Happy Halloween from Power Pup and Super Kitty

Super Kitty and Power Pup after a long night of trick-or-treating
Cute animal super heroes
Power Pup and Super Kitty tough guy faces!
Super hero capes
My sweet super kitty
Victory for Power Pup: Chocolate candy
Power Pup and Super Kitty in Action (trick or treating at their teacher's house)
It's a butterball, it's a pork chop, not it's super kitty

My boys love Halloween. It takes them months to decide on costumes and they change their mind about every other day. They wanted to be superman and batman until 1 week ago when they decided that they needed to be Power Pup (Eli) and Super Kitty (Nate). Lucky for me we already had the much loved dalmation costume for Eli to use with the addition of legs! Nate got an easy sew black cat costume! Capes and masks made them look like the super heroes that they are! They had the best time trick-or-treating around the neighborhood and also going to trick or treat at the home of two of their teachers! Happy Halloween from the King Brothers!

Pre-hockey: King Brothers on Ice

Eli working hard in the level three-four group! Eli's helmet is white!

Nate is the cutie pie in the blue helmet with white stars! This was his third lesson

So as winter fast approaches us here in the frozen wasteland (otherwise known as Illinois) it is time for those winter type sports! Ice skating was so fun for Eli last year that we signed them both up this year! They love it and they are making huge progress! I am so proud of my little guys! Nate spent the first two weeks pretending to fall down and stay down so that his teachers would hold his hand. Once the teachers realized that he didn't need their help he became more independent on the ice! Eli is a slow and steady guy on the ice. He rarely ever falls and his teachers are working on getting him to go fast! So far, he is quite happy to go slow!

Sunday Adventure: Turkey Run State Parkw

Planning something naughty
Such happy boys!
Laughing at funny mommy signing a song about poop! That's right I have to get them to smile somehow! I have no pride when I am trying to get a brother picture!
Part boy, part animal, all adorable!
My first attempt at a brother picture!
Classic
Seriously, the cutest brother talk ever!
Indiana is absolutely beautiful!
Milo made the trip and was great!
Feral animals on the loose in the forest!

We took a little road trip to Turkey Run State Park in Marshall, Indiana today! When it is 74 and sunny in the middle of October you have to be outside! Turkey Run is seriously beautiful and we had an amazing trip. We ate lunch, we hiked, we played on a playground, we checked out the river and the sandstones cliffs, and we ate snack! It was gorgeous! Milo got to come along for the hike and he did such a great job! We think he is mellowing out in his old age. He only got really feisty with a tough looking akita but we think it was all for show! Milo was the only one of our three boys to sleep on the way home! What a great way to enjoy the last of the nice fall days (Before the long hell of winter sets in...waaaaaaaa)!

And...we're back!

Yep! We are all silly!
Giving mommy a back rub! So helpful!

Well, it has been two months since I last posted, which officially makes me the worlds worst blogger (even Nikki is a more frequent blogger than I am...geesh)! We have had an epic two months! Get ready for the longest blog post ever:

The boys are absolutely flourishing in school! They L-O-V-E being in the same class and we have come to realize that there are indeed good and bad things that come with having your babies 16 months apart! We had some issues early on where the boys went into tag team mode and were disrespectful (not listening and crazy)! That happened only once! Other than that they have made new friends they are learning a ton and they love it! Nate still thinks he is a 4 year old and though we try to get him to play with 3 year olds he thinks they are babies! He is too funny!

We had LOTS of visitors! Thank goodness for the grandparents! My dad came first and the boys were in heaven with all of that guy time with Pop Pop (Sam was in heaven too, man time=cigar walks)! Then my mom was here for 1 day before she and I took off on a tri-state adventure! We were gone for 10 LONG days but she made it possible by going with me and kept me sane (mostly) while I was away! My Mother-in-Law arrived two days after we left and kept my guys in check, feed them and loved on them! Seriously, best grandma's ever!

It did take a while for the boys to recover from mommy's extended absence as I have only EVER been away from them for 2 nights! When I picked them up at preschool the day I got home, Eli and I ran into each others arms and cried! Nate didn't let me out of his sight for the first week and he is still stalking me 4 weeks later!

We have had field trips, and outings, ice skating and tennis, music and improv all of which have remained unrecorded due to the fast and painful death of my camera (Eli + camera=dead camera). But, Pop Pop took pity on us, or was so desperate for pictures that he had no choice and sent us his camera! Thank you, thank you, thank you! So these pictures are for you Pop Pop!

The King Brothers are back! Expect LOTS of pictures in the next few weeks!