Over Christmas break, John and Gillian went to see Frozen with Aunt Betty and Grandma. Gillian loved going to the movie. I stopped at the bookstore tonight to get John and Daddy a new book. While I was there I bought Gillian a Frozen book. Before bedtime tonight I gave Gillian the book. She said… Continue reading Frozen
Gillian and I picked John up from school today. In the car he said “Guess what? One of my tooths is loose!” I said “No way!” He was so excited and told me “The first time I noticed it was at lunch. My tooth hurt and I asked someone to look at it. And they… Continue reading The tooth
John has the best comments and insite. Here are a few of my favorite comments from the past couple of weeks: Daddy asked John “Who do you want to help with your shower? Mommy or Daddy?” John replied “I’ll settle with you Dad.” We have been trying to teach John to say excuse me when… Continue reading Oh John!
Last week, Gillian and I watched Tangled for the first time. We loved it. She unfortunately has a hard time remembering Rapunzel’s name. So she constantly asks me “Who’s the girl in the purple dress?” Tonight, I was tucking her into bed, and she asked me to snuggle with her for a few minutes. As… Continue reading The girl in the purple dress
Daddy picked up the kids from school tonight. When Gillian and Daddy picked up John, Gillian went running into the gym to find him. She hugged him and they bumped heads. When she retold the story to me later she said “We bump heads. I cry. But I no go to timeout!” I got Gillian… Continue reading Typical night
I woke up this morning and there was a little girl in our bed. I’m not sure when she joined us, but there she was snuggling Daddy and I. I got up to get in the shower and told her “Don’t worry, Daddy is here with you.” But she started to cry. I asked her what was… Continue reading morning snuggles
On Tuesday night, I went to check on Gillian and John before I went to bed. I found Gillian sleeping like this. Gillian and Baby were both tucked in and snuggly in her bed. Last night, I went to check on the kids and again I found Gillian and Baby in Gillian’s bed. Notice where… Continue reading Gillian and Baby
We are going to the beach tomorrow. John is planning on building a sandcastle. He wants to put little flags on it or “Just one American flag!” He also wants it to have a moat. Tonight as I was tucking him into bed, he was telling me “I’m going to need a BIG shovel.” I… Continue reading Planning
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
John and Gill went up a hill 