The Watson Family

Happy Birthday Izzy!!!

2012-02-11T16:20:00.000-05:00

Gabriel is 5!!!

2012-01-18T12:22:00.000-05:00

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Gabriel loves Gramma and his gift. Thus the Shrine he created for the two.

Izzy feeds the birds... baby mice!

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Who is really sleeping.

Home Depotland

2011-11-13T06:51:00.000-05:00

Yes, We do play and post photos from Home Depot!

2011-10-15T10:13:00.001-04:00

JAMAICA!

2011-10-15T06:51:00.009-04:00

First day in Jamaica

Beautiful view from the beach

Matthew working on his tan lines

Matthew's personal manicurists...the little fish loved to nibble on the skin

Snorkling

Freezing in the cold waterfall @ Dunn's river falls.

2011-10-12T09:00:00.000-04:00

Yum! Pinkberry

Look who we met at the Children's festival!

2011-10-08T12:59:00.000-04:00

First day of another new school year!

2011-09-06T08:48:00.002-04:00

Happily waiting for the bus to arrive...ipod in hand

Gabriel has grown so much since he first day of Preschool 2 years ago! Back then he wanted to take Thomas the train with him to school.

The bus was running late since it is the first day of school. Gabriel was still very patiently waiting.

The bus drove pass the house at 0752. We went 2 houses down and this is pretty much all I was able to get before they zoomed away!

Gabriel's COOL McQueen bike!

2011-09-02T18:16:00.001-04:00

18+month check up!

2011-09-02T15:18:00.000-04:00

Izzy waiting to see the doctor

Her numbers are in! 32lbs 5 oz, 48cm head circumference and 34.5 inches long! She is once again over the 95th percentile

Where's Dr D?

Waiting with a good book

Trying to make a get away before the nurse comes in with the needles...all 4 of them! EEK!

Great Wolf Lodge

2011-08-31T22:39:00.002-04:00

Izzy loved sitting in her but it was a no-no. Grandpa got into trouble by the lifeguards. Izzy would cry and freak out each time she didn't get to sit in it and/or when she had to come out of it.

Gabriel loves this water slide...he always picks the teal vs the yellow slide

Lil Queen Izzy- Belly the warrior! ...I salvaged the sword from the cleaning cart outside the rooms. heehee!

Izzy and Grandpa. She loved this little water geyser. A few mins after this photo she managed to spray water my way and got the new camera wet. It started to work again a few hours later after it dried out. Whew!

Gabriel LOVES the water! He was so happy!

Coloring time, but can we all see what Gabriel is doing?

Gabriel and Izzy hanging outside the sweet shoppe.

Hot and humid in the Water park!

Lil Queen Izzy-Belly

Kim and Marika

2011-08-29T02:48:00.000-04:00

Izzy LOVES stickers!

Post-Irene Beach Day!!!

2011-08-28T13:56:00.002-04:00

Hi Irene...thanks for coming by.

2011-08-27T13:19:00.000-04:00

This is what we do when we have no power and lots and lots of free time!

Izzy loved the water. She was clapping and stomping in it.

Darn tree fell on the new shed! We were the only ones that this happened to!

This was the last ice cream cone. Officially it was Izzy's but she is a good sister and shared with her big brother. As you can see, they really enjoyed it.

Izzy eats her first whole banana

2011-08-27T12:49:00.002-04:00

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McArthur mall fun and yums.

THE Epic Battle of August

2011-08-14T20:09:00.004-04:00

First, the epic battle starts off with Izzy and the sinister Ming.

Then, Gabriel comes to help his little sister against the vicious and malicious pudgy pug.

Gabriel and Izzy make their get away on his Lightening95K tricked out trike...it's "red and fast!" Don't worry sister!

But wait! the pugnacious and powerful pug's secret pug cave has been discovered by none other then Gabriel!

Lil' sister Izzy Belly has to check to make sure her big brother will be alright. What a great little super hero sidekick!

The evil puffy pug has been extruded from his pug cave...he runs!!!

But the 2 pug wranglers manage to catch up to him and with a super "wrassling" move, Gabriel and Izzy take the evil pug, Ming down for the night! What a mighty battle! Good night!

We saw Chuck E. Cheese!

2011-08-08T14:58:00.003-04:00

Izzy just loved this ride. I think my Dad ended up with 8+ photos of her.

Can the real Cheese-r please stand up???

The best shot of the two of them, as usual.

2011-08-02T08:50:00.001-04:00

Garden camp!

2011-08-01T20:34:00.001-04:00

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Seeing double?

Gabriel LOVES his new toy

2011-07-31T22:15:00.003-04:00

Bedtime for Gabriel and he couldn't go to bed without his new "surprise" from his Gramma. Finn McMissile is tucked away in his arms. In his dreams we all know he is thinking he has the best Gramma in the whole wide world!!! Thank you!

Cake, reconfigured.

2011-07-31T14:38:00.002-04:00

Gabriel's "Cheetos" M&M cake that Gramma made.

Binky Alert!

2011-07-31T13:42:00.002-04:00

Okay, not really a Binky, but a RING POP!

MMMMMMM...Yummy! It was Izzy's first experience with one and she LOVED it!

2011-07-18T11:49:00.001-04:00

This is Gabriel's "crazy face".

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Izzy loves these pink furry crocs. She gets them out of the box and puts them on herself. She gets very upset if you try to take them off.

Gabriel's First bowling adventure

2011-07-15T19:39:00.002-04:00

Bowling!!! Technically it was his second time at the bowling alley. The first time was when he was a few months old and his Papa was smoozing with his boss. I am still looking for the sassy silver bowling shoes for you Honey!!!

Izzy's gasp ugly side

2011-07-14T20:34:00.000-04:00

Izzy's (fake?) hissy fit. She also does this thing with her feet when she is upset or doesn't get what she wants. She shuffles them like she is dancing or something. I hope to get a video of it soon.

Where are my Fava beans?

2011-07-11T21:39:00.001-04:00

Toddler version of "Silence of the Lambs"?

Walmart...The new indoor kids playground

2011-07-10T20:23:00.000-04:00

We went to Walmart and let the kids play old school style! This was Gabriel's first time on a bike (as far as I know) and he loved it! He was all over the place and eventually he would widen his route. It got to the point he and Marika were running into other shoppers outside the toys and games section. Gabriel had a fit when it was time to go and he couldn't take the bike with him. I even taught him how to use the pedals to brake. He still talks about "my bike".

Thomas Attacks!

2011-07-10T10:42:00.000-04:00

Izzy uses Thomas to get her revenge with Gabriel!!! Poor Gabriel wasn't even tormenting her this time around to deserve his beating.

Gabriel @ the Aquarium with his cousins!!!

2011-07-06T21:45:00.001-04:00

The only shot I could get that was decent with all 3 of them.

Gabriel

Leah

Hayden

Izzy and Gabriel love to roll around on the floor and act silly

2011-07-04T19:13:00.000-04:00

Izzy is so smart!

2011-07-03T22:17:00.000-04:00

Izzy knows that these scissors are for trimming her super fast growing nails.

Isn't she SMART!?

Chipotle's!!!!

2011-07-03T11:23:00.001-04:00

Gabriel experienced Chipotle's for the first time and he LOVED IT!!! He even pushed away his beloved Taco Bell burrito supreme after eating here.

Slip'n Slide. The Video!

2011-07-02T23:05:00.000-04:00

I just had to put a video of the kids up using the thing!

Slip'n Slide Time!!!

2011-07-02T12:31:00.000-04:00

The slip and slide was a big hit. Gabriel has been asking me to play in it ever since the 4th of July weekend at Gramma's house. They had a blast!

Then Gramma came out with this...WOW! Gabriel's CARS fever craze being fed.

Izzy's messy face

2011-06-29T00:22:00.003-04:00

What? Where? Oh... there's something on my face? Did I get it? No? Are you sure?

ZooZooZoo...How R YouYouYou?

2011-06-21T09:00:00.000-04:00

Zoo camp! Lining up to go in the classroom.

Hailey's 3rd Birthday party@ the Zoo!

2011-06-18T12:15:00.000-04:00

Gabriel and Izzy had a great time at Hailey's zoo party! There were lots of animals and they even got to get up close and personal with a few. Gabriel wasn't too interested in touching the 5 ft. Brazilian milk snake, but had no problems with the bearded lizard, a super soft and cute chinchilla and the cute armadillo. As you can see the little guy was a big hit with the kids. Even Izzy was trying to get a little closer to love on him. They had pizza and a yummy cake, but the goodie bag at the end was the coup d'etat... cool tiger shades.

Pre-K End of the year Party!!!

2011-06-15T10:07:00.000-04:00

Gabriel and Izzy had lots of fun at the end of the school year water party!

Having fun at the Children's Museum with Gramma!!!

2011-06-12T20:30:00.000-04:00

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Izzy loves to see herself

Memorial Day weekend at Gramma's!

2011-05-29T17:27:00.000-04:00

Here are some photo of the kids playing in the water. Gabriel was all about jumping in the little kiddie pool. They had a great time...so much that Izzy pooped herself in the pool later in the day.

"That's COOL Mom"

2011-05-25T22:03:00.001-04:00

In the small inflatable pool. Gabriel had a blast and was running and jumping into it. The middle photo is of him during his action stunt. It was so hot today and no power still at the house. The kids got to cool off at Ahya and BooBoo's house. The kids loved it but Izzy was tired and splashed a bit but was ready to napnap.

The Hungry Caterpillar

2011-05-25T22:00:00.002-04:00

Catepillar bondage. Actually Gabriel and his class are reading the Hungry Catepillar and this is his caterpillar in his cocoon. Gabriel came home and said he got to "tie the caterpillar up". So darn cute!!

Sandbox

2011-05-22T12:05:00.002-04:00

Beautiful day my beautiful babies

And you thought texting and driving was bad.

2011-05-15T18:25:00.001-04:00

Need we say more?

Time for WashWash!

2011-05-14T19:28:00.001-04:00

It's my birthday!

2011-05-04T22:54:00.002-04:00

Birthday sillies!!!

Izzy discovers the harmonica

2011-05-03T21:27:00.002-04:00

Izzy plays a mean harmonica too!

Young Budding Artist goes Bad!

2011-05-01T11:12:00.003-04:00

Izzy loves to color and draw. I discovered this on the wall behind the art easel in the play room. AAaghhh!!! She also managed to doodle on the window sill next to the wall.

A beautiful day in the Gardens

2011-04-30T12:10:00.000-04:00

Gabriel in the Japanese Gardens

Izzy loved the fountain

Izzy really loved the water!

So much, she had to taste it!

The colorful water pump was a big hit

She even knew what to do!

Izzy likes to clean up and dance!

2011-04-29T09:39:00.000-04:00

I just love it when Izzy wiggles and does her dance.

Happy 1st Birthday Hayden!!!

2011-04-28T18:30:00.001-04:00

The Birthday Boy!!!

says "Happy Birthday" in Chinese

Gabriel and Leah "CHEESE!"-ing it up.

Spring 2011

2011-04-28T11:09:00.000-04:00

The house and front yard

Our Rock Family

My contorted Filbert Tree

"I fell down"

2011-04-27T22:00:00.000-04:00

Gabriel was very nice to re-enact his terrible trip. He even started from the very beginning and pretended to trip over the wheel of his new trike. In the original post accident, he was more stretched out. Still, you get the idea.

Gabriel decided that was enough and crawled on to the carpet like a wounded animal to lick his wounds.

2011-04-25T18:20:00.001-04:00

Izzy plays the recorder

Happy Hoppy Easter!

2011-04-24T17:34:00.002-04:00

Gabriel and Izzy had a wonderful Easter! Lots of candy, eggs and of course, "surprises"!!!

Making Easter Eggs!

2011-04-23T19:45:00.002-04:00

Gabriel was all ready to throw the white eggs in the colored water! He had a hard time remembering to not to touch the wet eggs as they come out of the water. He did a very good job of decorating his Easter eggs with stickers. He was able to use that little wire egg getter with very little help and didn't damage a single egg during the making of them. The yellow egg with the flowers on it you see him holding...poor thing didn't make it. Gabriel was fond of that one and he eventually dropped it on the floor later in the night. Tomorrow, I call it breakfast.

GREAT Friday!!!

2011-04-22T18:01:00.001-04:00

What a GREAT Good Friday! Gramma made it super special with a movie (Rio), lunch and playtime @ Gramma's house!

2011-04-15T13:47:00.001-04:00

Spring party and Easter egg hunt for Gabriel @ school!

Gabriel and Leah

2011-04-11T14:47:00.002-04:00

Gabriel and Leah riding the trike at the house.

2011-03-22T21:03:00.001-04:00

Loves the eyes

Gabriel's 2nd Haircut @ the Salon

2011-03-22T15:02:00.002-04:00

Chilling getting the hair did.

Gabriel in the grass

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The kids on the nature trail.

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I think Gabriel is waiting for Nemo. Izzy is just excited to be walking around and being independent!

Izzy and the Gars.

2011-03-20T19:57:00.004-04:00

The Gars were huge! Izzy loves viewing the fish swimming around in the huge tank.

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Nighttime fun

Gabriel and Izzy enjoy the nice weather

2011-03-13T17:27:00.002-04:00

This was the first time Izzy got to play and touch sand. She was so excited. She had it all over her. Even in her diaper! Gabriel has been patiently waiting for the bitter cold to pass so he can play with his trains in it!!

The kids messing around the sandbox

2011-03-13T17:25:00.002-04:00

Enjoy the video of the kids playing in the sandbox. Izzy loved it so much she was eating the sand!

2011-03-06T10:48:00.001-05:00

Me and the kids after the zoo

2011-02-28T13:46:00.001-05:00

The kids at home today

2011-02-28T12:05:00.001-05:00

Izzy on her rocketship. Blast off!

Gabriel-one with the sharks.

2011-02-28T12:03:00.002-05:00

Krispy Kreme Rocks!

2011-02-12T21:40:00.002-05:00

Gabriel loves the snow

2011-02-10T23:16:00.000-05:00

Hong Kong Pancakes Yum...

2011-02-08T11:36:00.002-05:00

Izzy loves to put almost anything and everything into her mouth. I made some pancake balls for her and she started to eat. She usually tastes it and then spits it out. She made a mess, but Ming was a very happy and full puppy from Izzy's antics. The morning sun was shining through the windows and I was hoping to get some different photos of Izzy.

It's THOMAS!! Live

2011-02-05T20:15:00.002-05:00

Gabriel's big day finally arrived and he got to see Thomas and Friends Live! He was so happy. At the end of the show he didn't want to "go home". He dragged his feet and whined.

I was surprised that they didn't have people walking around selling Thomas paraphernalia. I took Gabriel out to the main entrance and he decided he wanted this Thomas flat light. Izzy got the multicolored spinning light. He is kissing Thomas during the show. It is often that Gabriel will say, "I love you Thomas." He usually has to be prompted to say that about his Mom.
This is the finale. Percy, Sir Toppenhatt, Thomas and Diesel. They had the 3 engines and one troublesome truck in the show. Gabriel was one of 3 kids that Sir Toppenhatt's grandson, Stephen, came out and gave a High-5. Gabriel was hesitant at first then he raised his hand and high-5'd back.

Happy Chinese New Years!!!

2011-02-03T22:57:00.003-05:00

On New years eve we get together and have a nice meal. Traditionally, it is the hot pot and my mother does all the hard work. This year, we had lots of little ones. Baby Hayden celebrated for the first time! Izzy was only a few days old last year so she is no rookie. Ahya taught Gabriel how to do the little hand gesture and the New year phrase that will bring you the little red envelopes. Next year, the 2 little ones will be doing the little hand gesture and saying the much loved phrase of "Gong Hay Fat Choy!"

Gabriel @TheBounceHouse

2011-01-26T14:42:00.000-05:00

Gabriel at the Bounce House. He had a blast and wants to go "jumpjump" everyday.

Lets play ball!

2011-01-23T11:31:00.000-05:00

Izzy loves to sit and play in the ball pit. Gabriel joins in to keep her company. He loves his little sister even though sometimes he forgets to play nice with her. Izzy likes to throw the balls over the side of the box. She does it with her bath toys too. It just makes her happy. When she has had enough, she tries to gnaw her way out of the pit.

Happy Birthday Cassidy!

2011-01-22T17:04:00.001-05:00

After 4 years and a few birthday parties, Gabriel finally was willing to sit down in the make up chair and get his face painted. Izzy wasn't ready but she got a monkey balloon that tasted delicious! Marika came along to help me and got to have hre face painted. She was so excited. She didn't want to wash her face! We discovered Izzy knows how to drink from a straw. She grabbed someone's juice pouch and started to drink. She got mad when you tried to take it away. She is definately going to be easier to wean off the bottle then her big brother. Thank goodness.

Just hanging around the house

2011-01-20T08:46:00.000-05:00

Gabriel and Izzy at night...Izzy is very good about standing up. She just will not let go to walk on her own. She also likes to play with Thomas the train...if her brother shares.

21st Century Mochi

2011-01-19T00:26:00.003-05:00

Gotta check my email

Happy 4th Birthday Gabriel!!!

2011-01-18T12:22:00.002-05:00

Gabriel is growing up so fast! He happily sat for pictures before opening up the first of many birthday gifts from friends and family.
The evil Thomas the train cake. I think all of us had food coloring stains on our lips for days. It did come out pretty good though. Gabriel wanted a "Thomas birthday cake"...so he got one. Luckily Ahya likes trains too. Happy birthday Daddy!
I made brownie cupcakes for Gabriel's classmates and teachers. I got Thomas train whistles as toppers. The teachers didn't say anything, but I am sure they just loved that.

Play time at the mall

2011-01-16T15:27:00.002-05:00

Izzys favorite kissy face.

After Christmas Toy Bliss

2010-12-29T08:38:00.002-05:00

Let it snow... Let it snow... Let it snow!

2010-12-26T12:40:00.002-05:00

It snowed Christmas night and I don't think it stopped until 24 hrs later. All day Sunday it snowed. The snow was beautiful! Gabriel was so excited!!! We went out while it was still falling. Poor Izzy wasn't allowed to come out and play. Gabriel was all over the snow and didn't want to go back in the house when it was time. A few hours after we did came in, our tracks and snow angels were gone. Covered once again with fresh fallen snow.

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-12-25T09:33:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!!!
Gabriel wanted to open this gift for over a week! The Thomas the train wrapping paper didn't help with keeping his hands off the gift. He managed to "peek" inside a few days earlier when he tore the wrapping paper. So no surprise that it was the very first thing he wanted to open! Of course, there was a Thomas inside from his Godparents, the Spencers.
Izzy had a little help with her Christmas gifts this year. She seemed to like the plastic packaging and the wrapping paper a little more then the actual gifts.
Just a little visual of the aftermath of opening all the presents.
This is what Santa brought Gabriel for Christmas. Auntie Mamiko had the patience to sit and put it together. Over 100 pieces of Lego Mega Bloks. Being Gabriel, it didn't stay like this for very long...

Christmastown at Busch Gardens

2010-12-21T15:16:00.002-05:00

The kids were all bundled up in the cold weather. Gramma had bought Gabriel a treat so he didn't bother to look at me when I took the photo. Priorities folks.

2010-12-14T11:33:00.002-05:00

Busy Gabriel @ school.

...sorry it's sideways

Early Merry Christmas

2010-12-13T21:59:00.002-05:00

Gabriel finally went poop in the toilet like a big boy!!! I promised him his "Mega blocks Thomas" if he went poop in the toilet. 10 days later and seeing his promised toy, he went. We clapped and said "YEAH!" He smiled and nodded "yes" to doing it again tomorrow. We will see.
Gabriel playing with the finished product. He is so happy and asked if Izzy wanted to play with his Thomas. When I said "no", he asked me "why?"
Not sure how long this set up will last! until then...Celebrate!

It snowed before going to see Christmas!

2010-12-05T23:43:00.003-05:00

Gabriel wanted to go out and play in the snow so bad. We got dressed, all geared up and Gabriel got his Thomas and friends only to find out there really wasn't much snow to play with. He wanted to play with is trains like he did last year with the big snow storm. He was disappointed, but was a trooper when he surprisingly stood there when I asked for a few photos of him.
Gramma knows what this was about. The DRAMA! He was being bad and when he realized it wasn't Mommy, but Gramma that swatted his butt...well! He was kneeling and in slow motion, yes, slow motion, he slowly fell into this position. Afterwards, he got up and walked over, backwards to the coffee shop's accoutrement table and stood there with is butt protected in the corner. I think I am going to have a special post for all to see and enjoy. Gramma and I had a great laugh.
Gabriel was so happy and excited to see the trains running at the Coleman's nursery Christmas sampling that he let me take a few photos of him "cheese-ing". You can just see how happy he was from the look on his face.

Finally, Izzy! She is all about the trains and the train table. She loves to stand and grab and throw what she wants around. Gabriel had to move to the other train table in the back since she was not sharing and playing rough. A little bit after this photo a few other kids arrived and she was getting all aggressive with a little boy a few years older then she. Izzy was doing her loud and angry sounding baby cursing. She ended up pulling the little boys sweater and trying to tell him to "get lost". All the while maintaining her balance. She was guarding her Thomas the train table turf and I think she even give the little guy the "evil eye" glare. In her defense, she was there first and he was invading her private space standing right next to her. LOL!