Santa, Reindeer and Grave Digger all in one day!!

Saturday morning we headed over to Gerten's Greenhouse to meet Santa. He was there with Mrs Clause, Dasher and Comet! We waited about an hour in line to meet Santa and it was totally worth it. Once it was our turn Colton ran right up to Santa, gave him a big hug and proceeded to tell him what he wanted for Christmas. After chatting with Santa and taking some pics we headed outside to take a ride in Santa's sleigh. Colton though it was pretty cool to get to go for a ride in a sleigh pulled by Santa's Reindeer!

Saturday afternoon we came home and took long naps so we would be ready for Monster Jam at the Metrodome that night. We rode the lightrail downtown, which Colton thought was pretty awesome and got to our 2nd row seats just in time for the show to start. The show was great. Colton spent most of his time cheering and laughing and snacking (Snow Cones and Dome Dogs) and covering his ears from the noise. The last event of the night was Grave Digger's Freestyle attempt. We had been waiting all night to see Grave Digger go over the big jumps, but after only 30 seconds on the course he flipped over and broke something in his truck and was unable to complete his run. Colton was crushed. He kept saying "Grave Digger is sad that he doesn't get another turn"! About ten minutes after the show ended, after coats were one and we were about to leave, he totally broke down and start bawling. He seriously was so sad. We even went and bought him a stuffed Grave Digger to make things better but it only lasted about one minute and then we was back to extreme crying. I felt so bad for him, I think he experienced his first heartbreak that night. But after lots of convincing he is now coping with the crash and even says he wants to go see Grave Digger again someday. Okay here are just a few pics from Monster Jam!

Lazy Day Thursday

Today was another lazy day Thursday for the three of us! We slept in for a change (Colton doesn't like to sleep past 7:30 most days)! After breakfast we decided to dig out our old Nintendo 64 and play some Monster Truck Madness in order to get Colton ready for Monster Jam on Saturday night. Colton loves to play games but it was getting close to nap time and he was having a hard time staying awake... so eventually he said turn it off so he could go play in his toy room and not risk falling asleep. Of course he eventually went down for a nap and I wrapped presents while Frankie finished up making his 30 pounds of jerky! We went Mexican for dinner, Colton said he wanted a burritto (a word I didn't even know he knew let alone know it was a food he liked). After dinner we headed to the toy room to "cook" up some dinner and just like a real chef Colton made quite the mess very quickly. After cleaning up our mess we baked some delicious brownies, watched one of our favorites cartoons and then we were off to read some books before bedtime. We spent the entire day being lazy as a family and these are the days I cherish the most!

Sunday with a "View"

Sunday morning we woke up and put on our Vikings gear (like every Sunday in the Berberena Household) and we put up our Christmas Tree. Colton was a big help.... although he got bored pretty quickly until it came time to hang the candy canes on the tree then we was ready to help (and eat)! Daddy fluffed all the branches so we could put them on the tree and then he was our official photographer as we put the star on top and all the ornaments on the tree.

After trimming the tree we dropped Colton off at Grandma's house and Frankie and I went to the Vikings game. We had awesome seats (Thank you so much Eric)! The view was spectacular... I could talk about it forever but I will let the pictures do the talking for me.

GO VIKINGS GO - Superbowl here we come!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I have so much to be thankful for again this year. I have an amazing husband, a son who tells me he loves me everyday, a family who I always know are right around the corner if I need them, a house to live in, a great job... for all of these I am very thankful. We spent Thanksgiving at my mother-in-law's house with my parents. We of course enjoyed the traditional Thanksgiving feast (turkey is by far my favorite food every) and then played games all afternoon. Colton ate 3 pieces of pumpkin pie (yes I said 3) and then decided to take a 4 hour nap while we played Mexican Train Dominoes. And then when he woke up he ate 2 more pieces of pie... I guess I know his favorite dessert! It was so much and a great way to spend the Holiday.

Colton spent the night at Grandma's and at 3:30 Friday morning my sister MaryBeth and I headed out to compete with all the other crazies to get the good deals. The thrill of the hunt was actually a lot of fun. We started at Kohls, then Walmart and Menards... then went and picked up my mom at about 7am and went back to Menards and then hit Target. We were back home and sleeping by 10:30am. I have almost all of my Christmas shopping done and I got some pretty great deals. It was fun but I am still trying to get back on schedule. Tonight I am going to see a play called Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) at the Hudson House with my mother-in-law, my mom and my sisters. Tomorrow Frankie and I are going to the Vikings Game and we are so excited about it, the seats are really good!! Okay off to put up Christmas Decorations. I said I wasn't going to put up a tree this year and I got yelled at by everyone I know so we will be putting it up - but first I need move some things around to make room for it!

I am holding onto Fall!!

Don't get me wrong I love snow but I am just not ready for it yet! The temps the last few weeks have been wonderful and I am just not ready for the sub zero mornings. So in an attempt to hold onto Fall for just a little while longer here are some pictures I took several weeks ago (before our house was over taken by sickness).

Children's Hospital Association's 60th Annual Benefit Ball

My mother in law Yvonne is on the board of the Children's Hospital Association and she invited Frankie and I along with Freddie and Melissa to be her guests at the Annual Benefit Ball at the Crowne Plaza in St Paul. It was so much fun to get all dressed up and spend a night out with adults. There was a silent auction, fancy dinner, Martini Bar, live auction and two great bands (in two different ball rooms). It was amazing to see the donations pouring in for such an amazing cause. Thanks for a great night out Yvonne - we look forward to going next year!

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween Everyone! Hope you all had a great Halloween. We had an awesome weekend. Our Annual Pumpkin Carving Party was on Friday night - it was awesome despite the rain, wind and cold weather. We had so much fun hanging out with all our friends and family, Thank You to everyone who joined us. I took about 200 pictures that night so I am going to put a slide show together and post that later on (I couldn't narrow it down to just a few). Halloween night Colton dressed up as Crunch the Timberwolves mascot. He had so much fun running door to door and saying Trick or Treat and after every house he would run back to Frankie and say "Daddy I got more candy for you!". He was more than willing to share his candy with everyone as long as no one touched his Kit Kats (those are all for him). This years costume is my favorite so far. I found the wolf costume at a garage sale for a quarter, the jersey is my old one and the bucket was his Easter Basket from last year! It was the cheapest costume to date and by far the best one. Every house we went to they commented on how cute he was and how you can't find nice warm costumes like that anymore. Another great Halloween is on the books. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE.