Gillian loves Sofia the First. It’s a show on Disney Junior about a princess. Sofia wears a special amulet that helps her talk to animals. Yesterday, I picked up the kids from school. Gillian had her stuffed bunny Clover. Clover is one of Sofia’s best friends. Gillian told John “I need my amulet. I can’t… Continue reading The amulet
On Sunday, John and Gillian came upstairs to get some juice boxes. Gillian asked John “Can you bring mine downstairs?” John said “No.” Gillian said “I can’t carry it! It’s too heavy.” John said “Fine, if I carry it, I get to drink it!” Gillian screamed “No! It’s mine!” John said “Well then you gotta… Continue reading The juice box
Every night, I go and check on the kids after bedtime. Gillian still takes a nap at school, so most nights when I check on her (around 9) she is still awake. Last night, she was awake and she invited me into her bed to snuggle with her. I snuggled up with her and asked… Continue reading Let’s talk
Gillian and I picked up John from school today. We noticed that there was a plastic fireman’s hat in his backpack. I asked John if a fireman came to school today. He said “Yes! We learned about fire safety.” I asked him to tell Gillian what that means. He said to Gillian “You can’t play with matches or… Continue reading Fire Safety
John started building one of his new Lego sets on Sunday. He has been working in the living room on the coffee table. All the little pieces have been very tempting to Gillian. Any chance she gets, she touches the pieces or the Lego men. Which always ends up with John saying “No Gill! Mom,… Continue reading Legos
Everyday when Daddy picks up the kids, one of them gets to be line leader. They get to lead the line of Daddy and their sibling to the car. Daddy is very diplomatic and alternates the line leader everyday. John and Gillian love to be line leader. It is their chance to be first. Gillian… Continue reading Line Leader
This morning I asked Gillian which one of her friends she liked to play with most. She immediately said “Dorlisa!” The. She paused and said “Johnny!” When I dropped off the kids at school this morning the whole school was outside on the playground. We went on the playground together and John immediately went running… Continue reading Friends
We drive past St. Leo’s church everyday on our way to school. Every year they have a fair in June. The kids have watched the rides slowly assemble and every morning as we drive past, I hear “Can we go tonight?” This week has been a little busy for us, so last night was the… Continue reading St. Leo’s Fair
It was so nice outside today. Daddy picked up the kids and decided to go to a local playground. I met them there. John had already made a friend by the time I arrived. John was chasing the little boy all around the playground. Then John started yelling, “Hey! I got a sister! Her name… Continue reading Playground
I give Gillian baths at night. And every night there is drama about getting the soap out of her hair. I have tried to get her to lay down on her back and lean her head back but she doesn’t want to try. She gets upset and refuses to lay in the water. Even though… Continue reading Bath time assistant
John and Gill went up a hill 