The haircut

So Owen asked to be bald, and this is as short as I could go. Which is still a gaurd 4 on top! He has been asking for weeks, and I made him wait until school pictures were taken. He looks so different, and I was actually sad to cut off his blonde curls. Guess there will be many of these times in the future, but I still like to think of him as my "baby", so it was difficult. Wonder what I will do when he asks for a tattoo or piercing? YIKES!

And we have already decorated for Halloween here at our house. The boys were gettting into the crates and dressing up, so here are a few pictures. We actually have a light-up vulture on the mantle. Seemed fitting since we have watched 2 baby vultures being born right next to our house.

I love Halloween!

Truett's 1st Soccer Game.

Well, in 90% humidity, after we got 7 inches of rain just 3 days prior, Truett competed in his very first soccer game. HE DID AWESOME. I was worried that he might just lolly-gag around and wonder off the field, but he did not. He was serious, and ready to play. He scored several goals (not that they keep score at this age) and was beaming with big smiles and a red, sweaty face.
And after last weeks indecision about what the team name should be, the coach decided to name the team the Fantastic Four.

Here is big brother watching under the shade of an umbrella.

Leaving home for the game.

Truett Starts Soccer!

Well, after watching his big brother play for 2 years, Truett is finally old enough to play on a soccer team! He had his first practice last night. There is one girl and 3 boys on the team, and the biggest problem was trying to decide on a team name. Truett wanted to be called the road runners and the girl wanted to be called Strawberry Shortcake, and another boy wanted to be named Batman. So... it is still undecided at this point, and it should be interesting when the decision is made.
But Truett did great. Hopefully he will like playing soccer as much as Owen does-- because it sure burns off some of that wild little boy energy!

Wolf Spider

So we caught a wolf spider near a potted plant in our backyard. I'm not sure the pictures give it justice-- because the thing seemed bigger than a full sized cat if you ask me.
And I didn't know it was called a wolf spider until we researched images to find out what kind of spider it was. But I knew the bumps on the back end of it were it's babies! Owen kept begging to hold it and I kept telling him he couldn't. Well, from what I have read, they bite, and are poisonous. I guess that is one trip to the Emergency Room we avoided. Anyway- we kept it in the jar until B.O.B. got home to see it and then the boys let it go. I'm just hoping that big spider is now doing some good and eating up some pesty ants or something.