All day, every day, Scout cruises around saying Du. Micah thinks it is just a sound that he makes, but he obviously doesn’t know about Scout’s obsession with ducks. It all started when we moved, and a duck couple started living in our pool and on our front lawn. hey are now so comfortable, that if we don;t close the front door, they come on in and make themselves at home. Scout wants to see them every second of every day, and constantly crawls to the front door so he can go out and see them. Unfortunately the ducks are having marital problems, and only the daddy duck is around — according to Skilly, they got a duck divorce.
Last year, Micah and I went to a charity event that was holding a silent auction. I am a total sucker for anything fun, so OF COURSE I was going to bid. I knew Micah wouldn’t be a fan of spending money on something frivolous, so I literally made it a “silent auction”.
When we were at dinner, a nice lady approached our table and asked Mr. Denison for his credit card, because his was the winning bid. YEAH! Micah handed over the credit card and turned to glare at me. I was just cracking up, and explained that it was really a surprise for him. When the lady returned with a pair of Medieval Times tickets, he started laughing at the ridiculousness of the whole thing. I explained that it was a place I have always wanted to go, but who in their right mind wants to fork out $50 a ticket…….
Well, it was the Zimmerman brothers who wanted to shell out the $50. Too bad they got discount coupons, and we ended up paying the most out of everyone to go. Whoops…next time I will bid on some jewelry!
We went a few nights ago, and had a totally good time. Jessica and John got really into it with me and Micah. At the other end of the table, Adrienne didn’t feel 100%, and Jim was more concerned about eating with his fingers. (Jim is the most classic guy I know!) He also wasn’t really into watching “barn animals”.
The night was great…and I have to admit the fighting was intense. Maybe a few WWF delayed reactions on the fighting, but still fairly good. I can’t wait to take my kids when they are older. Good times with the Zimmerman clan…..let’s hit up some more adolescent/kid friendly attractions in the future. But let’s make sure that Jim has some utensils next time!
I headed out to Colorado this past week to see Shem and Nathan’s families. We had the greatest time. Scout has perfected his trick of sticking his tongue out at Belly, and proceeded to do so the whole time. Speaking of Belly…she did a photo shoot with Skills to pay the Bills and Hailey. I must say that both fathers should be scared…these two are knockouts!
Posing for the camera
Elmo
Crawling like a gimp (half sitting, half crawling….we think he doesn’t like to get his knees dirty)
Holding his own bottle
Eating everything he can get his hands on!
And finally…..His dad!
Tristen had Scout the night of April Fools, and I think she is mistaking on the whole concept. Rather than trick or “fool” people, I think she thought she was supposed to dress someone up like a fool. Unfortunately this time…..it was Scout. (Notice his red painted nails….Sweet!)
Just like anything else in life, “practice makes perfect”. I recently heard of someone celebrating their kid’s first birthday, and the whole cake part was a disaster. He didn’t want to touch it, let alone dig right in. So in an attempt at having a boy that really got messy, I gave Scout a trial run.
I am proud to say….it was a success!
I helped throw a baby shower for my BFU - Britni Seastrand. She is due in less than a month, and is large and IN CHARGE! The shower turned out perfectly, with a great brunch, a hilarious game, and a perfect amount of people. We honestly had the best time and can’t wait for Royal to come…hopefully four days late - on Scout’s birthday!
I am a serious fan of cooking, but baking…not so much! It is too precise and usually needs to be perfect for everything to turn out correctly. But I found the recipe for Sprinkles’ cupcakes online, so I went to work for Britni’s shower this Saturday. I made lemon with lemon frosting - mostly because I wanted the frosting to be white for my decorations. I sugared them all with coarse white sugar, and then added a red sugared heart in the middle of each of them. I wrapped each in its own box, and tied a “royal” blue ribbon around each one. They are going to be the treats each person takes home. Can’t wait!
Micah had his first soccer game in his new league. i was bummed to have to miss it, but I figured I would have many other opportunities. Joke’s on me. He possibly tore his ACL in the beginning of the second half. He says that for the first time in his entire sporting career, he had to be carried off the field. What a bummer. We’ll see what the doctor say?
**Update** the doctor said he really hurt it badly, and either hyper extended it, or tore his ACL directly from the bone. But because Micah is a cyclist, and his muscles are built up around the area, the doctor thinks he will be alright.
we took Scout to see the bunnies down at the Jones Family Farm in San Juan. He loved all of the animals, but loved being “one with the animals” the very best. He sat and fed the bunnies and guinea pigs a basket of lettuce for about 30 minutes…..
…..and then treated himself to a few nibbles.
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