As if her demands to watch hockey (“hockey on!”) and asking about “hockey” and “Crackers” every time she get strapped into her car seat weren’t enough of a clue… It is becoming more obvious everyday that Kaitlyn will not be figure skating in a few years. Instead, I’d like to introduce you to the future of the University of Maine’s Women’s Hockey Team…
Saturday was the day we have been waiting for… hockey season has returned!!! I’m still not sure if Kaitlyn has a crush on goalie Jhonas Enroth or if she’s just fascinated by the goalie mask. Either way, she stares him down. She also won’t wave to any of the new guys until they turn away from her. Travis Turnbull is still her special friend. He picked up right where he left off last season, coming over to wave at her during practice.
Watching the pre-game practice…
Practice…
Introducing the 2010-2011 team. Kaitlyn’s friend Travis is number 9 (third on the left)…
Carefully watching the game…
I swear Kaitlyn wasn’t trying to strangle Kevin. She was actually dancing at this point. One of the highlights of the night was watching her shake her butt to Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back”…
Checking out the moose balloon animal Kevin brought back…
We won!!!
The theme of this year’s corn maze was “Lost in Space”. The main paths of the maze were the planets and their orbits.
The start of the maze. The yellow flowers represented the sun…
Kaitlyn and Aunt Cassandra…
Kaitlyn, Grammy, and Aunt Cassandra…
After we finished the maze, we had some pumpkin spice ice cream…
Asking for more…
Then we picked out a pumpkin…
Yesterday, we took Kaitlyn to a farm in New Gloucester and went apple picking. Once Kaitlyn got the hang of it she loved it. She kept saying “up” so we’d pick her up and she could pull them off the trees. Once we showed her how to put the apples in the bag, we had to keep an eye on her. She’d grab any old apple off the ground and try to sneak it in the bag. It was fun to watch her running up the row of trees yelling “apple” repeatedly…
Found her first apple…
Bringing it to Daddy for inspection…
It’s good! Putting it in the bag…
Learning how to pick them off the tree…
I did it! 
Had one in each hand, but then dropped one…
There’s some at Kaitlyn-height!
After picking our apples, we bought some apple cider and homemade donuts. Then we took a ride on a horse drawn carriage… 
Hoping to hit up the pumpkin patch in a few weeks…
Yesterday afternoon, we went to a street festival that one of the Catholic Churches downtown puts on every year. We started going 3 Years ago and have gone every year since.
This year, Kaitlyn got her first taste of Cannoli…
Then Kaitlyn got her face painted for the first time. It didn’t go quite so well. After she got her nose done, she wasn’t so sure about having a stranger so close to her face. She started pulling away and smearing it.
Right afterwards, not looking so happy….
After we got her back to the car, and wiped up a little she was a little happier and looked really cute.
My little kitty…
Only 55 more days until the Pirates’ home opener! We can’t wait!!!
