After some negotiations with Santa, we decided it would be easier to do our gift opening here before we flew to Iowa for many more festivities.
Brian and I were plenty excited, and so was Caden...to an extent. He was grumpy and hesitant when he first awoke. He refused to let me take any photos in front of the tree and barely tolerated opening his first stocking stuffer. But he quickly changed his mind when he realized the gift was a set of 5 Matchbox emergency vehicles. He ripped into them and retreated to the living room, refusing to return to open more gifts. Apparently, he was done.
CARS...no need to go any further
After much persuasion, he came around. He absolutely flipped over his set of John Deere toys. He oooed and ahhhed like he was at a Bridal Shower.
OOOOOOOO...AHHHHHHH...
Destroying Dad's masterpiece
All all in all, a fun day. And a good weekend, for that matter. Brian returned from a business trip on Thursday. Within a few hours, we were back on the road heading to Colonial Williamsburg and the Historic Triangle.
What prompted the trip? Well, we got conned into one of those free timeshare weekends. I can see you rolling your eyes already. Yes, we had to put up with a corny salesman and a 3-hour tour that was ONLY supposed to be 90 minutes. Brian mouthed to me numerous times, "Will this ever end?!" After saying no repeatedly, our sales rep gave up and slinked away like we had just taken his puppy. We had remainder of the trip to ourselves, including 2 free nights in a 2-bedroom condo and a gift card for $125 of spending money. They also accidentally refunded our $75 deposit twice. Shhhh...don't tell.
It was a chilly weekend but we bundled Caden up in his beloved truck mittens and trekked through Colonial Williamsburg. Caden was enamored by the horse drawn buggies. (He is going to love seeing Shadow when we're home, Pam!)
Bye bye horse
The colonial architecture is absolutely beautiful. The city has done a phenomenal job preserving the history.
Saturday morning, we toured Jamestown. And as I'm sure you ALL know (think back to 5th grade history), Jamestown was the first permanent American settlement. We went through a museum, a recreated Indian village, and a replica of the fort.
The Powhatan Indian Village
Brian, don't give that to him!
A recreation of the fort and church
All three of us agreed that our favorite part was seeing the three ships that carried the first settlers. Maybe Caden will be a sailor instead of a Marine, judging from how much he loved the ships. Not for me...talk about cramped quarters. I think the colonial era would have been an interesting time to live, but I'm content living in the 21st century.
Ahoy, mateys
Dare me to shoot?
Brian, maybe this fancy ship could be our second honeymoon cruise
Caden made all kinds of friends in Williamsburg, generally during meals. He says hi and bye bye to everyone repeatedly and shares his trucks with waitresses. The only person he wasn't totally excited to befriend was Santa.
He's not sure about this white-haired dude
This penguin is safer
This boy loves his "nacks" (snacks)
He tolerated the traveling fairly well and only had meltdowns when he was exceedingly tired and/or hungry. Understandable. He had lots of adventures, including a nature trail near our condo where he threw leaves into a creek for about 30 minutes. He tried to jump in on more than one occasion. Um Caden, that water is like 40 degrees. Sigh...no fear.
The only other recent event was the annual neighborhood Ugly Christmas Sweater Party. My sweater was the cat's meow. (Thanks again, Lisa. Are you sure you want it back?! Hissss!)
Have a happy holiday season!
1 comment:
Steph - sweet trip and love the photos! I usually take about two photos per trip so now you've inspired me to just go crazy. :) Oh, and I also love your hair! It looks great!
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