Out and About

The last 2 weeks we have been busy! We got together with our good friends, the Browns, two weekends in a row~once at their house to swim in their pool and once at our house following a birthday party. The Browns introduced us to their Wii and now we are hooked! Heath wants one for his birthday in Sept. Carter's really good at Wii bowling. We have been keeping up with Little Gym twice a week and summer MDO once a week. Tomorrow is the last day for MDO and the kids are supposed to bring a laundry basket decorated like a car for their Drive-in Movie. Heath and I got into this project--I guess this is a precursor to the kids' science fair projects in a few years! We made Carter a racecar with a license plate that says HoTRiDE. I have also been looking into getting Carter into an evaluation class so he can sign up for swimming lessons this fall at AquaKids. 2 weekends ago I attended a MOPS Steering retreat and enjoyed getting to know some of my MOPS moms better. This year I'm doing Outreach and helping with Hospitality. It's going to be a good year for our MOPS group! We made a trip to the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children this Tues. for Carter's appt. to look at his pinkie finger that won't straighten out. They made him a splint that he'll wear at night and told us some exercises to do with his finger each day to help it stretch out. The condition is called camptodactyly. Fortunately it won't affect him in his daily life so there is no reason to do surgery or anything. We were completely impressed with the Scottish Rite hospital--what an amazing place for children's health care! The boys start MDO Sept. 10th so for the next month or so we will be busy with Little Gym camps and getting together with friends. Trying to keep busy for the rest of the summer. Thank goodness the weather has cooled down a bit recently.


Carter's "hotride"


Hayden wearing his goggles just like "Bubba".




Hayden loves putting this case on his head like a hat.

Carter & Cassidy playing cowboy and cowgirl.

We're back!

We did a lot of traveling this week and it seems like we've been gone from home for a long time. On July 5th we attended the funeral of Heath's beloved Grandmother. She was such a sweet and wonderful lady who will be greatly missed by our family. After traveling home afterward, we were here 3 days before packing up again and going back to Winters and then to Concan, TX, to the Frio River. This is an annual trip for Heath's family. Unfortunately the last 2 years there has not been enough water in the river to float down, but the kids enjoy playing in the river nonetheless. Here are a few pictures from our trip. We are now getting back into the swing of things as the second half of summer is upon us.

Hayden licking river rocks

Hayden smiling


Carter with his water gun

Father's Day

This year we spent Father's Day relaxing at home and playing in the pool outside.






Carter made this "tablecloth" for Daddy.

Carter and Hayden painted this nail apron for Daddy.

Happy Father's Day Heath!

Things I'm liking right now...

A friend of mine posts lists of her favorite things from time to time so I thought I'd try one with some recent things I've enjoyed:



Target's new "Up & Up" brand diapers. They are cute, inexpensive, and are made very similar to Huggies, my former favorite until they stopped making the stretchy sides. (those of you who don't have children, yes, finding a great diaper is a big discovery!)


Johnson's Body Care lotions--I've tried the green one and the beige one--awesome.



Mary Kay's Microdermabrasion duo--I really have noticed a change in my skin texture and tone.

DiGiorno's Crispy Flatbread Pizza--pepperoni & roasted red pepper variety. This stuff tastes amazing! (and you can usually find a good coupon for it on coupons.com)

Boys, Birds, & Frogs

Not alot of excitement here at the Watkins' house this past week. Staying inside to avoid the heat (and it's going to get worse next week). I got creative (and brave, according to Heath) and brought the water table inside for some water fun. We also have another bird nest in our bushes. We saw the eggs in it a couple weeks ago and now they have hatched. These little birdies are much smaller than the others we had--I guess those were much older when we discovered the nest. Finally, Carter found a frog using the tunnel he had dug for his cars as a house (to escape the heat I'm sure).



Carter pointing to the frog

indoor water table fun


eating blue suckers from Grammy

"Froggy"

more baby birds!

Glen Rose--again!

We went to Glen Rose (again) for a mini-vacation this summer with my mom. We had a great time there just as we did last summer. We again stayed at the Country Woods Inn B&B which I highly recommend if you have little ones and/or just love farm animals. The kids met some other boys there too and had instant playmates. We mostly hung around the farm but did venture into town to tour the Square and also went to Fossil Rim again. My mom had never been and had always wanted to go. This is really a great place for a vacation not too far from home.


at the B&B in the wagon


Hayden on the tricycle

Grammy with Hayden



Carter feeding the goats


Family at Fossil Rim

Recent pics

Just some recent pictures of my boys...




Hayden playing at the splash park (Carter didn't want to join him)



sharing the couch, watching TV


Daddy's headphones