January

The time is just flying by these days. We've recovered from the holidays and we're working ourselves into a good routine for Spring.

So far in January,...

Tom has turned 31! We love his new Keurig.

Tom and Micah competed in the YMCA's 2013 Pinewood Derby. In three trial runs they placed 2nd, 4th, and 2nd. They needed a 1st place to move on in the competition. I'm proud of the two of them. They were competing against other kids up to 8-years-old.

We got a canoe. Okay, so we actually got this in December, but I haven't had a chance to blog about it. We took it for a trip across the lake the other day. January weather here can be so enjoyable.

And MLK day has become one of my favorite holidays. This year we just happened to not be traveling over this long weekend. Tom's office was open today and the boys school was too. That means I had the house to myself for an ENTIRE DAY! For the morning I caught up on some Pretty Little Liars episodes and blogs with clues (By the way, I love that show. The suspense sucks me in like a magnet.) I spent the remainder of the day blaring Pandora and cleaning out drawers and closets. My boys have been inbetween sizes for a few months now and it was time to purge a few things, pack up what was still worth keeping and stock the drawers with the next size clothes. I feel so accomplished! I even had dinner on the table when my boys arrived this evening. Success!

I hope the rest of the month is just as fun and exciting.

P.S. Here's a picture of Shaggy Silas for good measure.

Primrose Christmas Program 2012

 

 

Here's a clip from Micah's class at the Primrose Christmas program.  These kids are so cute.  Micah even manages to get two kisses from his classmates while on stage. 

 

Micah is 6th from the left wearing a red and white gingham check shirt (It looks light red or even pink).  In the beginning, his friend Charlie leans over and kisses him on the cheek.  Later, Sydney puts her head on his shoulder and then goes in for a smooch too.

 

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!