Train Ride & Presents From MS

As I explained in the previous post, my son (&husband) loves trains. Jeremiah loves train shirts, toys, pictures, or anything involving trains. We were able to travel to Greenville, IL to see their Christmas display and ride a miniature train setup by a local train club. Since moving to the IL area, I have noticed there are a lot of train clubs, so Jeremiah is getting plenty of opportunities to see trains and train displays. It was very cold that night, so we only looked at the Christmas lights briefly and rode the train.

Robert & Jeremiah in front of the blue Christmas tree

Robert & Jeremiah on the train

This was our first Christmas since moving away from our families in Mississippi, so Jeremiah got lots of boxes this year from the UPS man and our mail man. He began to love the sound of the doorbell before nap time each day because he knew he was getting another package. We made him wait to open his boxes until Christmas day after church, so here are a few pictures from that day.

A box from my Nat

This boy loves him some batteries!!

A truck from Aunt Judy

Goodies from Jamey

A little behind....Christmas at home

Yes, I've gotten a little behind on blogging, so I am going to try to catch up today. We were able to stay home this year and have Christmas at our apartment. We opened presents on Christmas eve morning, since Christmas was on Sunday. Jeremiah didn't know the difference and it gave him all day to play with his presents. His big present this year was a Melissa & Doug wooden train set and he has played with it everyday since opening it. We found it at Borders during their going out of business sale, so we got it for a good price too. Jeremiah had lots of fun opening presents this year and I love all of his facial expressions. He has a lot of them! Here are a few snapshots from that day....

Robert & Jeremiah waiting to open gifts

Jeremiah in front of the Christmas tree

Excited about his train set

Stocking goodies

Played with his train set all morning