(Another) Fun Day at the Houston Zoo!

It seems like I just blogged about our fun trip to Zoo Boo, and yet here's another Zoo post.  But hey... that's what we do.  This family loves a day at the zoo, and we go often!  This time was FUN because we went on a beautiful day with our good friends Kelly & Hayes!  Best buds Henry & Hayes were thrilled to be reunited again.. it's hilarious how every time they see each other their faces light up and their little arms reach for each other.  :)

Charlie was excited to be the big boy and let Hayes take his spot in the stroller.  He ran his short legs off! 



Look at our lil monkey... Cute as can be!

We skipped the Children's Zoo this time and just went for the main attractions: Elephants, Giraffes, Lions, etc.

And we never miss a photo op with the Rhino cutout!

Where's Hayes?

The giraffes will always be my favorite.  Such amazing animals!

It's not every day that I get a photo WITH my boys!  

I love how Henry is smiling at his big brother!

My Littlest Love!

Kelly with Hayes!

Charlie happy as can be.  This is his element, for sure!

We decided to walk past the lake on the way to the car and see the ducks pigeons.

 Look at these two!  Beyond adorable!

I am so thankful as a mother to be able to spend days like this with my boys and our sweet friends!  Thank you to my Hubby... our Dada... for working so hard to make it possible for our us to turn an ordinary Thursday morning into a special playdate. 

And thank you Kelly & Hayes for being such special friends! 



Halloween!

We aren't big on Halloween, but do love dressing up the boys in their costumes!  Charlie was actually excited to wear his turtle again and go Trick or Treating for CANDY! 

I was hoping to get some good photos of them in their costumes since the Zoo Boo was too exciting to stop and pose for pictures.  It lasted for about 2 minutes before Charlie was ready for candy. 

 

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And we were off! 

 Our little lion was happy as can be tagging along in the stroller!

After trick or treating we came back to the house to pass out candy.
Last year (can see Here) Charlie the Monkey was adorable sitting in our doorway with his basket of candy.  In fact, this year we had some people say, "Was he the monkey last year? He has gotten so big!" 



Halloween 2010- Charlie's 1st time to pass out candy.

Sweet Brothers!





We had all Treats at our house this year.  What a fun tradition/holiday this is turning out to be!

Henry is 7 Months!

The months are just flying by here in the Moore household... I feel like I just did Henry's 6 month old post! 
7 months seems so much older than 6 months for some reason- our little chubs is really growing.. and FAST. 

He is just the happiest lil guy... so much fun to be around.  We seriously feel so blessed to have such a happy, easy baby.  I love his sweet personality and cuddly demeanor. 

Henry is still a solid sleeper and EATER- he has loved every new solid food he's tried and we are up to 3 meals/day.  He is still on a bottle strike, but we're making it work.  Hopefully he'll learn to drink from a straw in a couple months and can take some milk that way.

His upper body is getting stronger and is sitting up better & longer.  I don't expect him to crawl anytime soon- and I'm totally okay with that. ;)  No teeth either- I think we have slow crawlers & teethers in this family. 

Henry still loves his big brother and watches his every move.  It'll be so fun when they can play together! 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We love you Sweet Boy!

Mini Mail: Charlie's Itty Bitty Pen Pal!

Every day Charlie looks forward to checking the mail & is absolutely thrilled if there's ever anything in there for him.  That's why I was super excited about Meredith's idea (of The Tichenor Family) to start Mini Mail- Itty Bitty Pen Pals! 
We were set up with {almost} 2.5 year old Jackson.  He is adorable and I've enjoyed emailing back & forth with his Momma! ;)

Since Charlie loves to do arts & crafts, we made Jackson a Halloween card to pack in his box of goodies.

As expected, he was so excited to see a box with "C is for Charlie" written on it in the mail! 

 Jackson sent Charlie a sweet Halloween card, a mask, stickers, and a 3D pop up book!

Thanks Meredith for the great idea and to Momma Wilson & Jackson for the fun Mini Mail!

Zoo Boo! It's a Tradition, Y'all.

When we 1st moved to Houston in the Fall of 2004- we were living in the Museum district in this new, BIG city trying to take it all in.. & just a few months away from our wedding.  One October day we went to the Houston Zoo and had a blast!  It just so happened to be one of their annual Zoo Boo days- where kids are encouraged to put their Halloween costume on and come to the zoo for all kinds of fun Halloween activities.  We had just as much fun adoring all the kids in their costumes as we did seeing the animals.  We told ourselves that when we had kids, we wanted to make it a tradition to come to Zoo Boo each year.   Not only that- we talked our sweet cousins Sarah & Jason into joining us!

Our 1st trip was 2 years ago when Charlie was 6months old and their precious Alice just turned 1. 

October 2009. Emma came too!  (Trey behind camera)

My mom is very talented and offered to sew Charlie's 1st costume. 

Folks, it doesn't get much cuter than this:

ROAR! 

Here is a glimpse at our 1st Annual Zoo Boo trip.  Charlie wore his Lion costume and Alice was an Ewok! The cuteness was overflowing!

Then last year was even MORE fun because both our kiddos were walking and could enjoy it together!  Charlie's Grammy made him an adorable monkey costume (which he refused to wear the head) and Alice was Dorothy! 

This year it was even more exciting getting to take our Henry along, too!  Grammy made Charlie a turtle costume, Alice was Smurfette, and I couldn't pass up using that adorable lion costume again on Henry. 
It brought back flashbacks from 2 years ago.  Of course I had to add a side-by-side to compare! ;)

The 2 cutest Lions I ever did see!
(This further confirms Charlie's head is bigger.)

Henry loved Zoo Boo!  He just laid in his stroller looking around happily for 3 hours while the big kids ran all over the zoo. 

Charlie & Alice were so excited to see the animals- particularly the Zebras & 'Raffes, so we had to keep our photo shoot pretty short.

We're being cute & holding hands...now can we pleeease go see the animals?

Off we went!

And boy did we go.  I will never understand the limitless supply of energy kids have. 

We had this running joke all day long that Charlie was the fastest turtle in the West!

We went trunk or treating...

 We looked at all the animals...

We got to feed the 'Raffes!...

We ran into some friends...

Henry & Taryn

We stopped for lunch...

And a kiss...

We rode the carousel...

(And almost fell asleep!)

Visited the petting zoo...

Henry & Daddy posed by Johnathan the Lion...

And Charlie by his favorite monkey...

It was a GREAT day!  We were all exhausted and feel confident we made fun memories all around. 

Can't wait until our next Moore-Woolery Family Zoo Boo Weekend!