Snow Day - Hooray!

In the morning.

Starting to snow!

Checking out the snow in jammies.

Getting ready for the official snow time. No snowsuits, so we went with fleece jammies for the bottom layer.

Texas snowboots.

Luke ran out and was working on a snow angel by the time we caught up to him.

Snow soccer.

And finally, the SNOWMAN! Green tomato eyes, sidewalk chalk nose, and bead necklace mouth.

Final product with Luke's camo hat, Daddy's scarf and stick arms.

Trick or Treat

With a very last minute switch, we ended up with 2 cowboys for Halloween!

Luke went as a dolphin earlier in the day. He's playing a huge game of operation (a.k.a. Alien Autopsy) at the community center festival.

Trunk or Treat

A dolphin and a cowboy.

Cowboy crack!

The Dolphin and The Whale

Wildlife

This is my first time ever posting videos to our blog!

Here's the huge snake that was in our backyard a few weeks ago. If you look closely, it has a big bulge in the middle of its body, so I guess it had just eaten. Gross. I was secretly hoping it ate a toy and that it would mean the end for Mr. Snakey. Guess we'll never know. My neighbor said it was a Garter snake and not poisonous, but I would still prefer it to not be in our backyard and am now slightly paranoid whenever we go outside.

For our next big wildlife adventure, we took the boys fishing for the first time yesterday. There were zero fish, but a turtle saved the day! Luke caught it several times using his net.

Another family stopped by to check out the action and helped us play with the turtle on the dock for a little bit. After this interaction, we didn't see the turtle anymore. I think he got smart and swam far, far away. Thank you for the entertainment, Mr. Turtle!

Luke and Steve have Matching Capes

Super Luke watching Super Steve on Superfriends Blues Clues.

Happy Halloween?

Recently, Luke has been talking about what he'd like to be for Halloween. This is definitely a new stage since he insisted on going as Regular Luke this past Halloween. He'll randomly say "I'm going to dress up as a ____ for 'Christmas Treating'" or "Should we dress up as 'Christmas Treaters?'". At the pet store, he said he was going to dress up as a bird and a rabbit and a branch. When he asked if we should dress up this weekend, I thought it'd be a good chance to put Max in a few costumes I never managed to get on him in the fall. Unfortunately, we don't have any spare costumes in Luke's side (aside from his Firefighter stuff - Oh! and his new superhero cape - I guess we do have some) but he was quite entertained anyways since Max and I managed to get outside without him seeing us so he was surprised with what he found when the doorbell rang. And Sammy got in on the action as a Superhero!