Weekend at Grandma & Grandpa N's

The rest of our Thanksgiving weekend was spent hanging out and resting at Grandma & Grandpa N's house. I did a little Black Friday shopping (Joann's, Kohl's, Target - and it wasn't that crazy when I went, thankfully!) and then we were on the road by early afternoon. The boys did great on the way down, just one potty stop and we got there before it got dark. Of course, Eli & Cole took off running around as soon as we arrived.

Tim used to tell me that when he went to his parents' house, he would ride his bike and just sleep / rest / relax. Well, I think I've taken that philosophy over. I did a whole lotta sleeping down there! Tim & I both went to sleep with the boys each night and Eli & I ended up napping on the couch for two hours on Saturday. I totally needed that!

The boys loved running around, exploring and playing with Grandma & Grandpa. They also had fun playing at a local playground. Saturday night, Eli declared to me that he wanted to go home because he missed his monster trucks. We stayed until Sunday afternoon and he managed to make it without all five million of them and still have fun. However, we did take their dump trucks to run around so that helped!

I had a great time talking sewing and quilt stuff with Tim's mom. I've been doing a lot of sewing and want to "upgrade" my skills and try some new projects after the holidays. Not sure what yet but definitely looking forward to a new challenge.

Lots of fun at Grandma & Grandpa N's. Thanks for having us!

This was totally hilarious. While we were finishing packing and getting the truck loaded, Cole fell hard asleep on the couch.

Eli & Cole kept going into Grandpa's den to play. When I checked on them, this is what I found. Love that they were playing together and having fun.

Dump trucks and leaves...

complete with crashes.

What could possibly be more fun?!

Cole "driving" Grandpa's tractor. The boys both love wearing hats because Grandpa does.

Eli found a dolly in the shop and had fun running around.

Happily swinging.

Eli loved the climbing wall at the playground.

Cole grew right in front of our eyes. He started off climbing this "ladder" slowly with help.

My super silly boys

And before it was over, he was cruising up it all on his own. So BIG!

Cole wanted to give the climbing wall a go. He thinks he's as big as Eli.

Going again. I was so proud of him!

Sliding and colliding.

Swinging fun

Eli has so much fun swinging

Mommy had to give it a go.....has been a long time!

Grandpa's little guy - so much cuteness!

Cole, for the first time, was swinging in the big boy swing. I love this shot of him and his shadow.

So much swinging fun. May be time to take the baby swing down at home!

Cole watching tv with Grandpa.

This was awesome. Eli was circling things in the paper that he liked as Christmas ideas. He was so cute circling with Grandma. His little mind amazes me.