OK, Here We Go...Lots of Catching Up To Do

Well, it's been a while since I've posted pictures.  Sadly, what used to take me hours now takes mere minutes.  What's the issue then you ask?  Well, the guilt of having so few pictures to weed through reminds me that I don't carry the camera often enough.  Even with the iPhone at our disposal, it seems life is just happening too fast and we miss the moment.  So what few pictures I do have on the camera sit there, waiting patiently for me to add some friends to the memory card.  And I procrastinate, procrastinate, procrastinate.  Nothing changes.

Except Vinny.

He is getting SO BIG, so fast.  I love and hate all at the same time.  I feel these baby days slipping away and I know I will never get them back.  Even if we had another baby, I will never have THESE baby days back.  Vinny is quick to remind me he is NOT a baby anymore, even telling his friend at school he can "call him Vincent now, since he is a big boy now."

So here are a bunch of pictures dating all the way back to June...keep scrolling and click on "older posts" until you get to the "Random" pictures.  I guess I do have a lot of pictures now that I think about it.

Enjoy.

Finding Nemo

Took Vinny to his first 3D film, Finding Nemo.  The glasses lasted about half of the movie, and who can blame him.  They are annoying.  The film was beautiful, though.  Lots of detail I had not noticed the first 1000 times I've seen it.

On the way out of the theatre, the trolley happened to be chiming along, so...all aboard!

College Game Day

Here we are at the Rose Bowl.  Turns out the Rose Bowl is the actual name of the stadium UCLA plays in, not just the name of the New Year's Day tournament.  Hmm.  Who knew?  Stop shaking your head Anthony!

Anyway, we experimented with seeing how far we could take the idea of tailgating with Vinny...he was in good spirits, so into the crowd to find some tickets and see about getting onto the game.  Viola.  The stadium was huge and loud, and it was a great game.  Though not wanting to exit with 100,000 other fans, we left at after the 3rd quarter, missing the big win over Nebraska.  Great time!

Carsland-FINALLY!

We've been waiting all summer to check out Carsland at Disney's California Adventure.  It did not disappoint.  We felt like we were truly walking right in to the movie.  Everywhere you looked and listened, you felt like you were right there in Radiator Springs.

Here we are in Luigi's Casa della Tires waiting for the bumper tires ride.  Not a great ride actually, but the scenery was fun.

On to Mater's Junkyard Jamboree.  "A little crazy" according to Vinny, but he loved it.

We were there at the end of the day so we got to see the neon come to life just like in the movie, Cars.  Let's cruise, baby!

First Day of School! First Day of School!

Sure, Vinny attended preschool last year, but he was only 2.  Somehow this feels more real, more official.  3 equals preschool, right?  So he stood for his first obligatory First Day of School Photo and showed off his favorite lunchbox.  This was also the first and last time he will probably ever wear this shirt.  The reward for wearing it can be seen below.  I am not above bribery.

After school frozen yogurt date.  Chocolate only, please.

Back to School Meltdown

I speak of Pinterest a lot lately because it has rekindled my love affair with all things crafty.  Earlier this summer I made a couple crayon wreaths for the first day of school.  There were, and I mean were, adorable.  But in my haste to beautify the front doors of the preschool, I hung them up insisting to myself that the weather was cooling off.  So stupid.  20 minute project turned into a 3 hour hazmat cleanup.  Ugh.

Cheering On the Cousins

It had been a while since we'd gone back to AZ, so it was really comforting to see some family again.  Bill is getting settled into his new condo, which is really great.  Vinny loves Boppo's big pool!  It happened to be James' first game of the season, and we were lucky enough to cheer him on to Pinnacle's first win of the season!  "Go Big 1-8!" 

Then it was on to Justin's basketball game the next morning.  Vinny had more fun running around with Uncle Tom more than anything else though.

We tease James about losing favorite cousin status all in good fun.  The truth is, Justin takes very good care of Vinny, and clearly Vinny loves him.  Awww...