Happy Halloween...from our Lil Stinker!

Today was a big day for Sam. He dressed up as a skunk and went to a big parade at Abi's school, then went trick-or-treating with his cousin and got lots of goodies.

Here he is with his mom...about to get the party started! (You may recall that last year Sam could sit in his little pumkin bag - click here if you may have forgotten)



He may be the cutest skunk around...







After the parade we went back to Aunt Becky and Uncle Rich's house to get ready for trick-or-treating. Tell me these aren't great costumes!



Sam just acted like normal...like he wasn't dressed like a skunk.



...not much to say with this one...



...and then we were off!



Here's one of his first houses...good thing he couldn't spray anyone!



...and here's a little video to show you how it's done :)

Anybody need anything?

Sam has become quite a grocery shopper. Give him your list and he'll promise to get you whatever he wants to get you :)

One Very Tired Boy

Sometimes there's nothing to do but lay him on the floor...

Pumpkin Carving

Sam helped me and Abi carve pumpkins today. We're going to help him with his later this week.

Can you tell which is mine :)

Poll Lovers

For those who love the polls!

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Sam the Fireman

I figured I'd run with the "[NAME] the [OCCUPATION]" construct of the campaign of late :)



Being silly with his hat...

Oh yeah...

I guess we forgot to mention that the Red Sox didn't make it to the World Series...next year!

The Race Is On!

Never Say Die!

The Last Debate...

Guess who we think won the debate tonight?!

Sox Lose...Again.

The Sox are now losing the ALCS 3-1. It was a bad loss tonight. The only positive thought is that they were in the same position last year and when they won the World Series in 2004. Keep your fingers crossed!

I share Sam's feelings on this, and I've probably made the same face a few times tonight!

Sox Lose :(

The Sox lost again tonight...we were too annoyed to take any pics!

ALCS Tied Up At 1-1 Heading Back To Boston

Sam was actually awake for a little of the game last night...but for some reason he couldn't last the 5 1/2 hours until it ended in a 9-8 loss for the Red Sox at 1:30 a.m.

He had his game time snacks all ready to go...



And had his noisemakers out, cheering the Sox on in the early innings...

A Day At The Farm

We took a trip to a farm in northwest New Jersey yesterday so that Sam could pick pumpkins and go for a hayride. You'll see from the pictures that he enjoyed himself. He was far too curious to look up at the camera :)





Grammy, Becky, Owen and Maria were with us, hence the cartful. All these big orange balls with sticks were very interesting...



This is a cute pic of a determined Sam...



...and a few more...



cutie pie...



still no looking at the camera



He loved all the equipment.



...and especially liked the hayride with Mom...

Walking Man!

Sam is fast becoming a walker. Tonight he walked back and forth between me and Abi for a while. When we tried to capture it on video he walked to his chalkboard. It turned into a cute video. I comment that it has the potential to be on "America's Funniest Home Videos" because he was banging with a stick awfully close to me and an errant bang would have had me seeing stars!

ALCS - Sox Win Game 1

Unfortunately, Sam didn't make it...but I'm sure he'll be happy to find out tomorrow :)

Mommy and Me

Sam went for a walk with his mom the other day :)

GO SOX!!

Sox are on to the ALCS!!

Birthday Song

Gotta have this posted! Watch how Jack helps out ;)

Birthday Bash

Sam had his birthday hoe down on Saturday...lots of music and fun!



While the cake was great to look at, it was pretty good to eat too!



Here's a pic of the three of us :)



...and Evie got into the swing of things!



Sam had a blast. Here he is with his friend Elise...



...and here he is with Ava. Interesting that he's always with the ladies, isn't it?!

1, 2, 3 . . .12!

Here's our year in pictures!