Summer 2011 Art Gallery

I read somewhere a while back, perhaps from a fellow blogger or a parenting magazine, that a great way to "keep" all of your youngster's childhood artwork is in digital form. Keeping boxes and folders of construction paper art takes up too much space. By taking pictures of everything, not only can I keep everything on a tiny flash drive, but I can also display it here for the grandparents (and everyone else reading) to see.

Without further adieu, I present to you: Micah Deen's Summer 2011 Collection

Safari

Wild & Wacky Art

Fairytale Prince

Construction

Shapes


Western

Dinosaurs

The Artist

Busted!

Spotted: A little boy out of his room 30 minutes past his bedtime hiding under the nearest lamp.

His response: "There wasn't enough light in my room to read my book."

I love that my little man loves to read. He may not be reading the actual words on the pages, but he knows how to make up a good story to go along with the pictures.

Well, Almost

His birthday is still two weeks away, but we did a little celebrating today at the JCPenney Portrait Studio.

You should have seen Micah's eyes when he saw that I brought a cake along with us. It was a complete surprise until the moment I pulled it out of my bag. He didn't know what to think. It took some coaxing to get him to really dig in because he thought I would get upset with him for getting messy.

Back-to-School Shopping

Last week I had the opportunity to experience Back-to-School shopping for Micah for the very first time.

I didn't have to fight the crowds at Target or Wal-Mart in the school supply aisle. Actually, I was able to purchase everything I needed online. Here's what I got...

On August 22nd, Micah will move up from the Early Preschool class to the Preschool 1 class at Primrose. This move requires him to wear a uniform every day.

I was a little bummed at first when I found out my little guy won't be wearing cute, colorful clothes this fall, but I'm coming around to accepting the benefits of the uniform. Shopping was super simple, and I will soon be able to tell Micah to get dressed for school without having him come downstairs in mis-matched clothes he picked out on his own. I'm all about simplifing things during my nesting stage this go around.

I'm liking uniforms already.

Sea Life

When you've had 35 consecutive days of 100+ degree weather, you'll search for various ways of entertaining a two-year-old in the comforts of air conditioning.

Today's family adventure was at the new Sea Life aquarium in Grapevine, TX that just opened last month.


[Please forgive my blurry photography. I'm not that great with low lighting and no flash.]

We had so much fun that we decided to get an annual pass!

Happy Saturday!

27 Weeks & 2 Days

Since several people have requested a picture of the big ol' belly... Here you go...


I'm happy to say that Cleburne has a name: Silas Levi Deen

Well, I guess it isn't official yet, but it's the name we're leaning most towards. We still have 3 months to change our minds several more times, right!?