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It was just another lazy afternoon at the Deen house. Micah and I were enjoying the hot weather in the backyard. I was on the phone chatting with my dad like usual and Micah was following me around in the backyard. I looked over at my hibiscus tree and noticed it needed water. So, I walked over to get the hose and this was waiting to greet me. Except it was standing up with its head about a foot in the air. Holy S_ _ _! I scooped up Micah and ran inside.

Never ever, ever, ever, ever, again will I not make a lap around the yard before I let Micah just run around on his own.






About 45 minutes after I noticed this guy lingering in the yard, I found a neighbor willing enough to come kill it. Oh, thank goodness!

Tom thinks the snake was a cottonmouth. No matter what it was...It still freaked me out.

I HATE SNAKES!

Mama and Micah Monday

On Monday, Micah and I went to the Nature and Science Museum. It was really old [Denver has a much better museum] and needed quite a bit of updates, but the entire first level was devoted to 0 to 6 year olds. It really was more of a hands on play center than a museum. Regardless, Micah had fun and it was something different than our usual routine.

When I purchased my ticket, the lady made sure to mention to me that they were expecting over 1500 students to come through that day. Holy Cow! I had driven almost an hour to get there, so I figured it was worth it.

I had a plan. Thankfully, Micah cooperated with my plan. We toured the second floor which consisted of exhibits that were over Micah's head all while he rode in the stroller. Then, we found a nice place to hang out until the students passed through. My hope was that things would slow down during the lunch hour. It did, and we had fun exploring for about an hour.

While we waited on all of the school field trips to pass through, we hung out in the 0 to 2 year old section. Here's Micah playing. Sorry for all of the noise. That's the field trip students' chaos.



Kitchen Pretend


Fire Truck



I'll post pictures when I get a chance. Tom needs my computer to do some work since I made him leave the office early to tend to the snake issues. [See below]

Splash Model

The rain managed to stay away today, and we managed to get down to the pool. We had the entire pool area, including the kiddie pool and the big pool, all to ourselves. From what I hear from the neighbors, it won't be like that for long. After school is out for summer next month, it will be packed. I suppose Micah and I will try to work in our swimming lessons before June.

Micah was eager to check things out.








My boy loves the water!



So, I'm guessing by the eyes in this photo that he'll have a modeling career once the Budda Belly phase passes...LOL!



Work it, boy!








We splashed around for a little over a half hour or so before I figured out how to turn on all of the sprinkler fixtures. Micah didn't like the pelican that opened its mouth and dumped out water. It frightened him a bit, and I didn't know how to turn it off. By the time we got toweled off all of the sprinklers stopped. I know for future trips not to set all of them off at once.

Dallas Zoo

Since Tom has been MIA lately, [Well, he's been working on a rig somewhere out there. Honestly, I have no clue where he is.] I decided to change up mine and Micah's routine a bit. Instead of going to the gym this morning, I decided to venture down to Dallas to visit the zoo. Believe it or not, this is the first time I've actually gone down to Dallas since we moved here. I know. Strange, hunh!
Anyway, after the hour drive and two wrong exits, we arrived. [I really need to bite the bullet and buy that GPS.]

For the first 10 minutes or so, Micah did really well riding in the stroller.



After that, he adamantly said, "DOWN". And, so he got down out of the stroller. For the first hour and a half, the zoo was quiet except all of the animals. Then, all of the school field trips arrived and it really turned into a zoo. Micah managed to walk the entire 3 hours we were there and enjoyed every minute of it.

Here are some photos from our trip.







































Mmmmm. Sweet smelling honeysuckle.



This clip gives a whole new meaning to the term "mud bath"

Picky Eater

Some say the best way to a man's heart is through his stomach. I say the best way to get a little man to eat his vegetables is with M&Ms.





Most of you know that I was once a ridiculously picky eater [Yeah, Yeah, I'm still pretty picky too]. Well, my son has inherited the gene from his mommy dearest. We're still feeding him baby food vegetables just to get them in him, and lately it has become a real chore to get him to eat those veggies. He has issues with textures. What can I say? I did too. I still do. But, I've got to get them in him somehow.

I've found that if I wave one M&M in front of him and let him know that if he eats half of his veggies he gets the M&M. Works like a charm. I even offered a second M&M if he finished them. In the end, I had a happy little man full of squash and two delicious M&Ms!

Project

It was a little over a week ago when I completed this project, and I told my mom I would post some pictures. I've been a little busy since Tom's been doing alot of traveling, so I'm just getting around to it.

My project was making a window seat cusion for the kitchen nook.

Here are the supplies I used.


I started by getting Tom to cut two pieces of plywood 4'x 13" each to fit inside the seat shelf. I used this as the base of each cusion.




Second, I traced the wood pieces onto the 3" thick foam.




After tracing the wood on the foam, I used an electric meat cutter to cut the foam.

Next, I measured the fabric and cut it to wrap around the foam and wood. Then, I used the staple gun to attach the fabric.



And, Ta Da.



Sweet Pea sure is glad I finally completed this project.



Here's a sneak peek at the fabric for the window treatments. I'm not sure what I want yet. Hmmmm....


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The count down is on. Only 2 more days until the pool opens! Wahoo!

Grandpa Deen Visit

Last Friday Tom flew to Illinois to visit with his dad, brother, and grandma. Then on Saturday he drove with his dad all the way down to our house in Texas. Micah was excited to see his Grandpa Deen.

Grandpa Deen didn't come to Texas empty handed. In fact, he hauled a trailor with all kinds of goodies including these:





The fishing boat was Tom's Grandpa Sawyer's boat. Since the motor hasn't been in use in over a decade, we're hoping it still has some life left in it. We need to take it to someone to check everything out. I'll keep you posted.

The rocking horse was Tom's when he was Micah's age. His Grandpa [Hessie] Deen built it for him. Micah hopped on and rode away as if he'd been doing it for years. It's now his favorite place to sit and watch tv.








Also over the weekend, I started a flower bed around the oak tree in the backyard.