Haircuts

My kids have all had their moments where they cut a snippet of hair off. But the youngest decided to give just about all of her toys some kind of haircut. When I walked in to her room for bedtime, I found hair of all colors scattered on the rug.

Our "My Little Ponies" no longer have long flowing tails and their manes look more like mohawks. The Barbie dolls still have their long locks, but with large chunks of super short hair. The Cabbage Patch Dolls also fell victim to the scissors, and were left with stubs where cute little fountains of hair once were. Even her ridiculously large pony had chunks of his mane trimmed off.

All I can do is laugh and blog about it. I'm sure it will be much harder for me when she is a teenager and giving herself a mowhawk or some other extreme form of rebellion. I need to remember that when she is playing quietly, it means TROUBLE!!

Beautiful Weather

We have had great weather the past week or two and had to get out in the backyard! I wanted to try and get a picture of all three kiddos playing, but there always seems to be one Watson who won't cooperate (if not all three LOL). But it was neat just having the two B's spend some time together. It seems that my children fight 24 hours a day (maybe only 20 if you account for some sleeping in there). But it was fun to play out in the wilderness for a bit without fighting. I just love how Brooklyn is looking at Brandon in almost all of these pictures.

Brooklyn just got her hair cut and our stylist talked me in to bangs! I think they fit her sassy attitude perfectly!
And I can't forget the one who didn't want to be out in the tall weeds with us. But I can't blame her because I spent atleast half an hour taking stickers out of all our shoes and clothes LOL

Easter

After about 7 hours at church we headed out to Nona's house to celebrate! The kids enjoyed an egg hunt...or two...or three! And of course my favorite part was the delicious food that my momma always makes us! Thanks for making the day so special for everyone Nona!

Spring Break

Kids are back in school today, so I have a bit of time to actually blog about our Spring Break! It went by much to fast and yet I was ready for the fighting to end so I was ready for the kids to get back to school. We really enjoyed sleeping in and lounging around the house.





Spent lots of time exploring in the wilderness.







GORGEOUS out there this time of year! Also have our fruit trees blooming!!





Spent some time at Nona's for Easter, and enjoyed a visit from my Dad too! But I had better post pics from that seperately!

Miss B

Been bloggin about all the older kids activities and didn't even post any pics of Miss B! If I have my real camera out, she runs! But she let me take her pic with my cell phone in the car today. Brooklyn is my buddy throughout the day. She tags a long as we drop-off and pick-up kids at school. She loves to summersault and if the ground is soft enough, she will summersault from point a to b...rather than walking. She summersaults down the hall in the morning and into bed at night. Probably should put her in gymnastics, this momma just can't take one more activity at the moment LOL She is also really in to the Disney princesses right now. Wants to hear all about them each night before we go to bed. Her favorites right now are Snow White and Cinderella. Will miss my little tag-a-long once she is in school. Need to enjoy her now...tantrums and all!!

Another update in pictures

The Watson family has been keeping busy with...

SOFTBALL...Go Wildcats!




KINDER FIELD TRIPS





GIRL SCOUTS (International Fair) - Girls dressed as a Rugby team because they learned about New Zealand for their booth.





MORE GIRLS SCOUTS (Field trip to DC Gymnastics) - Had to get more use out of the Rugby shirts *LOL*




Throw school in to the mix, homework, AWANA and softball practices and our weeks are just flying by! This momma is super excited for down time over spring break!

Lead Me...

Heard this song for the first time today and really felt God speaking to me! I don't want to be so caught up all the day-to-day and not be intentional about leading my children in God's ways! Whether it's just taking time to discipline, talk with them, pray with them, etc. It's overwhelming to think about how I need to change, but I know the more overwhelming it seems, the more I need to depend on my Father for strength and guidance! I'm thankful to have a great husband who leads our family and is by my side through all the chaos.

Sanctus Real - Lead Me (From the album Pieces of a Real Heart)

I look around and see my wonderful life
Almost perfect from the outside
In picture frames I see my beautiful wife
Always smiling
But on the inside, I can hear her saying...

Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?

Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”

I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're in independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...

Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?

Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone

So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?

To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up

I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone

Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone

Boots

Brandon got a pair of cowboy boots for Christmas and LOVES them! If Daddy would let him, I think he would wear them every single day. The other day we were out in the back watching Melanie practice and he humored me as I took a picture of his boots. Otherwise, he isn't a big fan of his picture taken these days.