a bleeding gash on his head. Fun times!
After lunch and naps, we headed out again, this time to Play All Day. Of course, Jeremiah (and his cousins, too) had a blast!
After that and dinner at Red Robin (yum), it was time to call it a night!
Then today, we did a bit of shopping, stopped by the new Palmer Candy store, had lunch at the Pizza Ranch, and hit the road for home. As always, it was nice to visit family and get away for a little while, but it is also nice to come home to our own beds. We are hoping to sleep well tonight, now that J is back in his own bed in his normal surroundings. I never knew how out of whack a kid could get when you go out of town! But still, it was all worth it and we had a fabulous time. Thanks for everything Grandma and Grandpa Wissink!!!
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