Tonight at dinner, John taught me all about friction. He said “You know gravity holds us down. Friction stops us from sliding all over the place. Without gravity we would be flying. But friction is really important. Imagine a room that has carpet on one side and no carpet on the other. The carpet makes… Continue reading Friction
Friday morning, John came into the bathroom while Daddy and I were getting ready for work. He obviously just woke up and was covering his eyes because the light was so bright. He didn’t even say good morning. He simply said “Where’s my harmonica?” Yup, first thing in the morning he was worried about his… Continue reading Harmonica
Last night, I picked up Gillian from school. In the car, she told me about her day. We were stopped at a traffic light and the people turning left were given a green arrow. Gillian said “Red means stop!” And from behind me, I could hear the crash of metal on metal. It sounded like… Continue reading Red Light
I picked up the kids tonight from school. As we were leaving John’s school, John said “There’s a spider in here.” It was pretty dark in the car, so I said “Are you sure?” John said “Yea. I can see it. Mom! Get it out of here!” I was driving, and told him “I can’t… Continue reading The Spider
Tonight at dinner, we asked the kids about their days. Gillian said “I play with Nicholas and Sophia. I sit in timeout chair.” I asked her why she had to go to timeout. She said “I didn’t stay on my mat at naptime.” At least she is honest. We asked John the same question. He… Continue reading How was your day?
Today we were running errands with the kids. In the car, I told the kids that they needed to behave at while we were shopping or there would be no shows when we got home. John said “Well I mostly cleaned the basement.” When he said “mostly” he put his hands in the air and wiggled… Continue reading Oh John
I got to pick up the kids from school yesterday. John and I had some interesting conversations in the car. As we drove down Swimming River Road towards Lincroft to pick up Gillian, John said “Did we just past Swimming River?” I said yes. He said “Did you see if there was dirt in the… Continue reading car conversations
John and Gill went up a hill 