This year it was Ohio for Turkey Day. We flew out Monday afternoon and came home on Saturday night. If those seem like weird travel days, its because they are. But they were strategically selected based on airline ticket prices. The Stegmiller trio wasn't able to join us, but all reports are that they had a lovely time back home in San Diego.
Once again we waited until the day of travel to inform the boy that he'd be flying on an airplane to visit Gammy and Papa. Even half a day was a bit too much anticipation, but he is proving himself to be an expert traveler. In fact, now that he watches videos and plays games on the iPod, he's almost easy to fly with! He even achieved his first 30,000 ft pee!
All in all it was a very uneventful and relaxing trip. Wonderful! I did hit up 6 grocery stores on Wednesday for a variety of reasons, but most of them were suspiciously calm! We decided that the fact that Whole Foods was the busiest is in indication that the economy can't be that bad, right?
Sam was spoiled rotten with attention by his grandparents, Uncle Matt and Aunt Kate. Someone was always willing to play whatever game it was he could come up with. A couple of times he even got to go out and play golf on the real putting green! Kate came up with another fun new game, which seems to be her gift. And the little man sure did turn on the charm for his people. Comments like "Thanks for playing ball with me!" might just earn him an extra Christmas gift!
Friday night we kicked off the Christmas season by visiting the Zoo Lights. I'll tell ya, two and a half is a fun age for such an event. From the second we walked in the little boy's eyes were filled with wonder at all the twinkling lights reflecting off of everything. "Its so pretty!" he announced to Papa. He enjoyed naming all of the different colors he was seeing, and feeling the fire. And then he spotted the train. "Hey let's ride that!" And a few minutes later, Gammy had purchased 7 tickets for the Polar Bear Express. There was a bit of panic when were standing in line and the train left without us, but once he understood that it would come back for us he just patiently waited to hear the whistle, and declared "All aboard the choo choo train!" He also got to decorate a cookie at Mrs. Claus's Kitchen. He sufficiently discouraged his aunt and uncle from having children anytime soon with his meltdown at dinner, but still declared that the extremely creepy singing bear Christmas tree was his favorite part of the excursion.
Saturday morning I met up with my high school girlfriends again. It was a quick visit, but good to catch up nonetheless. Sam did not care to be photographed, but Lex's little Will was cooperative.
I could probably write a book, but there are the highlights for you. It really was a great trip and we, especially Sam, were sad to come home to our disaster of a house. Thanks again for having us, Gammy and Papa!
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