Gillian’s school had the Lizard Guys come visit today. Gillian told me about their visit in the car tonight. She said “Silly Billy came today. What? That’s his name! He brought a lizard. The lizard was so fast! He ran all over the carpet! And there was a frog. He was slimy and bumpy!” I… Continue reading The Lizard Guys
Today we took the kids pumpkin picking. We met Mimi, Uncle T, Aunt Missy and Kenzie for lunch and then headed to tbe pumpkin patch. John was determined this year to find the perfect pumpkin. I take that back. He is always determined. His rules for a perfect pumpkin are “1) it’s orange, 2) it’s… Continue reading Pumpkin pickin
In the car this morning, we got stuck waiting for a train to pass. John looked out his window and said “I think I see an animal.” I saw it too. I told him, “I think that’s a groundhog.” He said “I don’t know. I’ve never seen one. We should look at my animal book.… Continue reading Suburban
John and Gillian went on an adventure to the Philly zoo today with Mimi and Poppy. The kids told me little bits about their day. John told me “We saw like 7 turtles! And not little ones. Big ones!” Gillian said “Poppy hold me up to see the monkeys!” I asked “What was your favorite… Continue reading The zoo
Gillian got her National Geographic Little Kids magazine in the mail today. When John and I got home, she ran across the living room, grabbed the magazine, and said “No! It’s mine!” She made sure no one would take her magazine. Before bedtime, John reads to us. While John was reading tonight, Gillian was looking… Continue reading The magazine
A few weeks ago when I picked John up from school, he asked me “Can we go to a zoo? Or China?” It turns out that he was working on a panda puzzle and wanted to see pandas in their natural habitat. This week is John’s spring break. I decided I would surprise him and… Continue reading A zoo or China
Tonight at dinner, we were talking about John’s favorite animal. He said “I bet you don’t even know what my favorite animal is!” Gilly didn’t hesitate and said “A llama!” He said “No! It’s not a llama.” Daddy and I joked with him and said “We know. You don’t have any secrets. We know everything.” … Continue reading Llama
Today Mimi gave me cookies to give the kids, a giraffe and a lion. I picked the kids up from school today and when we got in the car I showed them the cookies. John asked “Can I pick which one I get?” I told him yes. He said “Can I have the lion? Cause… Continue reading Favorite animal
This morning we were watching cartoons in the basement. Daddy and I were both drinking coffee. Gillian came over to me and asked “I have some?” I was a little surprised, and said my coffee? She nodded. I told her no, because my coffee was too hot and to go ask Daddy. She walked over… Continue reading Coffee and the purse
John told me tonight “I am faster than all the animals in the world! But you know what? There is one animal that I am not faster than. Do you know what animal? Come on, you know!” I insisted that I did not know what he was talking about. He said “Duncan. Duncan is faster… Continue reading Faster than…
John and Gill went up a hill 