Yesterday, Daddy got the kids home from school. They were playing in the back yard while Daddy did a little yard work. We don’t have a screen door on our slider and Daddy saw a little bird hop into our kitchen. Daddy watched the bird, hoping that she would just fly back outside. She didn’t.… Continue reading The visitor
John is reading a new book series called “Nick and Tesla.” They are eleven year old twins that solve science mysteries. This month’s book report for John’s class has to be a mystery book. We were very happy that John was able to read one of these books for his report. Book reports for John’s… Continue reading Robots
Daddy loves wool socks and on occasion I borrow them. On Saturday night, I went to check on the kids after they were in bed awhile. Gillian was sound asleep. John was not. Before I could lecture him, he said “I know. I should be asleep. But my feet are so cold.” So I bent… Continue reading Wool socks
Every year we give John money to buy Christmas gifts at the holiday shop at school. This year we did the same thing for Gillian. The gifts are normally nothing special, but it teaches them responsibility and they love picking out gifts. Gillian brought her gifts home and wanted to wrap them up immediately. We… Continue reading The Mug
Gillian knows that Daddy is a Probation Officer, but she is confused as to what he actually does. I explained to her that Daddy helps bad guys to be good. Tonight at dinner, she asked Daddy “What do you do if the bad guys stay bad?” He said “They go to jail.” She then asked… Continue reading Bad guys
Before Daddy went to vote this morning he asked John, “Do you want to come with me?” John said “Nope. I went last year!” Tonight when I got home, I asked John “Want to go vote?” He said “Nope!” But Gillian yelled “I wanna go!” She put on some boots and we headed out to… Continue reading Civic Duty
John’s class has a book report every other month. For October, they had to read a book and make one of the characters out of a pumpkin. John read one of the “Captain Underpants” books for his report. Daddy and John worked really hard on the written part as well as the pumpkin. I think… Continue reading Book Report
Daddy spent the afternoon power washing the back of the house and the deck. And Gillian spent at least a half hour watching him. She stood at the back slider and watched him clean. Daddy would tease her and spray the slider door with water and she was flinch as if the water was really… Continue reading Entertainment
Daddy woke the kids up with Reveille this morning. He went into John’s room with Reveille playing on his cell phone. John woke up and said “I’m up. I’m up. I’m up. Dude, I said I’m up!” Next he went to wake up Gillian. She didn’t even open her eyes, she just flailed around until… Continue reading Reveille
Daddy introduced John to BattleBots. Since then, John has been designing a Bot in his mind. Today he drew it out and I got him to describe it for me. I love how he took what he learned in the first show and applied it to his bot. After the video (while I cleaned up… Continue reading The Battle Bot
John and Gill went up a hill 