Yeehaw!

It seems like we are always going and doing something these days. Last Saturday Encana, Tom's employer, had a company picnic at the Circle R Ranch. Despite Micah's lack of a nap, we attended the event. There were bounce houses, mazes, potato sack races, an egg toss, playgrounds, hula hoop contests, bingo and lots of good food and drinks. I was able to meet some of Tom's new co-workers and their children too. We had a good ol' time! I even shook it in the hula hoop contest. I got knocked out when we had to raise both hands in the air and lift one foot. You can only imagine how awkward that looked!



He's showing off his cowboy duds before we left the house.











Micah tried really hard to hula hoop




...And after the picnic at the ranch we ended up here...


When they put the sign up "Outdoor World", they weren't kidding. That place was huge! We managed to not break the bank, and Tom picked up most everything he needs for the boat. Thank goodness we don't live too close to this place or I'd never see my husband.

Swimming Lessons with Daddy

Last weekend Tom and I took Micah swimming again for the 4th time in one week. He really loves the water!

Tom got in with the little man because I was a weenie. A cold front came through the night before and I just wasn't up for shivering.

Micah is very willing to learn to swim. He kicks his legs when asked and he'll dunk his face right in the water. When he comes up he's all smiles.

Photos From the Museum

As promised...












This is his "Oh No" face. It looks like he's going to peel his face off in this photo.

SSsssssss

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"