Grandma's Birthday

LOOK AT THE BELLY!


HAPPY BIRHTDAY MOM!


Me, Rich & Vincent at Lucille's...YUM!

He knows if you you've been bad or good...

Rich and I took Vincent to see SANTA at Bass Pro Shop. At first he seemed like he wasn't gonna have it! Then the old dude flashed a candycane & Vincey and Santa were best buds! We said, "SMILE"! At that's what we got. A scrunched-nosed cheeese! Too cute!

OUR 1st Hockey Game!

After a long weekend away from Vincent I wanted to spend some quality time with my boy. Rich works for the home of the local minor league hockey team called, The Reign, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena. They are the minor league team for the Kings! This was our first hockey game ever--it was sooooo much fun! The arena was full of excitement, there was crap food galore...and of course, gotta love the $8.00 beers. Vincent kept chanting go-go-go Daddy...cause he saw him in between periods cleaning the ice and adjusting the nets. After the game we went to Boston’s Restaurant to meet the hockey team so they could sign Vincent's hockey puck. The goalie, Jeff Zatkoff should be going up to the NHL real soon.


WOW! Go-Go-Go!


Great seats!


Yeah...Mom bought me a Reign shirt!

Halloween

As promised...here are the pumpkin carving pics & Vincent's 2nd Halloween pics! Daddy carved a cute ghost jack-o-lantern while Vincey looked on. He kept calling the pumpkin, "appples"! I think he was confused from our Oak Glen trip from a couple weekends ago? On Halloween Vincent dressed up as Frankinstein as we went trick-or-treating at the mall. Again, just like last year, not a lot of stores had candy. Soooo, Mama bought her baby the essentials; M&M's, Mini Oreo's, Skittles & Nutter Butters--YUM! He didn't even know the difference. Maybe next year we will go to an actual neighborhood to trick-or-treat when he will walk himself.



My Lil' Monster


Mama Kitty & "Frankie"


Cheeese!


I don't need no stinkin' stores
to give me candy...I got Mama!


Yummmmmmy!

Go Daddy go!

Pumpkin guts!


Kisses for Vincey


BOO!

Pumpkin Time

So yesterday we went to the local pumpkin patch to get us some pumpkins to carve the perfect jack-o-lantern. Vincent was in heaven when he stepped on the straw ground and saw ALL the thousands of pumpkins calling his name to be be knocked over. Yep, that's my kid. Daddy and Vincent picked out a winner and will carve it soon...pictures to follow! =-) Having a son is the BEST experience of my life! He makes things sooooooooo worth it...no matter what it is. If I'm feeling down he always puts a smile on my face. I LOVE doing things with him...oh, and the hubby! =-)


I LOVE this sea of pumpkins!


*Vincey kept throwing the pumpkins
out of the wagon*


How many pictures does Mama want of me?


I like this one!


Just precious!

Apple picking at Oak Glen

This weekend marked the 5th Wedding Anniversary of Rich and Moi, so we decided to have a family fun day to celebrate. We went to the always scenic Oak Glen for apple picking, apple cider and cider doughnuts. YUM...YUM! Every thing tasted so good and the weather was perfect! Vincent had so much fun picking his own apples as did I. It's more work than it looks to get a decent stash. We also had to try the cider doughnuts, as Rich told me he saw it on this one T.V. show that said they had the best. Well, only because we waited in the doughnut line about 45 minutes to even purchase the darn things...they were the best no matter what! It was a great day and Vincent learned to say, "APPLE", really well too.