A Day at the Pumpkin Patch

To celebrate our Thanksgiving, the whole Clemente clan headed out to Whittamore's pumpkin patch for a morning of fun.

They had a great selection of pumpkins this year.

Isaac enjoying the "kiddie" ride-ons.

There were also a few farm animals to see. Here are the ducks.

A cow.

Grandma & Claire.

Grandpa & Adam.

Isaac up high on the hay bails.

Ryan & Claire up high.

Claire after her death encounter on the jumbo slide...her brother just threw her down.

A moment reflecing after her life/death situation...just kidding. She loved it and went down 2 more times by herself.

Isaac on the web.

Claire getting some help from Grandpa on the web.

Lining up for the bouncy castle.

Fun in the bouncy castle.

The hazards of the bouncy castle - Ryan is toppled over while Isaac continues to jump without a care. Nice!

Adam loving it! You also see Ryan at the side jumping high, Claire down and out, and Isaac in the back stepping over some kid...what's the age limit on this thing? How did he get in there? I am fully embarassed this is my child.

A picture of the crew after lunch.

Fun with the sandbox toys.

Some brother and sisterly love.

We then headed over for the pumpkin cannon shooting. They litterally shot pumpkins out of a cannon at old vans. Claire was not a fan. She repeatedly told us she did not like it. I don't think it helped either that the van they were shooting at looked like Grandma & Grandpa's. This upset her even more. I had to take her away.

And relaxing in the wheelbarrow after a long morning.

What a great day! We'll have to make it an annual event.

Last Day at Work...

Well, physically anyway! I'll be glad I don't have to travel in anymore. It was getting tough. I'll be working from home the next 2 weeks before I am officially on mat leave. I see the end of the tunnel!! Less than 30 days to go!

3 Year Wedding Anniversary

3 Years and another baby on the way!

It's a wonderful life!

Happy 34th Bday Daddy!

Today was Anthony's birthday. We did our usual breakfast at Cora's...YUMMY. Later in the evening the kids and I baked some cupcakes.

Claire getting ready to decorate her cupcakes for Daddy.

Sprinkling with care.

Getting a little bit of icing on her arm...a typical hazard. Daddy won't mind.

Isaac hard at work.

Tasting for quality control.

The finished products: Isaac's cupcakes.

Claire's cupcakes.

Big Momma lighting the candles.

A picture of Daddy and the kids.

A New Room for Isaac

With the baby coming soon, we've been doing some "musical rooms". The baby will be taking over Isaac's old room, Isaac will be taking over our old room, and we will be taking over the dining room...sounds weird, I know, but it works (for now anyway!). Claire stayed put in her room since we were changing so many of her routines already.

Anyway, rather than buying Isaac a new bed (since we don't know how much room we'll have when we move), we set up the futon for him and got some of Anthony's old furniture. Once we put it all together, it came out really nice. His new double bed.

Work station and wall of trophies.

We updated the room with some modern metal furnishings such as the magnet board and locker (complete with lock and key).

We're really happy with the way it turned out.

Big Girl

Now that Claire is 2 and becoming a big sister soon, we've taken away her bed time bottle. Instead of having a bottle before bed, we give her a bed time snack of cereal. Notice also she's using a regular cup too!

We've also taken away the toddler bed and brought in a big girl bed (Isaac's old bed). Here's her new bed.

We picked up this cute little stool at Homesense to help her up & down. I just love it!

Claire showing us how to climb up on her own.

She made it to the top no problem.

Our little girl is getting so big!

She's going to be a great big sister!

Niagra Falls 2010 - Part 5 - Hershey Store

Before heading back for the night we made a last pit stop at the Hershey store ofcourse. Daddy & the kids with the Reese guy. Claire was not impressed.

Isaac & Claire with the hershey kiss.

Isaac & Claire with the hershey kiss last year.

Alright, so we had ice-cream yesterday too....but how can we say no? We are on vacation!

It was nice to get away, if only for a few days. We'll most likely do this trip again next year too....saving up our points for it already!

Niagra Falls 2010 - Part 4 - The Falls

After dinner we headed down to the Falls. Isaac taking a closer look.

Daddy & Claire.

Mom & Isaac.

Grandma & Claire.

A family picture.

And remembering 2009.

They sure grow up fast.

Niagra Falls 2010 - Part 3 - Boardwalk

While the girls went for nap, Daddy and Isaac headed to the Boardwalk. They enjoyed a game of glow-in-the-dark mini golf.

Isaac's difficult shot.

A trip to the Guiness world records store. Isaac posing in front of some mist ball.

Taking a rest on the big chair.

How Isaac would look if he gained 200 lbs.

How Anthony would look if he lost 10 lbs.

Isaac under the 2 headed cow.

That was just strange!