New Year's in Hayward!
Okay, yes, we have more current news to publish today (it's actually February 12), but I figured I'd finish this post first, just to keep things in their proper (and continually late) order! We left Utah on the Monday after Christmas, slept in Tuesday morning and repacked, then Wednesday set out to visit Ryan's family in Hayward for New Year's! 
His mom had totally decorated the house for the holidays, which was about ten times more decorating than I've done in my entire life! It was very cool. Our first full day there we went with Ryan's dad down to the wrecking yard. The kids had a blast, playing on every piece of equipment, and stepping in every greasy puddle they could find. 
We also finally took a trip to the Oakland Zoo, which we had been meaning to do ever since we were married, but never got around to it. I think it's one of my favorite zoos that I've been to - it doesn't try to have one of everything, but focuses on exhibits (and species) that do well in captivity and show well. We'll definitely go back! 
Ryan's family took the kids to Toys R Us for a late Christmas shopping spree (plus a bunch of cool toys and crafts they'd already bought them), which kept the kids pretty busy at the house. Elise especially loved this tent, and her Wonder Pets paint set. Connor liked the paint set too, actually, but we insisted that it was her present, not his (he seems to enjoy taking over her stuff.) He got a set of Lincoln Logs, a spin art kit, and this cool sock puppet project, which he did with Bomi and Aunt Helena! 
On one of our last nights there, Ryan rummaged around upstairs and got out the family train set from when he was a kid. It was cute. He and Connor spent a couple hours playing with these trains, and ended with a pretty impressive setup. 
It was an awesome trip - really nice to just hang out with everyone. I'll admit, though, that it was kind of pleasant to come home after three weeks of traveling!
His mom had totally decorated the house for the holidays, which was about ten times more decorating than I've done in my entire life! It was very cool. Our first full day there we went with Ryan's dad down to the wrecking yard. The kids had a blast, playing on every piece of equipment, and stepping in every greasy puddle they could find. 
We also finally took a trip to the Oakland Zoo, which we had been meaning to do ever since we were married, but never got around to it. I think it's one of my favorite zoos that I've been to - it doesn't try to have one of everything, but focuses on exhibits (and species) that do well in captivity and show well. We'll definitely go back! 
Ryan's family took the kids to Toys R Us for a late Christmas shopping spree (plus a bunch of cool toys and crafts they'd already bought them), which kept the kids pretty busy at the house. Elise especially loved this tent, and her Wonder Pets paint set. Connor liked the paint set too, actually, but we insisted that it was her present, not his (he seems to enjoy taking over her stuff.) He got a set of Lincoln Logs, a spin art kit, and this cool sock puppet project, which he did with Bomi and Aunt Helena! 
On one of our last nights there, Ryan rummaged around upstairs and got out the family train set from when he was a kid. It was cute. He and Connor spent a couple hours playing with these trains, and ended with a pretty impressive setup. 
It was an awesome trip - really nice to just hang out with everyone. I'll admit, though, that it was kind of pleasant to come home after three weeks of traveling!
1 comment:
That looks like a lot of fun.
I'm totally jealous of the train set, strangely.
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