It's Halloween Everyday in Our House

The boys are often costume clad in our home. Either that or just in their undies. This latest attire is of Felix's creation. He in particular loves wearing only underwear, and apparently wherever he can on his body. From what I understood of this get up, the underwear on their heads acted as protection from a storm and it later acted as a scuba mask during their deep sea dive in the backyard.

I love these dudes!

Felix's feet protection...a puppet and an arm brace

Felix looks so old in Scott's glasses!

Rex Time with Mommy

Rex is a completely different guy when Felix is at school. He is all about keeping busy and wearing me out! The 2nd day of school he kept me busy by insisting on cleaning 2 bathrooms (one he did by himself while I lay in bed for a 10 minute nap!), picked the rest of the vegetables from the garden, then cleaned the veggies, cleaned the fish bowl, looked for a missing cat 3 times, and prepared some fresh corn to freeze. Day 3 of school and everyday thereafter we have been playing Superheros. I'm Saturn Girl and he is Lightning Lad. Any chore I have to do turns into a fight against the bad guys. It's actually nice because I get chores done with his help. For instance, mowing the lawn turns into chopping up the miniature bad guys in the grass, or trimming the bushes turns into chopping off the bad guy branches and putting them in garbage jail.

Lightning Lad is pretty awesome.

Our meager bounty
Rex's assembly line for cleaning the vegetables. All done on his own accord. I came inside to this surprise.

First Day of Kindergarten

So far I'm not a big fan of Kindergarten. It has only been one week, but I can't stand having Felix gone from 8:30 to 3:30 each day. I think about him all day long and race to the school when it's time to pick him up.

I love my little guy, and am not prepared for this next stage in his life.

He was nervous his first day, but was able to jump right in with a group of boys playing on the floor and say, "Hi!" Day one seemed fine. By day 3, he was ready to stay home. It was hard getting him out of bed. Day 4 was better, but on day 5 he said as I was dropping him off, "Another boring day at school." At least he doesn't chase me down the hall when I leave like another boy in his class (bless his heart).

Felix actually is adjusting well, but we sure miss him at home!!

I had to throw this picture in. I looked out the boy's bedroom window one school day and my heart skipped a beat when I saw this from a distance. I had to go outside and take a picture of my neighbor's trash.

Felix had been excited about riding the bus, but this was as close as he came.

I gladly drove him to school instead.

Hilton Head, South Carolina

Oh the glorious beach! We spent a week at Hilton Head, SC with my sister Julianne and her wonderful family. The kids had a blast playing together. It was hard to say goodbye. We were busy snapping lots of photos so here are some of the highlights of our beach week.

The boys going out to catch some waves

Daphne and her baby blues

There were tons of living sand dollars at low tide in the ocean. You just combed the ocean floor with your feet until you found one and picked it up and they were still moving underneath. We brought home a dozen of them. Apparently they are protected by law and you're not supposed to remove them...Oopsie!

Here's Felix flying the kite

The boys were on a crab hunt and this is what they found

Felix catching a wave

There was a lot of shoveling going on this week

Rex's summer fling

The mermaid island the boys constructed

Catching waves with cousin Caleb

Felix's pants were too big and kept falling down. Just before the this photo was snapped he said, "Take a picture of this!"

We take our best shots from behind when we don't all have to be looking in the same direction!

In this picture Rex was saying, "Next time we come to the beach, never take pictures again!"

I love the beach!!!

I think Daphne loves the beach, too

We did a little kayaking on the ocean. Rex fell asleep during his turn and as Scott was bringing him back to shore, a wave turned the kayak and Rex had a rude awakening. He later said, "Next time we come to the beach, never take a boat ride again!"

Goofy Cousins

Felix on his mighty steed

We passed some stables one day and Rex decided it would be fun to ride a horse, so I jumped at the chance because in the past the boys have been too scared to take a pony ride. I'm just itching to go on a family vacation to a Dude Ranch, so I thought this was a baby step in that direction. The pony ride was twice around the petting zoo, but Rex was done after the first loop. He let me have it the rest of the afternoon for not getting him off the horse before the second loop. And, Felix wasn't interested at all.

I guess I'll have to wait a little longer for the Dude Ranch :(

Hi-ya!

Here is Felix showing off his Kung-fu moves:

Rolling on the River...

We went for a family bike ride last night on the trail, over the river and to the fountain. Felix was loving trying out new tricks on his bike, while Rex was busy showing off for the ladies on the trail. Every time we passed girls, he put his chin to his chest and pedaled super fast. Daphne enjoyed her first time in the bike seat.

On the trail

Over the river

This was an interesting find. Amidst all of our uncertainty with work and life right now, Scott has been having some, what seem to us, prolific dreams of late. Each morning he wakes up and proceeds to interpret his latest dream as it fits into our current situation. Well, on the bridge, we stopped for a photo, and found on the rail this Post-it.

If you can't read it, it says, "Dream a Little".

The boys go into their own little worlds when we play in the city fountains.
Here's Felix on his planet.

Rex on his planet

Daphne watching the action

Cold

Lovely sunset over the city

Back over the river