Halloween Fun!

Okay, so I know I am an entire week behind on this one...(better late than never!)

Evan went as Winnie the Pooh as a honey bee. He wore the hood and everything - I couldn't believe it! Hayden went as his requested super hero, Superman. I admit they were a precious pair.
They really loved the whole knocking on people's doors to get candy
thing. Evan could not understand why he couldn't put his costume on to do it again the next day.

Hayden sported his Texas Longhorn candy basket and Evan loved his Elmo basket.
They especially loved the $1 pumpkin flash lights that Grandmommy had purchased
to carry with them. They put them inside their baskets to help light the way.
Again, why do we bother with expensive toys?

While I am at it, I will cram into this post our other Halloween festivities earlier that week.
Hayden had his sweet friend, Colin, over for a while and I decided to finally experiment
with one of those fun Halloween dessert crafts you see in all the magazines and say to yourself
you are going to do but never get around to. I mean you have good intentions, even ear mark the pages, but then it just gets forgotten about until the next Woman's Day magazine comes out with the next holiday "fun for all" food craft.

The precious duo.

They each kindly took turns pouring in the ingredients I measured out for them.

Hayden was checking out what he calls the "constructions."


We of course had to use "Cars" baking cups.

This is supposed to be a bat.

This is my attempt at a little spider in its web. It turned out
okay but didn't look as near as great as in the magazine.
It was a fun little craft none the less and the boys had fun mixing!

EARLIER THAT DAY.....

This is what happens when Mommy let's it get
"too quiet" upstairs without going to investigate right away.
Thank goodness little E didn't flush!!
It was a brand new roll.

Evan's Name for Pumpkins...

We are not sure how this came about but Evan is adamant that pumpkins are called ghosts. He will not have it any other way no matter how much convincing we try. He is sure to correct us.

An October Morning at the Arboretum

Steve took of work Friday for a nice family outing at the Arboretum. It was perfect weather and the boys had a great time exploring and playing in the pumpkins and hay. I was so happy to get pics of them in their adorable matching Halloween shirts from my favorite children's clothing store, Janie and Jack.

Sweet Hayden is having a fantastic time.

As usual, Evan is on the move as Daddy tries to get a pick of us together.

Hayden enjoys taking the time to pose with Mommy.

Daddy somehow manages to get E to cooperate for just a second to snap a pic together.

Daddy helps Evan walk across the tops of the hay bales.

Evan loved throwing the hay around. I think that was the best part for him.

Hayden's First Staple - Ouch!

Hayden had his first boo-boo requiring one staple this week. He was playing on the playground at preschool and fell back and hit his head after colliding with another child. His Daddy came rushing in right behind me from work as soon as he heard with the Blackberry already to his ear calling the doctor to wait further instruction and asking his symptoms. Apparently I come to find out that Steve dashed through the main office without even stopping to wait for a name tag and sign in -( such a sweet concerned Daddy!)
Steve took Hayden to the doctor while I took Evan back home for his nap. He said he did great and was such a trooper. Of course Daddy took him for a Wii Game rental and ice cream afterwards - nothing a little TLC couldn't fix. He gets his staple out tomorrow. I am so glad. I think seeing the staple bothers me more than the wound. It looks like it would hurt but Hayden forgets it is even there on the back of his head. I guess if we made it to almost 5 years with 1 staple being the worst injury so far we are doing good :-)

Go Texas!

Nothing like a Texas Skull Cap and
"Texas Fight" from little E
to cheer the Longhorns to victory!
Go Horns!
Texas 38, Colorado 14

Soccer Game Fun

Go Raptors!

I kept seeing Hayden in his "runners stretch."
(He watched a lot of Olympics with Daddy.)

He kicked that ball with great determination!

I didn't ever figure out what this boy was
yelling at my sweet Hayden about. He
was getting the finger point and everything.

Anyhow, he loves his soccer practice and counts
down to his games each week.

let's play guess which cut was done by a "professional"...

Let's play a fun little game called "Guess who cut which of my boys hair"

Exhibit A


Exhibit B


Which one was done in a salon and which was done by me??
Drumroll.........

Yes, I actually paid someone $20 to cut Hayden's hair!!
This picture was taken even after I took him back to attempt to fix
this haircut.
Not that little E's trim is any sort of masterpiece but oh my goodness
what was that woman thinking??!!!

Let's go back and revisit Hayden's "do". Does it not look
like I brought this in to her and said, "This
is exactly what I want!"
Don't get me wrong, Hayden is precious as always
but what in the world did he do to deserve such a haircut??
On top of that he has his soccer pictures tomorrow.
Thank goodness his hair grows fast!

First Day of Preschool

So Mommy is a bit behind in posting about the first day of preschool. I am a procrastinator often times. Anyhow, I didn't get Evan's first day art back until Tuesday so my delay paid off :-)

The backpack is virtually bigger than E!

Evan is not quite as excited about the hug as brother.

Hayden helps little E adjust his backpack.
Evan is SO excited about his backpack.
He loves to wear it and refers to
Dora the Explorer by singing "backpack, backpack."

So they are not really walking off to the school bus or anything
but I figured it was a better visual than the garage.

The boys stare at the neighbor kids
actually getting to leave for school through
the front door. They look quite awed by it all don't they?

This is Hayden's kissing hand. This was done based on a sweet
story where a Mommy kissed her child's hand and
whenever he felt scared or sad she told him he could
put his hand to his cheek and would get a kiss from Mommy.

The boys did great on their first day!
I think they are going to have a wonderful year.

Soccer Is Back in Session!

"The Raptors" are back and ready to start the season strong!

Hayden could not be more excited about counting the
days down until practice and soccer games each week.
Daddy is even doing a little assistant coaching where needed.
It is basically the exact same group of boys and they
really are learning to play well together. We are so
proud of the little cuties.

Hayden has been working some great defense!

Little E intently watches brother from the sidelines with some
delicious animal crackers.
(Yes, poor baby still needs a good hair cut.)