Halloween Hangover

Let's face it - you come here to read funny stories and see pictures. When I am running low on time, the funny stories can wait, but I want to post Halloween pictures before 2012!

Here are the photos from our annual trip to the pumpkin patch and Halloween night (these are a bit grainy because it was already getting dark!). Oh, and just in case you want to see how big the boys have gotten, here are links to the last 4 Halloweens for your viewing pleasure (and this is why I keep the blog!) - if you have suggestions for next year's costumes, leave a comment. I am thinking of doing something Ghostbuster related. Perhaps a ghost and a Ghostbuster? I am so lucky that the boys play along with my Halloween coordination!

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About to go Trick or Treating!

Look, Mommy is playing super hero too. Not pictured: My boots!

Captain America striking a pose and breaking hearts!

Even Spiderman needs a time out to go for a horse and buggy ride!

They are best friends now - I only hope they are such good friends when they are grown ups!

Where did Andrew and Tyler go? I only see Captain America and Spiderman! (the black spider on Tyler's costume blinks red at night -- very cool!)

Mommy's Superheroes!

Seriously, Spidey - your smile melts my heart!

It's Official - I'm a "Soccer Mom"!

We spend our weekends running between Andrew's flag football games and soccer games -- not to mention Tyler's soccer games and whatever other fun weekend activities are on the calendar. Sometimes I feel like I spend less time at home on the weekends than I do during the week - and many weeks I am traveling out of town for work!

Tyler has really taken to soccer and has gotten several goals in every game we have played so far. He is pretty aggressive and loves to steal the ball and score, as long as you don't ask him to play for more than 5 minutes at a time(each period is 5 minutes), because he quickly wears himself out and starts to whine / cry. We have institued a new rule - there is no crying in soccer!

By First grade, sports are already getting serious. Yes, seriously. Andrew is starting to appreciate the competitive nature of sports and is really starting to find his way.

In fact, Andrew got the offensive game ball this weekend at this flag football game for great blocking - way to go, Andrew! Tyler was very proud of his big brother!

Hello? Anyone there?

We have a lot of catching up to do. I am not going to lie, it has been a very busy year and this blog has fallen to the bottom of my to do list. To give you an idea, I just uploaded about 1500 photos, some dating back to April!

So, while I am busy sorting photos - which will also help me remember the many stories I have not shared on this blog, I will start with the present and will work my way back over time.

This blog is my digital scrapbook for my boys, so I need to update it for them if not for you all, our friends and family, who are curious as to what is happening at the Moore house.

So, here is a quick recap of the recent happenings in the Moore house ...

*The boys went back to school, Andrew is now in 1st Grade and Tyler is in Pre-K (this makes me want to cry, they are growing up so fast!)

*Andrew and Tyler both played summer baseball, this was Tyler's first experience with coach pitch baseball and he did great and even got on base several times (he was the youngest on the team by far!)

*Andrew and Tyler are both playing soccer this Fall and Andrew is playing flag football again as well. Andrew will also be in Cub Scouts and Indian Guides ... oh, and the boys are also going to start Tae Kwon Doe ... it is going to be a busy Fall!

*Andrew turned 7 at the end of July ... yes, seven!!

More to come ...

Happy 40th Birthday, Douglas!

We love you immensely, Douglas and hope that you have an amazing birthday!

The decade that started with your 30s was pretty incredible -- newlyweds, my college graduation, moving back to Houston and buying our home, new jobs, Andrew's birth, your college graduation, getting your passport stamped, Tyler's birth and celebrating 10 years of marriage, just to name a few.

I hope that this next decade brings you everything you hope and dream about - you deserve it!

Happy birthday, to the youngest 40 year old I know!

All my love,

Annie

Andrew's New Look

It turns out that Andrew has a pretty strong astigmatism that was effecting his vision, both near and far. I noticed he would squint a bit when we were reading at night and the school nurse confirmed via their standard screenings that we should take him to have his vision checked.

Can you believe how much older these make him look?

He is actually very excited about wearing glasses, I wonder how long that will take to wear off? :)