Christmas with the Sperling's- play time

** Due to missing pictures, I'm posting my Christmas posts out of order; Gilbert Christmas will come once I have pictures**

December 27, Micah, Jacob and I headed north for Wagoner, Oklahoma to spend Christmas with his family.  Unfortunately Micah's brother Andy ended up having an impromptu surgery (long story and every things ok) on Friday AND their kids were sick so we didn't get to see them for a couple of days.  But we still had fun playing!  Micah's parents gave Jacob a balance bike for Christmas.  I was so excited to see him try it out that we decided not to wait till actual present time.  Sadly, he is just about an inch too short.  Ohh well, I know he will love it very soon.

Once Andy and family arrived in Wagoner we spent lots of play time in the garage.  The kids rode tricycles and big wheels, played with hockey sticks, basketballs, and golf balls.  Jacob got to where he wanted to go in the garage any time the door opened.  Micah and his Dad also had several intense games of "around the world".

On the days that were pretty and not too cold we even spent some time playing outside.  Jake and Evan loved running through the leaves.  Jacob also enjoyed taking me on walks.  We walked the entire block one day while Jacob sang, talked, and observed everything around us.  I just let him lead the way and enjoyed the conversation.  Of course, Jacob also enjoyed taking Gizmo on a walk too. 

We also did a lot of playing inside with Kate, Evan, and Grandma and Grandpa.  Grandma has saved all the toys from Micah and Andy's childhood and it's so fun to watch them playing with the now "vintage" toys.  It was interesting to watch the dynamics between Evan and Jacob.  It was easy to see that Jacob was an only child and not used to having to fight for his toys or space.  It was also easy to tell that Evan was used to having to demand his space from his sister!  We had fun watching them "work it out".  

Ring around the rosy

We all fall down!

Jacob was also able to help Grandma with some cooking and he helped Grandpa make his famous slushies. 

After a while of being at home and sorta stuck inside, I decided we needed an outing.  So Micah, Marvetta and I decided to take the boys to the Tulsa Children's museum.  Jackie had some errands she needed to run that day and Kate had a birthday party that night so it ended up working out well.  However, the back seat of our car is not quite big enough for 2 big car seats and an adult but we did it anyway.   The boys had fun playing somewhere new and then we went to Chick-fil-A for lunch.  It was possibly the most crowded Chick-fil-A I have ever seen in my life. We had a fun day!