Sometime in October we noticed that a spider made a web on our front storm door. He made a beautiful web and I joked to the kids that we wouldn’t need to hang up Halloween decorations. Every morning we would check on his web and see where he was hanging out. We named him Frank. … Continue reading Frank
Sunday, Daddy spent the day cleaning up all the leaves in the yard. The kids helped by picking up all the sticks. After Daddy moved all the leaves into the street for pick up, he let the kids jump in the pile. They had so much fun! Only John holds his nose before jumping… Continue reading The leaf pile
Daddy picked up two books from a new series for John on Sunday. John finished the first book in a day and a half. Tonight I decided I would go to the library and pick up the next three books in the series. Daddy told John, “If you finish your homework Mommy will take you… Continue reading The library
Tonight Gillian got dressed in her pajamas and asked me “Do you have any nightgowns?” I said “Yes, but just summer ones. I don’t have any winter ones like you.” She didn’t believe me and said “But I thought you like wearing pants and a shirt.” I said “I don’t like wearing a nightgown like… Continue reading The nightgown
Every month John has do a book report. He has a written portion of the report as well as a presentation. John and Daddy worked on the report this weekend and John practiced in front of his “audience” last night. John is an excellent presenter. He has a lot of confidence and is very entertaining. … Continue reading The presentation
When we were at the ER last night, the nurse gave Gillian a roll of purple medical tape. Gillian’s favorite color is purple and the nurse told her that she could use this tape on her animals at home. The first thing we did was put tape on her fox’s arm so they were twins. … Continue reading Dr. Gillian
Sunday morning, Gillian was complaining of stomach pain and nausea. We thought it would go away, but it didn’t. She had some tenderness when you touched her stomach and a low grade fever. We were afraid that maybe she was suffering from an appendicitis. So we took her to a walk-in. The doctor checked her… Continue reading Could be something, could be nothing
My big brother Joe is a Captain in the Navy. He is currently the Executive Officer on the Iwo Jima. The Iwo Jima is an amphibious assault ship. We found out that the ship would be in New York for Veterans Day and we planned a trip for my family to tour the boat. We… Continue reading Veterans Day
John has been taking a karate class at the YMCA for awhile now. He liked it a lot, but Daddy really wanted something more structured. In September, we signed John up for classes at Tiger Schulmann. John goes twice a week. I love that the other students are very supportive. They encourage each other and… Continue reading Tiger Schulmann
I brought the kids to work with me today. We got there early because I had a lot of work to do. Luckily the kids have their own desks on two separate sides of the office. They spent the morning playing on their kindles, drawing, reading and running errands for Mommy. I had a conference… Continue reading The dealership
John and Gill went up a hill 