So I have been a little slack (well, okay, maybe a LOT) about keeping the blog up-to-date!  I am working on trying to get everything caught up...but it may take some time.  Here are some pictures from last year after Thanksgiving when we were all getting in the Christmas spirit.  Lots of attempts at that "perfect" family photo for the Christmas card!

 Mommy and her wild little men!

 Look at Charlie trying to get his brother!

 By far my favorite of the bunch!  Not one of us is actually looking at the camera!

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Trip to Holiday World!

We took the kids to Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana this past weekend since they've been so well behaved lately (really we just threatened that they would NOT get to go if the didn't behave -- whatever works). Drew just barely made the 36" height cutoff and got to ride all the same big-boy rides as Jack. Charlie even got in on the action, too!

Cruisin'

Charlie and Mom.



Drew's favorite ride, by far. I think he rode it 10 times.

A little canoe trip.

Turkey Whirl

Jack hunting turkeys from the front seat!

This is the best they would pose for me.

Charlie enjoying a ride on the safari cars.

Jack and Drew patiently waiting in line.

The Vincent boys take over the "Whales" ride!

School pictures - March 2011

Jack Birthday

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Hanging out at home

Charlie and his sweet smile! Someone is acting like they are ready to crawl! Watch out Jack and Drew...

Jack made special pizzas for dinner. Every month he gets a Highlights magazine (thanks Mim and Miller!) and for January the kid's recipe was smiley face pizzas. Jack loves to help me cook dinner.

Daddy and Charlie on the computer together.

And now it is Jack and Drew's turn...

Charlie and Momma on the morning news

I make no promises as to my ability to video without shaking...but at least you can see my little man on the video. I am going to try and get a better video and will post when I have it. I also heard from the daycare that Jack and Drew are supposed to be on the news tomorrow morning saying, "Good Morning Kentucky!," so if it happens, you better believe I will be posting that next!

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Santa and the boys!

Santa made his annual visit to the daycare and by some miracle, they were able to get a picture of my 3 boys with him. I love the fact they are all actually looking at the camera too!

Holiday trip to Cincinnati.

I insisted that we take the boys up to the big city for some holiday fun. You know what they say about "the best laid plans".. Well it wasn't quite THAT bad, but the boys aren't quite able to do as much as I think they can yet. But, some great moments were had, for sure.

We started by trying to go to the Rein-dog parade up in Mt. Adams but couldn't find a spot to park that would allow us to push three little ones in strollers. It looked really cool, and we vowed to return next year. Next we went downtown to the Duke Energy building to see the holiday train setup.. wow... what a crowd. We made in 75% of the way through the line before Leslie had to drag Drew outside for screaming and acting up (turns out he is sick...). Oh, and 10% of the way through the line we discovered we forgot our SD memory card, so Les went out to Walgreen's next door to grab one.

After that, we went to watch the ice skating rink. On the way back to the car, we found the thing that fascinated them more than anything else prior.. the escalators in the Westin hotel! I rode up and down 2 flights with each of them 3 times. Whew!

Johnny Rockets was for dinner, and that actually went very well. We all enjoyed our burgers, and since they put us ALL the way in the back, we didn't bother anyone!

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Day 2 started with me going out to get some McD's from across the street. The boys enjoyed their big breakfast platter while we packed up, then we headed out. Stop #1 was the German market so that I could find some cookies, etc for the kids. Turns out the old German neighborhood is now very ghetto, but the market was still very nice (and guarded by 5-6 security personnel).

Next... we went and had lunch with Santa. Well, it turns out it was actually lunch with St. Nick. When we walked in the door, the first thing that came to my mind was... "HO! HO! HO!.. and what's your name, little boy?"

But it turns out that both Jack and Drew were happy to sit on his lap and they each got a nice stuffed animal present!

Finally, we headed up the mountain in Devou Park to the Behringer-Crawford museum to see their really nice holiday toy train exhibit. The boys had a great time, as you can see, and Drew almost lost a finger in the elevator on the way out.

And finally, Drew hosts a tea party for Minnie and her friends. What a guy!