Yesterday was Brielle Day. We go every year and meet up with my family. Check out last year’s post: Brielle Day. This year, we stopped at my parent’s house to drop off the kids bikes and then headed over to Brielle. Brielle Day has a 5k run, lots of craft vendors and food vendors and fire… Continue reading Brielle Day 2013
Back in March, we signed up John, Daddy and I to run in the Color Run in August. Well Saturday was the big day. Since Gillian was not running, we asked Aunt Missy and Uncle T to take her overnight on Friday. Gillian had her own little adventure with Aunt Missy on Saturday! … Continue reading The Color Run
first time in the water Gillian putting her toes in the water The kids school was closed yesterday, and we decided to take them to the beach. We met Aunt Betty in Manasquan around 9 am. John and Gillian were so excited. They ran down the beach right to the water. Gillian stopped before they reached… Continue reading The Beach
Gillian got a hole in her favorite blanket (aka Manket). We brought Manket to Grandma’s house for repair. Grandma said it was a big project. Gillian borrowed a blanket from Aunt Betty (aka Loaner Blanket). Grandma fixed Gillian’s blanket and dropped it off at my office yesterday. I picked up the kids from school and… Continue reading The Return of Manket
Any of my regular readers know that Gillian loves her blanket. She has a Grandma Blanket that she loves to sleep with. Grandma made her this blanket when she was a little baby. Last week, we discovered a little hole in the blanket. We called Grandma and explained that there was a little hole in… Continue reading The Loaner Blanket
This weekend John went into our art supplies and started to pull out blue paper. He drew something and then started cutting. He got frustrated because the three sheets of paper were not staying still. I asked him what he was doing. He said “I’m making hands for Blues Clues!” if you read our blog… Continue reading Daddy’s Clues
On Christmas Eve, I decided to make cookies with the kids. I made them each their own batch of sugar cookies. They got to pick their cookie cutters. John chose two different dinosaurs, a big circle, a baseball bat and the swamp fox. Gillian chose a flower, a big Mickey Mouse head, a small Mickey… Continue reading Making Cookies
John got a barber kit from Aunt Betty for Christmas. John loves to watch Daddy shave in the morning. So Aunt Betty thought it would be a great gift for John. Tonight, I announced that the kids needed a bath tonight (after Gillian combed her hair with her fork). Daddy said, I think someone will… Continue reading Barber Shop
This morning we went pumpkin picking with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy. We walked to the pumpkin patch and Mimi noticed a corn maze. She asked John if he wanted to check it out. John didn’t hesitate and the two fo them rushed off to the maze. The rest of us went to the pumpkin… Continue reading Pumpkin Picking
School was closed on Friday. I asked Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Betty to watch the kids for the day. Since Grandma and Grandpa go to the beach everyday they decided to take the kids with them in the morning. Aunt Betty didn’t have school on Friday so she joined them. Also, Aunt Trish had the week… Continue reading Beach Day
John and Gill went up a hill 