My brother John, sister-in-law Melissa and their adorable son Michael recently came for a visit. Not quite sure why they picked the last week in December to visit Minnesota (most folks are trying to get as far away from this part of the world at this time of year), but hey, it was awesome to see them!
The kids really enjoyed playing together. Cailin and Andrew were sooooo excited to play with Cousin Michael.
We went to a place called Pump it Up, (if you recall, we had Cailin's birthday party there previously and have gone for open jump days there) to expel some pent up energy.
We also took the light rail train downtown to visit the 8th floor auditorium at Macy's, which was still set up with "A Day in the Life of an Elf". The kids were in awe. They had a lot of fun running through the skyways (we tried to avoid the bitter winds outside by taking the handy skyways instead).
We also had a mini New Year's party together that was, well, shall we say LOUD??? My bad for buying New Year's noisemakers and streamers. Oh well, everyone had fun.
The kids also had a lot of fun just playing together at our house. We have lots of toys and I think every single one of them came out that week for an appearance. The trains were probably the most popular.
The kids liked playing with the trains, which were strewn all over our living room. We saw lots of behinds in the air as the kids were concentrating on their train play.
