Our Super Halloween!

What a fun Halloween we had with our little guys this year!  I honestly can't believe that this was the 4th one we have gotten to celebrate with them!  And this was the first year that they truly "got it"...the saying "trick or treat" and "thank you",  hunting through their bag of candy for just the right piece, and being in awe of all of the costumes we saw!  Such fun to see our big boys taking in their world!

This year they were both Superman!  Well, we were all superman! We tend to like family themes...not sure how long we'll be able to do it, but it sure was fun! For those of you who know Justin, I'm sure you know his love for Superman!  We actually bought these costumes on clearance the year the boys were born.  They were seriously 5 pounds when we bought these 3T/4T costumes (we were clueless at how the sizes worked then!) and we had no idea it would be 4 years later that they'd actually be wearing them! Ha!  But it was worth the wait, because they love superman and were thrilled to tell everyone what they were going to be for Halloween!

Here is a collage of the 4 years of costumes!

  

1st year: almost 2 months old--still in the NICU, they were the "Steiner Globetrotters" (in Build a bear costumes, taken in so they fit their tiny bodies!)

2nd year: 1 year old--A monkey (Will) and a lion (Jack)--we were the Steiner Zoo (Mommy and Daddy were the zookeepers!)

3rd year: 2 years old--Crayons--Green (Jack) and Blue (Will)

4th year: 3 years old--SUPERMAN!

We started the day with a silly toast breakfast...a huge hit!

 We practiced how to trick or treat over and over today!!  ;-)

This doesn't have anything to do with Halloween, but it was just too stinking cute not to include! Betsy and Jack were taking a little rest together on the floor!  Melt my heart! =)

 My friend Tara (Shop at Reesey Roo's!) made these adorable candy bags for the boys!

We attempted a little photo shoot of the costumes this year, but the boys were a bit too busy watching other kids in costumes out and about! =)

Our Super Family!!

 We all had our capes on!

Heading to Gigi and Boppa's for the first trick or treat of the night!

 "Trick or Treat!!!"

 And we were off for the fun!

 "A spider Mommy!!!"

 My favorite Supermen!! =)

 And later in the night...look what we came across on our corner! It's a bird, it's a plane...it's MY Superman! =)

 And for our yearly after trick or treating tradition...a golf cart ride around the neighborhood to look at all the fun decorations!

And the last thing... a special dig through their loot to pic the one piece that they got to eat that night...

Jack

Will

And we regretted it because we had boys bouncing off the walls of their room until 10:30pm!!  Oh well, we had a great super Halloween!!

First Movie!

Today was another first for the Steiner Boys... their first time to go to a movie in the theater! =)

After church, we headed over to the mall for an early matinee...a good time since there weren't too many people in the theater! We saw the movie Planes, and it was really cute!

I don't think that movies as a family will be a regular event yet...especially one that requires buying lunch at the theater!  Seriously...we spent $75 for tickets and food!  We will definitely have to rethink the food next time! Mommy will just bring a big purse packed with goodies! =)

But for their first one, we went all out and get the kids movie packs...which they LOVED!  I think they seriously ate almost all of their popcorn!

Too many different choices! 

Got the food... and on their way!

A little blurry, but a nice "cheese" face from Jack!

Blurry again, but I think they stopped to look at every single poster! Ha!

Of course, we were at the far end of the hallway....quite a trek for 2 very interested boys! 

We made it!

Getting settled in...

My boys!

So cute! Before too long, these feet will reach down to the floor!

Into the movie!

Overall, they did a really good job!  We made it through the whole movie!  They did chatter quite a bit, but most everyone else had kids with them and didn't mind too much...thank goodness!  Justin was quite busy running the boys back and forth to the bathroom (a potty training post coming soon), so he was pretty tired after the movie! Ha!  But all in all, it was a great family outing! We just can't believe how grown up they are getting!  The last of the "baby" is really gone!  Makes me a bit sad, but we are just thrilled with the big boys that they are, and having so much fun every single day!  

Triathletes!

The Old College Tri

Before, at the finish line, with our cheerleaders, our shirts/bib#s/medals

I completed my first triathlon today!!!  This was #5 for Justin, but his first one since the boys were born three years ago!  What a great experience it was--the training together for the last few months and the actual race day today.  All I can say is a big thank you to my parents--without them our training together would not have been possible!

We completed it together in 1 hour and 39 minutes, hand-in-hand! (FYI, it was a short sprint triathlon: 250m swim, 12mile bike ride, and 5K run/walk ;) I love my husband and it is just so much fun doing this together.  Since the boys were born, we've really been so busy just being mom and dad, but this is something that we have been able to do as Alyson and Justin!  Such a treat for us as a couple, and definitely something that we will continue doing in the future!  Next on the list... P90X (If you know what that is, you know we are crazy!! ;-) and maybe another Tri in October. We'll see!

And a few pictures of the fun we had with the boys after we finished... thanks Dad for bringing them and being our cheering squad/paparazzi! Love you!

 The boys kept asking us where the football was!!  Maybe we have football players!! ;-)

I guess I wasn't done running!! 

Such fun! I'm pretty proud of us! (Not sure if that's right to say or not, but I am!! ;-)