Santa: Round 2

About a week ago, Micah and I had a morning date with Santa at Color Me Mine, a paint your own pottery studio.

 

 

 

 

Santa read Twas the Night Before Christmas and visited with the children. 

This will definitely be the last year we visit two Santa's in one holiday season.  Just one week before our date, Micah had a visit with Santa at our church.  So when Santa asked again if he had been a good boy and what he wanted for Christmas, Micah looked at him kind of funny.  He had that "didn't we go over this last week?" look.  Despite his confused look, I think we're still believers. 

After all of the excitement with Santa, Micah got to decorate ornaments, a plate and his favorite-- COOKIES!

Happy Holidays From The Deens

I'm not sure if I'll make it back here for more updates before the holidays, so I'd like to wish a Merry Christmas to all of my readers.

 

Another Reason I Love Texas

 

Here's a whole bowl full of reasons I love Texas.

 

It's December and we still have fresh tomatoes right out of our backyard garden.  Sadly, this will be the last bunch we get this year.  Tom and Micah picked these on Saturday before we had our first hard freeze last night.

Breakfast with Santa

My parents extended their Thanksgiving visit with us so Tom and I could go to Tom's company Christmas party and spend the night away from the kids at The Four Seasons Hotel. 

..But our fun night out meant we would miss the annual Breakfast with Santa at our church.  My parents were kind enough to wake up super early, dress the kids, and wait in line for the fun event.

I'm so proud of Micah for not being afraid of Santa this year.  He sat on his lap and talked to him.  Silas was a quite the opposite.  Perhaps in about 3 years he'll change his mind too.

Silas' Party

Now that Thanksgiving has passed us and we are now preparing for Christmas, I suppose it's time to share about Silas' birthday party from October 26th.

 

We kept it low key.  It was just the four of us at the celebration at our house.  We ordered pizza and enjoyed some cake. 

He really liked the balloons.  He stared at and played with them for several minutes before he was interested in the cake sitting in front of him.

...But he finally got into the chocolate cake with all six of his teeth.   

 

 

Happy 1st Birthday Silas!

Silas at One Year

Tidbits About Our Chunk at 12 Months:

1. Weight - 19.94 lbs (27%) He was sick leading up to his appointment and his weight dropped due to the illness.  At 11 months and 2 days he weighed 20.06 lbs (37%)
2. Length - 30.2 in (64%)
3. Head Circumference - 18.25 in (59%)
4. He didn't get his shots because he was sick...Note to self: I still need to make an appointment for those...
5. Silas still hadn't let loose and walked on his own at one year.  (He took his first steps on 11/23/12)
6. He likes to feed himself PB&J sandwiches, turkey, Cheetos, and bananas.
7. He likes to climb the stairs.  (baby gates are now fully installed and in use)
8. He claps and sticks his tongue out and blows slobber everywhere.
9. He's known to scream "DaaaaaDaaaaa" at varying volumes sporadically.
10. He loves bubble baths with his big brother.
11. Silas loves to ride on the foot-to-floor truck toys especially if big brother will push him around.
12. He slept through the night for ONE WEEK STRAIGHT.  And then stopped. The glorious week of sleep was while he was sick and taking several different medications.  If only I could feel good about drugging my kid every night...
13. He and I made the long trip to Mississippi in the car by ourselves for my grandmothers 91st birthday party.
14. I think he liked the balloons for his birthday more than the cake.
     

Just In Case

He may never get to try a Twinkie, but he had no complaints about these chocolate Donettes I found at Target today.  Just in case no one buys the rights to the Hostess brand snacks and baked goods, this baby can say he's tried them.  And liked 'em.

 

Just Another Warm November Day

I am thankful that we have warm days in November to be outside without bundling up!

 

I'll be back soon with more on Silas' birthday...

Happy Halloween

 

Iron Man

 Carl from Up

Silas was not a fan of the glasses or PVC pipe walker.

All I heard during pictures was, "Can we go yet?"

This walker was more his style.  Lights. Sounds. Colors. Wheels.

 

 

We had a fun-filled evening trick-or-treating up and down the streets.  Micah ran from house to house while Tom and I pulled the wagon with Silas riding along.  Silas was completely content after he found big brother's sippie cup of chocolate milk instead of his own cup of plain white milk.  Silas practically growled at us when we tried to pry it away from him.

 

Micah raked in the candy and we let him have a feast of sugar when we got home.  No belly aches though.  He just won't quit asking for another piece every single day now. (In our house candy is only a reward, not a snack. Sure seems like my house is a little more tidy these days.)

 

 

Soccer

Instead of playing blastball this fall, we decided to sign up for soccer.  Tom even volunteered to coach Micah's team. 

It's been a learning process for everyone.  Tom says coaching 4-year-olds is like hearding cats, but he's learned to have a great deal of patience.  Each of the 5 boys on the team have made incredible improvements since the beginning of the season too.  They even score in the right goal 99% of the time!

I've accumulated hundreds of pictures from the season, and we still have a couple of games left.  Here are a few to enjoy.

 Goal!