Proof

[Sorry for the picture quality. It was taken with his phone.]

Thursday evening Tom picked up two of his friends from Colorado at the airport and brought them home to our house for a "guys' weekend". The only thing on their agenda was fishing and drinking.

After staying up until 2am Thursday night drinking and catching up, they set out to Lake Texoma at 4:30am. They had a fishing guide scheduled to take them to all of the best locations for fishing. They had so much fun and caught so many fish that they went back again this morning well before the sun was up.

The above picture is from today. I needed proof that Tom could catch a fish since I haven't seen him catch anything in our backyard yet.

Please think of me for the remainder of the weekend as I tolerate the rest of "guys' weekend" and all of their testosterone....ugh!

The Simple Joys

I love getting free money in the mail. Lately, being a stay at home mom has given me the time to fill out rebate forms. Who knew what satisfaction you could get from spending ten minutes filling out my name and address and popping it into the mailbox?! Today I received a $10 coupon for my next oil change plus a $10 American Express card I can use anywhere that accepts American Express. Score!

Me and Micah Monday

For today's adventure, I wanted to take Micah on a picnic. We needed to run over to Frisco to pick up his portraits at the mall, so I googled different parks between the mall and our house and found this great little spot only two blocks off of our path. And, the best part is that the park has a sprinkler playground! If you live in the area and want to visit this park, it is called Frisco Commons Park and it's right off of Eldorado and Main St. The park also has a great [dry] playground that we skipped today. We'll save that for another adventure.

Micah had fun pulling everything out of the cooler.

I think he licked every piece of ice we brought, and he giggled when I put pieces down the back of his shirt!

He got me wet with this a few times.

More Swimming

Watch this brave little man!

By next week I should have him diving off of the side into a full butterfly sprint....LOL!

Success!

Look, Mom and Dad!

The cannas that you helped me transplant from the front yard are blooming!






Thank you for giving me something beautiful to look at outside of my kitchen windows. I should have two more bloom in the next few days!

Puddle Duck

Well, the rain spoiled our afternoon plans to visit the pool today, but it gave Micah a great opportunity to use the rain boots that his cousins Will and Henry passed down to him.

If you are wondering how yesterday went, we made it. My interviews went well. It's still a slow economy here and they don't have anything for me right now, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that something will come up in the next few weeks.

Micah had a good day too. Well, at least his teacher said he had a good day. He cried from 8am-9am (I cried most of that time too), but when they went out for morning recess he was all smiles and didn't cry again until late in the afternoon when some of the other moms started to pick up their kids. When I finally walked in the door, I could hear him balling in the the very back of the daycare screaming, "maMAAAAAAA". I felt awful. His teacher said he saw me through the window as I got out of the car and he got upset. To make up for leaving him all day, we went home and snuggled on the couch and watched Madagascar 2. He was so sweet and cuddly! I'm pretty sure he was relieved that we didn't go back to daycare today.

Back to School

After a long 7 month hiatus from the working world, I have decided to go back to work. Well, the first step is finding a job. No, I take that back. The first step is getting Micah back into daycare, or baby school as they called it in Denver, so I can look for a job.

I did my research, took several tours and asked a zillion questions, and we have decided to put Micah in the daycare closest to our home. The daycare is called Kid's Corral and has a western theme throughout. (How very Texas of them...)

The staff is super friendly and Micah seems to love the place. The first thing he saw when we went for our initial tour was the playground where we had to spend our first 15 minutes in order to keep him happy. When we viewed the classroom, they let him mingle among the other 2 year olds. Several of them came up to him and asked his name and said "hi". Micah couldn't quite say his own name yet, so I helped him out. He was a little timid and shy at first with all of the kids, but as soon as he found the bin full of tiny race cars he was fine. We made two additional trips to the daycare to make sure it was the right fit for Micah. By the time we left for the third time, he didn't want to walk out of the door. I litterally had to pick him up and tote him to the car.

Tomorrow will be his first full day at the new daycare, and I'm hoping he's as eager as the last couple visits. Over the last few months, I can tell that he has become attached to his Mama. He does well when I drop him off at the gym daycare, but I never leave him for more than an hour or so. This will be the whole day away from me which hasn't happened in a long time. Everyone is telling me that I will be more upset than he will, and they're probably right. At least I hope they're right.

While I'm still job hunting, he will be going to daycare on a drop-in basis. This means he will only go on the days that I have interviews so that we don't have to pay full tuition. Unfortunately, though, once the schools are back in session (around August 16th), he will be going full-time regardless if I have a job or not. The daycare can't hold a position for a drop-in child when there are children (of teachers) that can fill a full-time spot.

So, tomorrow is Micah's first day back to school and I have two interviews with recruiters. We would truly appreciate your prayers that everything goes smoothly.