WI Christmas #1

On Friday we packed up the kids and Jordy, headed to Appleton WI for Christmas #1. We arrived with just enough time for the kids to run around like maniacs for an hour before we headed out for Friday Fish Fry. The kids ran around like maniacs there too. The fish was good. The beer was decent. Catching was up nice too.

Saturday morning we got the kids up, fed, cleaned, dressed. Then we loaded them in the car for a quick visit with my parents. Sully was upset that we weren't at "their other house" (aka, my sister's house with the car race track in the basement), but he got over it and started playing with some trucks in the toy room. Harper helped decorate some chocolate covered pretzels for Syd and Cass. Then it was time for gifts.

I think it is safe to say that everyone loved the build-a-track that Sully got (even Jordy). Harper liked her magnetic puzzle (as evidenced by her asking to play with it several times the rest of the weekend). Sully loved the flashlights too.

Here they are posing in front of the tree. Then Sully wanted one of him and his cars. ....then one of just his cars....

And here are the toys....

After all that excitement, we piled back in the car and headed back for Christmas with the Smiths. Gifts were opened, food was eaten, beer was consumed. Harper got an Elf on the Shelf from her Aunt Mel, which she was sooooo excited about. Sully got lots of cars (and some other stuff like books and clothes). T got a coffee tumbler from Starbucks with free refills every day in January and some puppy PJs from the kids. I got warm mittens!

Saturday night we grabbed a drink with one of T's friends from back in the day. Sunday I think we were all battling a cold, so we packed up early and came home.