Costumes

Here are the much anticipated Halloween costumes....

Kai had a blast but his costume lasted all of about three houses before he got too tired and wanted to take it off...

This was my first attempt at a homemade costume, but I have to admit, I was quite happy witht the results.

We went to a party at my sister's house and had a lot of fun eating, and trick or treating, and just hanging out. We were all pooped the next day.

Happy Halloween!!!

Silly Faces time

Piggybacking on my previous post.... One of Kai and Ryan's favorite times is "silly face camera time". Here is there last photo session:

There are two of a kind... and I love every goofy thing about them.

Bath time

My boys love bath time... they can spend 30 minutes to an hour in the tub if I let them. Sometimes, I don't mind; sometimes I get bored. Tonight was one of those nights. So I entertained myself by seeing how many letters I could stick on them at one time!! Kai was all about it. Andrew was too, but he was too impatient to wait on the camera.

It's all the silly little things we do that makes me love being a parent.

Simple fun... that is what it is all about. Here are few more examples of how we spend our time.

Movie time

Sock em Bop ems time

Playing in puddles time

Getting back to normal

Blogging has not been very high on my list of priorities lately. School is now in full swing and we are finally getting into a schedule that flows. It has been a rough start to the year, however. A stomach bug knocked out our entire family the very first week of school. Then about two weeks later, Ryan got the flu, and was out of it for about another week. Now Andrew and I both have sinus infections....

In other news, school is going good for both Ryan and me. I love working at the same school as him and I am enjoying getting to know all of my colleagues. The students are very sweet, and I think it is going to be a great year. Ryan is in the middle of cross country season and I am about to get trained to be a member of the peer mediation team. So, we are both very involved on campus, and the hours are longer then I had last year, but I think it will all be worth it.

Kai is back in Awana's at Second Baptist and he is loving it, especially because it gives him an opportunity to see his grandparents and his cousins every week. He is also about to start karate at his school, so look out Pawpaw.. Kai will be learning some new moves!!

Andrew is now 10 moths old!!! He is standing up without support and loves trying to walk with the aide of his push toys. I don't think it will be very long now until he is running around the house with Kai. He is sleeping in his own crib, which is a huge milestone in this Roberts' family and he is eating everything in sight. Needless to say, he is doing great!

The Happy Couple

This weekend Ryan and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Mom was gracious enough to watch the kiddos while we went out. We went to The Melting Pot for dinner and then went bowling. We were very grateful that we got a little time together to celebrate our marriage.

Last day of summer

Today is the last day of summer, and while we are a little sad to see it go, I think we are all ready to get back into the routine and schedule of school. We celebrated with swimming, an all time summer favorite!! Mom cooked up an awesome meal (and gave us the leftovers for our lunches tomorrow--- you got to love moms!) and we had brownies and cookies for dessert!! Here are a few highlights of the evening.

Part 2, finally

Well, I tried to to let Ryan finish his blog.... but he has seemed to forget about it, so I will pick up on the tale of our mini vacation get away.

We visited Glen Rose, Texas to attend a family reunion for my mom's side of the family. Glen Rose is known for it's dinosaurs... so naturally, we had to visit Dinosaur World while in town.

After our trip to the Jurassic era, we headed over to Dallas to visit some old friends. We took the kids to the Dallas zoo, and while they might not have as many animals as some other zoos... the exhibits were great and we were able to get up close and personal with a lot of the animals.

These are my favorite pictures. This Mandrill just came up and started interacting with Kai and Andrew. Here Kai is pretending to scratch his nose like the mandrill. Then, when he saw Andrew, the mandrill put his hand up on the window and they had a moment. It was super cool!!

Here are few more pics at the zoo.

If you have kids I would definitely recommend buying a membership to the Houston zoo. It was $85, but you get unlimited visits to the zoo, plus you get into more than 100 other zoo free, including the Dallas zoo, the San Antonio zoo, and the Aquarium in Corpus Cristi. It is a great deal!!