The Halloween Happenings

We had a very happy Halloween. The boys were super excited and off the wall most of the day! Jacob decided for a second year in a row to be a robot. Raphael is a puppy dog.

 Theo as a little bee.

 Trick-or-treating at Miss Nance's house.  She's the best! A few of the neighbors even had special goodie bags for the boys which was fun. 

 An attempt at a group shot. Notice the sign in our window. 

 Theo at 4 1/2 months.

 He's such a happy little boy!

He loves rolling onto his belly and is now starting to grab for his toys.

Kelkenberg Farm

After church on Sunday, we headed to Kelkenberg Farm in Akron. It was a gorgeous day. I love Kelkenberg Farms because it is a small farm that is not over commercialized. We enjoyed a barn tour, pony rides and a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch.  Their kettle corn is amazing and I love their quaint gift shop. 

The boys attempt at a group photo. Raphael was more interested in looking at the tractor. 

Our little cutie. He is so smiley most of the time!

Daddy and Theo.

Jacob was super excited to ride the miniature pony. For some reason Raphael did not want to go on at all.

Here we are riding the wagon to the pumpkin patch.

Picking out a pumpkin. 

Jacob found the perfect one!

A professional photographer emailed me these pictures of the boys eating lunch. Too cute.

When we came home the boys painted their pumpkins.  They can't wait to dress up for Halloween and go trick-or-treating.  Having children always makes the holidays more fun!

A weekend trip

 Jay had some time off so we headed to Ithaca. It was a gorgeous weekend! I only have a few pictures since our camera died. Thank you mom for letting me borrow yours!

 Here are the boys playing with play dough after church.

 Our beautiful Theo at four months of age!

 Grandma Albanese kept the boys busy with play dough, homemade lemonade, wagon rides and walks around the yard.

 I love this picture of Poppy and Theo.

Fall is officially here! Yesterday I made old-fashioned pumpkin cookies. Last week I made pumpkin whoopie pies and pumpkin bread.  Delicious! This weekend we are planning on hitting up the pumpkin patch, if the weather cooperates.

Our Theo

Our camera is currently not working, sigh! I wanted to take some updated pictures of Theo since he is getting so big. In another week and a half he will be four months old. He started rolling from his back to his tummy this past weekend! He is giggling and overall a very happy boy. We're starting to have him learn how to self soothe himself to sleep (always fun). Since he is overly addicted to being rocked to sleep until we can put him down. Last night he slept 10 hours straight, which was awesome.  He is really a great baby! He is smuggled with kisses and hugs from the boys throughtout the day. Jacob especially enjoys "helping" him roll over.  Stay tuned for more pictures, when we get around to purchasing a new camera....

Rebecca's baby shower

 I can't believe in a little over two months my little sister is going to have a baby! Wow! It was great seeing both sisters this past weekend. 

 Mom and Aunt Kristen. 

 The adorable monkey cake! The other food on the menu, included a green salad with many toppings, assorted fruit, zucchini and blueberry breads, cheese and crackers and a champagne punch. 

 Mrs. Corina and Theo. Theo didn't sleep most of the day, there was too much excitement going on.  Mrs. Corina was a great help and went for a long walk with us after the shower.

 Rebecca opening her gifts. She got some great items!

 It was wonderful to see Omi and Opa. This is the best group shot I could get!

We have a truly wonderful family!

p.s. This same weekend was also Gianna's baptism, I'll post about that on another day. It was a jam packed weekend.

New Beginnings!

Jacob started Pre-K 3 this week at Christ the King School. Here are some of his many faces!

 Cool dude look.

 A sad look, although he was thrilled to start school!

 His mischievous look.

 Mommy and Jacob. It was a beautiful September morning.

 Raphael cried most of the morning. He visited Jacob's school last week and really wanted to go again.

Your turn will come buddy, just wait a year!

P.S. Jacob's first day last year. 

The gift of baptism

 Here is Theo the morning of his baptism.  We had a great weekend with family celebrating this joyous event.  Aunt Laura and Uncle Jim were the godparents.

Great grandma made the hat and booties he's wearing

 The boys did great during mass, but were super antsy during the baptism.  They spent most of it in the vestibule of the church or upstairs in the balcony.

 Theo is receiving the chrism oil.

 Theo received the light of Christ.  All the mothers also were given a red rose, very sweet.

 This is as close as we got to a group photo.  Everyone was tired and hungry and ready to leave after being in church for over 2 hours.  I'm sad that we did not get more group photos, but what can you do.

Grandma and Poppa with little Theo.

Our family.

 This cake was excellent!

 After the baptism we enjoyed a meal of strip steak, salad, bread and shrimp.  We had a couple of incidents involving wine glasses.  One wine glass was shattered across a room and another glass of wine was spilled all over a rug.  It was actually quite comical...

 As a result Poppy ended up drinking out of a sippy cup.

 The day of the baptism was rainy and cool, but the day before was hot! Here's Raphael wearing Theo's shorts.

 Aunt Rebecca enjoying the afternoon.

Theo!

Thank you to everyone for making the trip up to Buffalo. We had a wonderful weekend and we're excited that Theo is now part of God's church.