Aloha and Holo Holo

Holy cow! What a weekend! We had, not one, but TWO birthday parties at our house on Saturday, and boy were they fun! We started the day with...

Teacher Chauffeur Nurse Party Planner Maid Baker Referee Exterminator Chef Dish Washer Laundress Banker Principal Mover Supe...

Excellent form in the bolo toss Washer toss (Obviously, Watts boys must raise a leg to toss an object.) Parachute games ...

I do not have the energy to tell you all the details of our wonderful long weekend in Corpus, but I can give you some highlights. a short...

Our story begins at 12:30 am, when I was awakened from a much-needed deep sleep by death-is-upon-me screaming coming through the baby monito...

Appearing on the April calendar: Mom's Night Out A lunch date with my mom, sister and nephew in Austin Fiddle Fest in Llano Marble ...

At breakfast this morning, Jeff announced a holiday for us--no school, no work, just pure fun! (That's when he became the hero of the da...

...You will find: Body parts stuck in unlovely places--fingers in noses; hands in underwear. Tee-tee on the bathroom floor (and maybe a...

We did something a little different for Easter this year. We went over to Fiddle Fest in Llano for a sweet little service down by the river ...

11 months. I just can't believe it. Our adorable little Claycito is 11 months old. This month has been huge--in terms of new things, if ...

I'm NOT a runner, but I run three times a week. I'm NOT a trained teacher, but I teach--my kids on a daily basis and a classroom-fu...

From the moment the windows were installed in the house, we have had all manner of fauna crashing into them--from little bugs to little boys...

We were a week late to the Spring Break game, but we definitely made the most of it when it got here. I dropped the kids off with my MIL on ...

~from our family to yours~

I am usually a super-stong, do-it-yourselfer, who does not cower in the corner or ever ask for help. But there are two things that turn my s...

Piggies, beware!

I have often heard parents blame teachers for a child's academic difficulties. I have also heard teachers blame parents for a student...

It's 3-14, which means it's Pi Day, for all you Math nerds out there. And, you don't live in a town with a restaurant famous fo...

We bought our land in July. In Texas. In the middle of a long drought. And, we thought it was just about the most beautiful property we had ...

BLUEBONNET TIME!! The cutest bluebonnet posers of all time! Look out, ladies! Beautiful Ruth