Me: Brandon, you crack me up.
Aidan: Am I a cracker up, too?
Watkins Kids
the kids at Panama City Beach - Nov 2009
Mar 12, 2009
Feb 26, 2009
Another Aidan-ism
When flipping a quarter Aidan asks, heads or birds?
Look at an "old" quarter (not a state quarter) and you'll get it :)
Look at an "old" quarter (not a state quarter) and you'll get it :)
Feb 25, 2009
Clara's 1st Haircut
Clara got her 1st haircut on February 14th
No curls were injured in the taking of this haircut
Feb 15, 2009
Jan 12, 2009
Aidan-isms
Aidan is always coming up with "custom" words... these are a couple of the latest. I'm going to try to remember to post them here as they come up.
Chucky-Charms = Name for the cereal he found at Wal-greens which are essentially Chocolate-Lucky Charms.
Freakin' Stein = Aidan's pronunciation of Frankenstein.
Chucky-Charms = Name for the cereal he found at Wal-greens which are essentially Chocolate-Lucky Charms.
Freakin' Stein = Aidan's pronunciation of Frankenstein.
Day at the track
Devlin at the track... the next day he won 1st and 2nd in the two classes he raced in.
New Year's Day @ Dad & Jenny's
We spent the first day of 2009 playing in the backyard at Dad & Jenny's house. What a gorgeous day!
Dec 23rd
Here are some pictures from Christmas at our house with Dad & Jenny
Clara's first (and only) mini-dress
Clara's first (and only) mini-dress
Dec 19, 2008
Not Santa's biggest fan
We visited Santa and well, at least the boys were happy. Aidan was very excited about telling Santa everything that was on his list. Clara wasn't quite as thrilled about the whole thing. She was fine with Santa and kept pointing to him, but was not at all interested in sitting with him.
At least mom got this gorgoues picture of her Pre-Santa though :)
Dec 17, 2008
Rocking around the christmas tree
We finally got around to decorating our tree tonight! The kids had it decorated in record time... they are getting to be pros.
Clara was a little under the weather, but still managed to hang a few ornaments on the tree. She liked the M&M ones best... is anybody surprised?
Dec 15, 2008
Saturday with the grandparents
The kids spent Saturday night w/ Dad & Jenny. They made adorable snowmen and these great christmas hats.
Clara had a blast dancing with a singing polar bear.
Apparently she cracked up everytime the bear started singing.
Dec 12, 2008
My little lefty ???
Clara fed herself with a fork today...in her left hand. Looks like she might be a little lefty!
Today was the first time we've seen her "stab" the food and then get it into her mouth without any help from her fingers :)
She's growing up fast!
Today was the first time we've seen her "stab" the food and then get it into her mouth without any help from her fingers :)
She's growing up fast!
November in a nut shell...
The first week of November was so eventful, that the rest of it flew by.
Nov 12 - I went to St Louis for a few days for a finance conference. James managed to keep the kids out of the hospital while I was gone...I can't say the same for when he was gone earlier in the month.
Nov 19 - Dinner at our house for Dad's birthday (SPAGHETTI!)
Nov 21 - Clara got tubes in her ears. The surgery was easy and she has been great ever since.
Nov 27 - Turkey Trot that morning - I ran the whole 5 miles! WOO HOO!
Turkey at mom's later that day and we watched the UT/A&M football game.
Devlin's finished product -- the "shield" project -- the shield represents him and how he has changed in the last few years. This project was truly a family colaboration. I think everybody had some help in donating materials or helping prepare it. This side was his to decorate as he wanted. He chose to decorate with pictures of the family.
Clara bundled up for a run in the stroller
Nov 12 - I went to St Louis for a few days for a finance conference. James managed to keep the kids out of the hospital while I was gone...I can't say the same for when he was gone earlier in the month.
Nov 19 - Dinner at our house for Dad's birthday (SPAGHETTI!)
Nov 21 - Clara got tubes in her ears. The surgery was easy and she has been great ever since.
Nov 27 - Turkey Trot that morning - I ran the whole 5 miles! WOO HOO!
Turkey at mom's later that day and we watched the UT/A&M football game.
Devlin's finished product -- the "shield" project -- the shield represents him and how he has changed in the last few years. This project was truly a family colaboration. I think everybody had some help in donating materials or helping prepare it. This side was his to decorate as he wanted. He chose to decorate with pictures of the family.
Clara bundled up for a run in the stroller
Hook Em!
Nov 8th
To add to an already busy weekend, Devlin and I got to go to the UT vs. Baylor football game.
This was Devlin's first UT game and we had a blast. It was HOT... I was completely sun-burnt becuase our seats were in full-sun for the entire game. We stayed till the very end and had a great time.
UT 45 -- Baylor 21
To add to an already busy weekend, Devlin and I got to go to the UT vs. Baylor football game.
This was Devlin's first UT game and we had a blast. It was HOT... I was completely sun-burnt becuase our seats were in full-sun for the entire game. We stayed till the very end and had a great time.
UT 45 -- Baylor 21
Halloween...a little out of order!
Halloween 2008
Aidan - Spiderman
Brandon - Grim Reaper
Clara - Fairy
Devlin - no costume ... chased girls/was chased by girls all night long
We trick or treated w/ the entire block; it was a blast. My friend from work (Chad & his wife Madison) brought their son Max over also. Max is a couple months older than Clara. He was a Shark.
Brandon .... scary!!!
Spiderman showing off his muscles
I'm pretty sure Devlin was "slinging" one of his new Halloween flying-toys in this picture.
It's all mine!!!!!
Excitement on the block - Nov 7th
Just like any other night in our neighborhood, we were hanging out in the front yard while the kids played. On this particular night they were playing football in our yard and Brandon had a run-in with a tree. Literally.. a run-in with a tree. He ran into a low-hanging branch on a tree and the limb pierced him in the eyelid. This launched a series of events that ended with him having surgery Friday morning at 6:30 AM.
To make a very long story short - the limb pierced his eyelid and "bruised" his eye-ball. The muscle was torn by the limb which required surgery to correct. They also had to check behind his eye to make sure that no debris or dirt was trapped behind his eye.
Brandon handled it all very well. His least favorite part was the IV. He had a really hard time falling asleep in his hospital room that night, but once he did he felt a lot better. The surgery was very short - 1/2 hour total and he has recovered very well.
And the best part is that James was out of town.... WAY out of town (somewhere near El Paso). Mom came over and stayed with the kids while I stayed at the hospital with Brandon. His mom also came up to the hospital so I wasn't completely on my own.
Nov 19, 2008
Clara's 1st birthday!
Clara turned 1 on October 28th! We celebrated her birthday with a party on Saturday, Oct 25th. We rented an inflatable slide/jumper and had them set it up in the front yard! Our house is like a playground on most weekdays - with a jumper in front, we should have charged admission!
The kids had a great time and clara was ADORABLE. She was very cute opening presents and playing with her new toys & clothes.
Mom & Tom made a great cake for Clara -- multiple layers & hand-made polka dots & embellishments. It was very cute and extremely tasty!
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