New Years this year was spent up north with our family in Wisconsin. There was nothing amazing about the stroke of midnight this year of course... we were ALL asleep by that time! So, the highlights of New Year's was everything that happened around it.
On the way up, we took the "road trip" approach, and stopped at a few fun places before we made it to Grandma & Grandpa Fruehling's house. First stop... the Rainforest Cafe in Gurnee Mills! We had never been there before, and it was a hit (although a little more expensive than I liked)!
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| The "sky" above our table! |
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He wasn't a fan of the "storm" that happened every 20 minutes,
but the rest won him over! |
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| This was as close to a smile as I was going to get, given all the stimulation in that place!! |
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| Evan, "feeding" the local wildlife... |
We also made our usual stops at the Cheese Castle and Jelly Belly...
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| "Aw, come on Dad! I need more than ONE bag of jelly beans!" |
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He's pretending to be a train in the Jelly Belly shop...
Choo-choo!! |
Stephanie, Tait and the kids also met us there. The cousins got to be reunited, and the adults even got into the spirit with some "family game night" fun! "Totally Insane Card Game"... look it up. Best game ever!
The kids also got to have their Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa, and all were very pleased with what the grandparents picked out for them! ...that included their very own hand-held Vtech game systems!
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| Nope. They don't like them at. all. |
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| Pretty Maya! |
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| The girls in the PJ's I made them for Christmas this year. |
A great time was had by all, and we had come super-duper exhausted kids in the end! Here is the evidence... A great way to start 2012! Happy New Year!!
