My First Grader

Last day of kindergarten

Love this guy!

End-of-school-year happenings

Last Thursday Carter attended the school yearbook-signing party at a local McDonald's. It was cute seeing all the kids sign each other's yearbooks. Friday was Field Day where they had 18 athletic activities (9 indoor, 9 outdoor) that they competed in with their class. Although it rained off and on, the school did not cancel the fun. Carter was exhausted afterward, but he had a great time. He wore his swimsuit with his Field Day shirt to class. Saturday was Carter's end-of-season t-ball party at a teammate's house who has a pool. Boy was that fun for the kids! More end-of-school activities this week and next.

Hayden finished out his year in the 2's class at Young Children's World on Thursday. He's ready for a whole summer of "stay at home with Mommy days". Is Mommy ready?

On another note, on Friday evening the TeenMOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group that I'm on the leadership team for held our annual fundraiser. This year we had a Mardi Gras Casino Night with a Cajun dinner and gaming (with funny money). We raised $4400! We worked so hard to put together this fundraiser and the young ladies we serve will really benefit from the generosity of those who attended.

eating ice-cream at the t-ball party

swim time!




Field Day!

yearbook signing with friends

Spring Show and t-ball

Carter is mid-way through his t-ball season and he's getting better at his fielding skills. He plays first base often and enjoys it. We have 4 games left in the season.

Hayden's Mother's Day Out program had their Spring Show this Monday. The theme was "Where the WILD Things Are" and they sung songs about all the animals God made. It was so cute! Hayden is such a little ham anyway.


"Baseball Mom"


Where the WILD Things Are

YCW Spring Program 2011






Carter batting

Carter playing first base

Spring is here!

The last 2 weekends have been great for spring planting and other outdoor activities. We enjoyed going to Calloway's Nursery and getting some plants for our front yard and this weekend planting a Shantung Maple tree in the backyard. Heath put our gazebo up yesterday and we had our first watermelon of the season last evening. The kids wanted to swim so they got creative and turned the lid from their sandbox into a pool. Great times!

our "pool"

new Shantung Maple tree

Summer 2011

Carter standing in the hole for the tree

Spring Baseball!

The spring baseball season has begun--we had opening ceremonies this morning. Carter was a little under the weather, but he wanted to attend and had a great attitude. This spring he's on the Cincinnati Reds. There are 11 kids--that's 3 more than in the fall. Can't wait for the first game this week--go Reds!!

Baseball Ready!

Spring Break 2011

This is the first year Spring Break has really meant much because we now have a child in public school. We spent the first 1/2 of the week in Winters with Heath's parents and his sister and her husband, Dave. We went to a fun museum, went fishing twice, took cattle to auction, and attempted to see the pictographs at Paint Rock but were turned away for not wearing proper footwear (wonder who that was?).

The second 1/2 of the week we spent at home. Along with doing things around the house, we went to the Water Gardens one day and the Botanic Gardens the next. These were both suggestions from Carter and Hayden. Here are some miscellaneous pictures from the week.

Carter @ the Botanic Gardens

Hayden @ the Botanic Gardens


Carter & Hayden @ Water Gardens

one of Carter's fish (bass)

Hayden fishing

Shining Star

Carter was the "Shining Star" this week in his kindergarten class. He got to help the teacher; be the line leader all week; and most importantly he got to bring something every day to share with the class (typically they each bring something 1 day a week to share). The class also got to ask him questions about himself and Ms. Goldman wrote down the answers on a poster they hung in the classroom. Here's what he said:

My name is Carter Watkins. Mario Kart Wii is my favorite video game. I have three guppies at home. My favorite movie is Up. Baseball is my favorite sport. I like chocolate-covered raisins for snack and Oreos for dessert. My favorite color is blue. September is my favorite month of the year.

Climbing the tree in our backyard