Everyone still here??

Hello from Winterville! 

It's been awhile since our last post. We will try to do better. Here are some recent photos of Soraya. Soraya loves her preschool and has made lots of friends. We think one little boy has a crush on her, but Scott doesn't like that. 

No boyfriends...at least not now!!

Blessings from The Watsons!

More updates soon!

Soraya in her a-Dora-ble robe!

Splish Splash Mish Mash!

Soraya is wearing her nifty Dora The Explorer robe tonight. Soraya's Aunt Leila gave this to her for Christmas. As you can see, purple is a very complementary color on our girl. 

Very stylish!

Candlelight dinner with Soraya

Scott and Soraya (wearing her favorite sweatshirt, I might add) had a Father/Daughter Date Night tonight. Mommy spent the evening at the North Carolina Family Policy Council's annual Greenville fundraiser dinner tonight. While she was doing her thing, Scott and Soraya spent a nice evening together. Scott's culinary skills were showcased tonight with assistance from a Mrs. Paul and her fish sticks. Idaho got into the act with their premiere packet of mashed potatoes with some green peas sneaking in at the last minute for a nice splash of color on the plate. Yummo! 

Soraya requested a candlelight dining atmosphere which was granted. It was an overall enjoyable evening in the Watson household. Man, I love that girl of mine!

Snow!!

We finally have snow!!! 

Winterville earned its name today as a winter storm arrived. Predictions were from 2-8 inches and we are nearing 6 inches right now. 

Our neighbors, The Carnes, came over and we all built a snowman in our driveway. His name is Frosty I believe. As you can see, he's definitely in the snow party spirit.

Enjoy the pictures of all the fun in the snow!

Shiver me timbers...

Global warming...What!? It's been awhile since our last post. Soraya thankfully is feeling fine now after last Saturday's fever. If you are unaware of one of our blog features, scroll to the bottom of the page and you can see our local weather forecast anytime. As you can see, it's darn cold here! Low of 18 tonight (Thursday) and Friday calls for a high of only 32 and a low of 9. At the very least, a bit of snow would make the chill more bearable...BRRRRR!! 

Well, we taped "The Office" tonight and we are about to go watch it. Our number 1 favorite show "24" returns Monday night. Scott just placed the 24 ringtone on his cell. It's the ring for the CTU telephones. 

Stay warm wherever you might be reading this! 

Mish Medical!

We had a bit of a scare today with Soraya. We all got up as usual this morning, ate breakfast, Scott ground and brewed his coffee, and everything was normal. About an hour later, Soraya stopped playing and just wanted to lay down. Soraya is always on the go and this was very unusual. We noticed she was warm and took her temperature. It turned out around 102 degrees! 

We gave her some Motrin and she snuggled up on the couch. After a few Hermie the Common Caterpillar videos, we had some lunch. She ate pretty well, but she still ran a temperature. She went down for nap and slept very well. We took her temperature after nap and it was down to 99.2. She got up and immediately wanted some crackers and cheese...her FAVORITE! 

She seems to be fine now and her temperature is back to normal. We will continue to monitor the situation. Hopefully, it's some sort of 24 hour bug.

The night the lights went out in...

Winterville. Yes, the lights blackened shortly after 6 pm tonight as raging forces of wind gusted down the Addington Drive corridor. No, you would expect such brutal gasps of air from a hurricane, but in January? While we live in the eastern part of NC - easily prone to its share of hurricanes, this was simply a cold front passing through. Thankfully, the trash detail whisked away our garbage this morning before the storm came (was not the case last week!) 

As you can see, we three had a nice candlelight dinner of spaghetti with (turkey) meat sauce, salad, and garlic bread. The electrical currents did re-start around 7pm but it was nice while it lasted.

 The picture is a bit fuzzy, but you can get the idea. 

We had a breakthrough tonight as Soraya asked...FOR SECONDS! For those of you not up to date on our three year old's refusal to eat lately, this was a momentous occasion. In fact, Soraya ate her spaghetti (two helpings) and her carrot sticks! For that, she received two Oreo cookies! Hooray!!