The Three Musketeers

Have I mentioned that my mom is AWESOME?!?! She made the boys costumes again this year and did amazing!!  We took them to the church Halloween party and to the Science Spectrum for trick-or-treating and they had an absolute blast!! I think Halloween is slowly becoming their favorite holiday!  It took a little candy bribing to get Damon into his costume, but it was totally worth it.  They got attention everywhere they went.  The hats just topped it all off! 

The first night we put them in their costumes, we went to the church.  They had some carnival games for the kids to play and trick-or-treating.  Every time they played a game, they got candy.  For the first 6 or 7 times, they would both eat the candy right away rather than putting it in their candy bags.  It was fun for them to just run around and play games with all the kids.  The cake walk was pretty funny too because they happened to win every time!  After the trick-or-treating, we came back inside to help clean everything up, and the boys noticed that the left over candy from the games had been left unattended.  Kyler came and grabbed a bag; put two big handfuls of candy in it; showed me all that he got; I told him that was enough, and he replied, "Mom, my bag isn't full yet."  So he proceeded to fill it up.  Much to my dismay, the people in charge insisted that he take it home.  Thanks!

All For One & One For All

They even got light-up swords!

The hats were more difficult for these two to keep on, but they were so cute!

I love the look on his face.  "What is she doing to me?"

Look who stole one of the swords!

The boys were really excited to put their costumes back on to go to the Science Spectrum.  No bribing needed this time.  Damon knew the costumes meant more candy!  It was pretty crowded, and Radley got so much attention from people of all ages everywhere we went.  They were having a costume contest, and I was really hesitant to enter (mostly because they had a snake exhibit in the same room and people were holding and touching live snakes).  Kenney insisted, and I am so glad we did because the boys WON!!!  I knew they were cute, but it was nice to see that everyone else thought they were adorable too!!  They won a Lego game, Omni tickets, and a year pass to the museum!  (My mom got them a pass last Christmas and was going to get them another pass this year, but her sewing efforts literally paid off!!)  We were really excited!  They also had huge blowup slides and jumping things, which Kyler loved.  Overall, our family had an absolute BLAST this Halloween!

How cute is that?!?

Playing some games at the Science Spectrum.  I think the boys' throwing abilities surprised most people.  They both refused to get close and throw things!

They had a lot of fun running around and jumping. 

Kyler is so much more adventurous than I ever was as a kid.  He just jumped right up and got in with all the other kids to go down the slides.  I would have never done that on my own.  I am so glad he will go have fun and not worry about anything else!

Coming out of the maze.  He had a little help (thank goodness Kenney and I could see over the maze!)

I don't think I ever want to know how much candy these boys consumed!!  Damon even ate through wrappers.

The big WINNERS!!  So this is not the best picture, but they really did win!

The cutest little Halloween Spook!

Halloween Festivities

This year Halloween has been so much fun for us. The boys are really getting into it and loving it! They have gotten two Halloween packages from Oma and Grandma which brought lots of fun things and most importantly TREATS!!! We have carved pumpkins, made treats, and talked about spooky things. Kids have made holidays so much more fun!!

We convinced Kyler to stick his hand in the pumpkin, but he didn't like it one bit!  There is a video clip at the end of the post with his reaction.

Kyler has been making the best faces lately!  Apparently, you cannot carve pumpkins with clothes on; I'm learning there are a lot of things you cannot do with clothes!!

The only part of the pumpkin the boys would touch.  Kenney and I were talking about how long it took to carve pumpkins as kids, and it seemed like it took forever.  I was amazed at how quickly we got it done this year.  It took like 15mins to carve two of them!

Kyler drawing the face on one of the pumpkins.  He then proceeded to draw all over it!

The finished products!  Kyler call his pumpkin, the one in the back, 'spoogily' aka spooky.

Taking them outside

Radley's first Halloween, and our first attempt at pumpkin carving!

Kyler decorating the Halloween cupcakes we made.  He helped me make them while Damon was taking a nap.  When they came out of the over, I told Kyler they had to cool down before we could frost them.  He refused to leave the kitchen saying that he would 'wait.'  And wait he did not!  I walked into the other room, and less than 10 mins later he had eaten the top off of 4 cupcakes!!  The child does not have any patience!!

The cupcake is much more impressive than the 'smile'

Damon had to lick the knife every time before getting more frosting!

This little cutie stole Damon's dog while they were busy decorating frosting.

I love that cute little face!

I tried to get a picture of the boys dressed in cute vests for church and this is the best we could do.  2 out of 3 isn't bad, right?!?!

Hanging at Home & Radley's Haircut

Radley has almost gotten back to normal since the surgery. When I say back to normal, I mean that he is almost unspoiled!  I held him quite a bit the first two weeks after his surgery, and he got used to it pretty fast.  He was no longer content to lay around and kick, but he is slowly getting better about playing without being held.  I guess I got kinda spoiled before the surgery, because neither one of the other boys were nearly as happy as Radley.

We decided to cut Radley's hair while we were gone for the weekend.  He looks so different now!  I am sad that he is not the shaggy haired little boy I used to have.  He seems so much older and grown up.  His hair still sticks up, but it looks a little bit more controlled now.  Radley did pretty well while Kenney's Nanny cut it, but he was really tired so it didn't last very long.  He started to cry about halfway through, and it was too late to stop! 

I found him sleeping like this one day, and I can't say I blame him.  It is really hard to sleep with two crazy brothers running around screaming!!

He LOVES his fingers!

He laid like this for about 10 minutes happy as could be, so I didn't move him.  He never has two socks on, ever.  Kyler and Damon hate him wearing socks.  They always pull his socks off.

Damon really does love his little brother.  Sometimes he will just walk up to Radley and kiss his forehead.  I love it when they are sweet to one another..

Radley's hair before

Cute happy smile before

Yes, it really sticks up like that, no matter what I do.

The hair over his ears was out of control.  It has been that way since he was born and has just gotten worse.

He did pretty well and just chewed on his fingers, for the first part.

Starting to get a little agitated.

Halfway there!

Basically finished and completely upset.  He was so tried that he just feel asleep as soon as I got him, covered in hair and everything!

This is the boys' new favorite song. I can never get enough of them laughing. I have sung this song so many times in the last few days!!

Saying Bye to Keyan

Kenney's brother Keyan is about to leave on a mission for our church in a few days.  We went to hear him speak in church and say goodbye before he leaves for 2 years.  Keyan is one of our boys' favorite people to play with when we visit, especially for Kyler.  He is always playing and wrestling with the boys, inside and out.  He jumps on the trampoline, throws balls, plays beautiful music on the piano, and is just fun to be around.  We are all going to miss him!  I think Kyler will remember who he is, but Damon and Radley will probably not remember him at all.  It's kind of sad to think about, but it won't take long, once he gets back, for him to become a favorite once again!  We love our Uncle Keyan and are extremely proud of him!!

Keyan went with us to the park and the boys loved having him there.

Damon refused to go down any of the slides for the first 1/2 hour, but he can swing from just about anything!

Kyler & Keyan had fun racing to the top of the super high slide!

Damon had no problem climbing the ladder, but he refused to go down once he got there.

Kyler had no issues; he just had a blast!

I got on the tire swing with ALL the boys.  We didn't last very long, but Kyler made some pretty funny faces.

The best shot of the 4 of us, surprise, surprise!

Another goofy face

Getting eaten by a lion

Radley is going to be so big once Keyan gets back, crazy!!