Our Labor Day

Jerry (aka Grandpa Deen) held his annual Deen family reunion at his house in Illinois over Labor Day weekend.  There were at least 50 to 60 family members there and all of Jerry's closest neighbors (from miles away).  My parents even stopped by for the weekend on their way up to visit some of my mother's family in Wisconsin. 

 

The family get-together went well despite Isaac hanging around leaving us with short rain showers every hour or so.  

 



The boys with Great-Grandma Clara Deen

Silas and Great-Grandma meeting for the first time.



He loved that old wagon.



Grandpa and Silas



Micah loved this Razor scooter Grandpa picked up at a garage sale. (Nothing is new at Grandpa's house)

We ended the day with a hay ride.  That's Micah's forehead poking up on the right.

Rewind: First Day of School

Before I forget, I want to share that Micah has moved up to the Pre-K class. August 27th was his first day of curriculum and back to uniforms.  Micah loves his teacher Ms. Reece.

We had to change our location for 1st day of school photos due to the extreme sun glare.

Silas on the Farm

You can't go to Grandpa Deen's farm in Illinois and not get farmer boy pictures of the baby.

Here are a few I captured between rain clouds.  Silas was a treat to photograph.  A few drops of rain didn't bother this kid.

Pump It Up - Micah's Birthday Party

It feels like we've been celebrating this kid's birthday for weeks.  Well, we kinda have.  We pushed his party back because Pump It Up was completely booked the weekend of his actual birthday, and we were traveling to Illinois for Labor Day weekend.  So, here we are two weeks later still celebrating.  Micah asked me before we left for the party if he was turning 5 now.  I guess it was a fair question. 

 

We decided with a robot theme.  We started with an Avengers theme and then he changed his mind to Transformers and then just Iron Man and so on.  Each day it was something different. I figured if I chose something generic he was less likely to change his mind a million times.

 

Party favors.  I took an idea from Pinterest and modified it slightly.  I think they turned out nicely.

 

almost all of the kiddos

Mason and Micah



Yes, that's me trying to hold onto my youth...Haha!

 

That's his girlfriend, Kinley, on the left (his right). 

His friends from Primrose:  Brock, Charlie, Kinley, Julia, and Mason

We had fun, but I'm glad it's over! 

 

 

"Chucky Cheez-Its"

 I can't believe my Micah is a little boy now. He's not a baby or a toddler.  He's a boy.  He's a 4-year-old. 

On his birthday, we celebrated as a family.  We'll have a party with his Pre-K classmates in early September. 

We went to the early service at church and then went straight over to "Chucky Cheez-Its", as Micah calls it.  We spent well over 3 hours eating pizza, playing games and riding the little rides. 

 

Silas even enjoyed riding some of the little rides.

Tom and I raked in the tickets playing skeeball.

After Chuck E. Cheese we took Micah to Toys R Us.  Leading up to his birthday, Micah would tell us he wanted this toy and that toy.  Everytime a new commercial came on, he wanted whatever it was they were advertising.  So, instead of us picking out his birthday present, we let him loose to choose one toy.

And this is what he picked out.  A great big dump truck.

He's so happy to be 4!  He tells me all the time, "I'm big now.  I'm four."

Happy 4th Birthday, Micah Deen!  We love you!

My first time to have pancakes

"They taste okay, but I'm not really into this whole sticky finger situation afterward."

Micah's 4-year-old portraits