Life as Vinny's mom: May 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

Picnic Point

We decided to head down to Picnic Point to go for a walk and burn some energy.

Looking for crabs.

Tankfest

We went to Tankfest at Paine Field today. Vinny has been begging to go and see a "real life" tank, so when I saw the event, we couldn't pass it up!

He actually got to hold a bazooka today! If you have been around Vinny lately, you will know that he is obsessed with Bazookas. This was quite exciting for him!

Watching the parade with the tanks.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Last night we went to our first Mariner's Game of the season. Jason and Kenda went with too. It was a very exciting game. Not only because it went into 12 innings, and we won against the Yankees but because of the crazy fans! They had 4 people run out onto the field, once of which was a streaker! There were Seattle Police, Alcohol enforcement and employees everywhere. It was fun to go and have a date night with the hubby, but the laughs as all of this happened made the night a bit more fun!

I think this is one of my favorite pics of Tony and me together!

Here is a pic of some of the police that were in front of our seats.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Vinny's cool moves..

Vinny was digging the Billboard awards.

Just hanging out...

52 week project - week 20

Nap time!

Reading Llama Llama books

I don't know why he refuses to look at the camera.

Last day of school.

I can't believe that my little guy is old enough to be graduated from pre-school. It seems like it was such a quick year! Next fall he will go to the same school, but will go 4 days a week and will be in Pre-K.

Getting ready to leave for the last day of school!

I couldn't decide which picture I liked better, so you know me, I had to post them both.

Vinny and his teacher Mrs. Cunningham. That is the flower that he got her to say "Thank you"

Vinny and his teacher Mrs. T.

We received a book from his teacher with projects and random papers from throughout the year, including the end of year progress report.

In the book it shows that in September 2010 - Vinny was 37 lbs and 3 foot 4 inches tall and in April 2011 - Vinny was 41 lbs and 3 foot 5 1/2 inches tall.

On his progress report he got all great comments and was able to complete everything that he was supposed to be able to, (and more!)

For a special treat, when school was out, I picked him up and took him to Jennings park for a picnic lunch and to play for a few. I was on my lunch break, so I didn't get to spend a lot of time, but I wanted to be there for his last day. After that I dropped him off at his friend Donovan's house for his 1st official playdate. He couldn't believe that I was going to just leave him there without staying with him and was so excited! He says he had a great time and he can't wait to go back!

Just for comparison, this was Vinny on his 1st day of school.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Goin' Platinum!

At my work we have this award called Platinum Club. There are several ways to qualify for it. They give away the award each quarter, and then again annually. If you win for the quarter, you are invited to a celebration breakfast with the Management team of the bank, as well as the other winners. For 2010, I won the quarterly Platinum Club 3 out of 4 quarters. To me, it was a major accomplishment considering I started the bank 4th quarter of 2009. So the 1st quarter that I was actually eligible to win, I did! Those of you who know me well, know that I love to be on top and love to win, so this was very exciting for me.

I soon found out that I was also the winner of the 2010 Annual Platinum Award. With this I was invited to a dinner out (it was at Terracotta Red in Everett) and a small bonus. Here are a few pictures for the night.

Caorl Neilsen and me. Carol is our bank president.

Vern, Myself, Michelle & Susan. These were a couple of the other annual winners.

I wanted to share this because to me, this is a major accomplishment. I won this annual award for my sales after only being with the bank for 14 months. After leaving my last job, I was feeling a bit deflated, and this has helped me to see that I still can thrive.
Last week I received and email saying that I had won, once again for 1st quarter 2011. The breakfast is this coming Thursday.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Photo Shoot

I went up the lake today with Reidar to take some pics.... It was super sunny out, so it was hard to get many without a bunch of shadows, but here are my favs.