Texas Halloween

It been crazy the last couple of weeks. Even Matthew keeps saying "Are we really in Houston, Texas?" I have to keep telling him,"Yes, Sweetheart we are really in Houston, Texas." I still can't believe it. I will have tell you how bad it was when we got here next time I post, but for now I would like to tell you about my first Halloween in Texas. I never thought it was going to be so hard to get pumpkins to carve. Being in the Pacific Northwest all of my life we have tons of pumpkin farms and we so many choices for pumpkins. I love and miss going to Carven's Farms this year. The pumpkins are very different here. Maybe because it too hot here? I'm not sure, why. Most people here carve their pumpkins the night before or the day of Halloween. I'm thinking they are right...I will need to remember that for next year. I finally ended up getting pumpkins at Home Depot. Yes, I even went to Walmart...which for me it a big deal. Where we live we are not near any good Grocery Stores.. so yes, I am starting to buy things at Walmart (Houston has 10 of them). My husband still thinks they're evil but they are the only place close to us that sells everything. The closest Target is 30 minutes away and it is more in the slum part of town. Well to get back to the pumpkins...Here are the boys carving the "Weird Pumpkins" as they called them:

We carved these for the Trunk or Treat Party at the church last Friday night. They are now all rotten on the front porch and it been colder here then it normally is this time of year they say.

On Sunday my sister, Teri Jo came over to help Karl carve another pumpkin using all her cool carving tools. She more use to the pumpkins here...I can't believe that she been here 4 years. Here are some pictures :

Kjell with his Hotel Transylvania (Vampire) pumpkin and Karl with his Skyrim/Oblivion pumpkin.

 

Erik wanted to be a Knight again this year so we found him this costume:





 

As for Kjell he keeps changing his mind...A Pirate, Darth Vader, Ninja or Captain Rex. We will wait and see tonight what he finally decides.

Happy 4th of July!

The boys were all ready this morning to go to Boom City with Dad...Kjell was dancing around singing "Boom City, Boom City, here we come, Boom City, Boom City, yeah!" I made them wait to wake up Matthew till 10am and they did. After Matthew came down, he told Erik and Kjell they would have to wait for Karl to wake up before they go...less then a minute, Karl came out of his room all dress and ready to go. Silly Daddy...my boys are always ready to go to Boom City. This is my boys favorite holiday.

I took so many pictures and in every picture.. Erik and Kjell have there eyes closed. Unfortunately, I think that a Moore's trait that when they smile their eyes close up.

Look at all those fireworks they brought back from Boom City. Erik already has his punk lit, trying not to burn him.

Kjell didn't like fireworks the last couple of years....now he does. He loves them. He was running through the smoke bomb having so much fun.

I love this picture...Kjelly plugging is ears and closing his eyes while everyone else looking with aah at the fireworks.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Preschool Graduation

Today was Kjell last day of school. The had Graduation Party at his school. They had small program and received their certification of completion from preschool.

Kjell dancing around the room...he is such a ham!

Throwing of the hats....Kjell threw up his hat and couldn't find his for a couple of minutes. Good thing Grandma was paying attention where it went.

Kjell with his certificate

Kjell had a great couple of months. He said his favorite thing about Preschool was the Gym(they would go to Sky Valley Academy twice a month to jump on the big trampolines). And he so excited to go  Kindergarten this fall at Erik's School. I will have a Kindergarten ,a 5th Grader, and a Sophomore. WOW, they are growing up quickly.

Kjell First Day At Preschool

Today, was Kjell first day at Preschool. He is going to Frank Wagner Elementary in Monroe. There are 13 kids in his class. And his teacher name is Roni Walsh.

  Here are some of the pictures I got while we waited:

 He thought he was hot stuff.

He was excited about his backpack because it has his name on it and he is really into Starwars right now. Even his new shoes have lightsabers that light up.

Looking for the bus with his hand binoculars.

He keep saying "why is my bus taking so long? I need to get to school right now!"

He didn't want to be late...maybe he knows me too well.

The bus finally got here and without hesitation he walked out to the bus.

RainGutter Regatta

This was a first time that I have ever had seen a Rain Gutter Regatta. Karl didn't do one when he was in cub scouts. We are not real experts when it comes to making these kits that they give out to these boys(the pinewood derby cars are even worst). Matthew even put his rutter on upside down. I think that Erik had fun making it and loved his idea with the stickers. Erik named is boat, "The Ghost Ship". I didn't realize until I got there that the boys have to blow their boats down a rain gutter. I thought that it was like the pinewood derby race that they put it on track and let it just fall down. So it was neat to watch these kids racing these boats, blowing them as hard as they could without having them topple over.
He was happy he won his race. He didn't win on time but I think he had fun (See his face above). Erik got 3rd out of 12 cars in pinewood derby race a couple a months ago...so maybe we are getting better making these kits hopefully we will have down when Kjell becomes a cub scout.

Happy Mother's Day!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day!

It is not the greatest pictures of my boys and I, but I was really glad to get some pictures out of them.

Today for church my primary class gave wild flower seeds to their Mom's. I found a cute die cut box at Ben Franklin Crafts that they put together and a poem to give to their mothers. We were talking about Faith...so the seeds they gave to their mothers worked out perfectly with the lesson. So I thought I should show it off:

These seeds are for you, Mom.

They're wild flowers, you see.

They will grow more and more each day.

They're really just like me!

So I'm giving you these seeds

With a note that's oh so true.

And when you watch these flowers grow

You'll remember, "I love you!"

Mothers plant the seeds of knowledge that will grow forever!