re-entry

What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eyed deer.

What do you call a deer with no eyes and no legs?
STILL, no-eyed deer.

What do these lame, life-of-the-party jokes have to do with my blog?
Nothing...they're just my ice-breaker to help get my fingers moving across the keys again. Shwooooo, it's been awhile.

So, what's new with y'all?

Here's what we've been doing since September:

We've been sick a time or three...here they are keeping hydrated on their "floor bed."  

We made a big day out of the Texas Renaissance Festival again this year. The boys traded in their pirate garb from last year and decided (well, Henry decided...James just copied, obvi) to be knights.

 James enjoyed many, many pre-school days home with mommy and daddy. While big brother is at school, James loves to sit in Henry's chair at the kitchen table (the blue and green one) and play with all of Henry's toys. He may enjoy it a little too much, to be honest, but it's hilarious...so we roll with it.

 Mr. Bigs had his very first school picture day. This is a shot I got of him as we were leaving the house. He is growing up so fast, and I swear he gets more handsome everytime I look at him. He is still really loving pre-school, and his teachers and school have been such a blessing to all of us in more ways than I can recount here.

 Henry had the best time at his school's Halloween Parade and class party. Here's our little knight (note: his costume got upgraded and accesorized from RenFest...all credit to daddy for keeping our guy authentic)...

 Here he is playing Pin the Tail on the Cat during the party...so cute. His class has 9 girls and 4 boys, and 6 of the little girls were princesses this year. That said, I find it notable that Henry's favorite girl at the Halloween party was the one dressed as a dinosaur, and his second favorite was dressed as an true-to-life Dora (backpack, short brown wig, and shorts and a tee).

 We played super hero in our street A LOT. Most of the time, we had pants on...of course on the day I had the camera out, we were in our skivs. Oh well. Art imitates life, and you all already know we have a very undressed house in the toddler department.

 We trick or treated. This year will go down as the one that Henry "got" Halloween. He didn't try to eat each piece of candy as it was put into his pumpkin this year, he wasn't ready to go home after three houses, and he said thank you at every single door! James did almost as well, but he was absolutely done after three houses. After that, he just wanted to go play with everyone's yard decor and yell "Happy Weeeeeeen" from the wagon. Following the trick or treating, our boys both had a ball handing out candy to the kids that came to our door late. Henry sat outside on his big armchair calling kids over "Candy over here, everyone!! Come get your candy!!!" and his festive mood was only sullied when we finally ran out. He was sure to save everyone a trip up the walk to find out that we were out, too..."We're all out, folks...no more candy this way!! Try again next year!!!!!"

 We've gotten enormous since September. At least an inch taller each...

 ...and James has discovered the wonder of big-boy underwear. Of course he's a total poser and still wearing a diaper underneath them - anything to look like big brother. Here he is paying homage to his favorite cartoon on Nicke.lode.on..."Um.i Zo.omi"...he's showing us his "belly, belly, belly screen!!!"

 And the brothers spent a lot of time just brotherin'. This pic is adorable from this angle, imo, but if you turn it around, you can actually see that James is not making the happiest face. He's totally annoyed that Henry is on his blankie. As we are all learning around here, personal space is a hot commodity. :0)

Okay, that just about catches us up for now. I'll try to do better...with the holidays fast-approaching, y'all know we'll be out and about and hopefully, I'll have my camera on-hand to capture some of the fun.