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Halloween 2011

I'm back to blogging finally.  We've had a crazy, wonderful, difficult, busy, fun several months with not very much time to spare.  Hopefully, I can catch up on posts.  I have posts of major events clear back to March that I need to post.  Does anyone else feel like life is flying by way to fast that it's near impossible to catch up or stay caught up with life?  Now back to the blog.

Halloween ZooBoo

On our way in the car to ZooBoo.  The boys were so excited and so adorable in their costumes!!!  Halloween gets better every year as the boys grow and understand more.  There is nothing better than a mother seeing her kids so happy!

Nate always has the cutest expressions.  I cannot help posting all these pictures.  He has so much personality!  I never want to forget his sweetness and his love for life.  

Josh was so excited to be a Zebra.  He wore the costume everyday and raced around the house for almost 2 months.  A couple weeks before Halloween a friend thought it was so cute that he raced around the house practicing to be the "fastest zebra."  She asked him if he had seen the movie "Stripes," which he hadn't.  The following Sunday at church she gave him the movie to borrow.  He loved it and he became even more determined to be "the fasted zebra."  The next couple of weeks he was more specific about his costume.  He wasn't only a Zebra, he was "Stripes."

This was the first time the bats were actually awake, which is perfect for Halloween.  The wing span of these bats was almost 3 feet.

The boys loved the Tiger.  The tiger got right up to Nate over 30 times, at least.  At first Nate was a little surprised as the tiger got right into his face with only a few inches between them (mostly the glass).  It seemed if at first he didn't realize there was glass between them and he wasn't so sure what to do with this large cat.  Within a second he was laughing and completely fascinated with the tiger.  We watched the tigers for about an hour. 

The boys loved the penguins as well.  We've never spent that much time at the penguins.  We watched them for an hour as the penguins swam, jumped in and out of the water, fell on accident into the water, and laughed as the waddled around.

The boys also loved petting the Dog Sharks, which is always their favorite thing to do at the Zoo.

GAME FACE

Fall Soccer 2011

JOSH is one determined little boy!  He is so focused on being the "fastest."  It's so funny to see how competitive he has become since last fall.  He has been practicing racing and running everyday for the past month or so.  He has become really fast and he never gets tired running up and down the field.  In fact, he never wants to sit out.  He could play easily for an hour straight and never need to sit out.  He's a good sport about sitting out and letting others take their turn.  

JOSH has made tremendous improvements in his abilities as a soccer player since last fall.  He is even more fun to watch and HE LOVES SOCCER!!!

Team Name: Hornets

Here is JOSH in the warm ups as they run the perimeter of the field.  His determination is very apparent and he makes sure he beats the kids including his coach.

  

In this picture he's telling his coach, "I'm faster than you!  I'm going to beat you!"  He's so funny and entertaining.  Where did he get his competitive drive and how did it just pop up out of nowhere in the last month???

Josh really focusing on what his coach is telling him.

Josh praying on the field.  Probably asking that he can be the "fastest." 

Prayers answered!

The Avid Sports Fans!

Playing at the Park after the game.

Now what?  How do I get down from here?

Just doing a crazy stunt climbing head down.  I was thinking I could do a hand stand on the last bar and do a flip off.  It didn't work quite like I planned.  I may look happy in the 2nd picture, but I was really laughing so hard and telling John to help me and stop taking pictures of me.  I was laughing so hard that I couldn't hold myself up any longer and let's just say I gave everyone at the park a good laugh at the expense of my neck.