Today I dressed Gillian in one of my favorite t-shirts. It’s a pink shirt with a picture of a chocolate chip cookie and over the cookie it says “tough.” This shirt is perfect for Gillian, my tough cookie. Tonight at dinner, I looked at her shirt and realized there was pen or marker on it.… Continue reading The t-shirt
John and Gillian spent the day at Grandma’s house. They spent most of the day playing outside. Aunt Betty sent me some pictures of Gillian’s chalk pictures. That’s Gillian. Aunt Betty traced Gillian and Gilly added the tutu! Then she added more detail. Gillian laid next to her chalk picture. When I picked up the… Continue reading Chalk pictures
Gillian had Mad Science today. Mad Science is a program at her school where they do science experiments. Gillian loves Mad Science. Today they learned about magnets. But the only thing Gillian told me about was the magnet she brought home. “I got to color it. I made flowers, write my name and Baby Kenzie… Continue reading Magnets
Tonight was Back to School night at John’s school. We got to meet his new teacher and some of the parents of his new classmates. His new teacher is very interesting and I think she will challenge John this year. Hanging outside his classroom were these two pictures. It says Jogging, Ocean, Has a sister… Continue reading Back to School Night
When I went to get Gillian from school today, I found her in her classroom with some of her friends. They were sitting in a semicircle looking at a dry erase board. One little boy was drawing something on the board and they were all guessing what he drew. They were so cute raising their… Continue reading Pictionary
I found Gillian at school tonight sitting at a table coloring. She looked up at me and said “I coloring a picture!” I said “That’s great but we have to go get John.” She said “Ok. I gotta finish it.” She colored a little more and then handed me a crayon and said “Write my… Continue reading The picture
Today we went to lunch at MJ’s in Tinton Falls with Grandad. The restaurant overlooks a small waterfall. We were seated at a table by the window. John and Gillian were given crayons to draw on the paper-lined table. Gillian started scribbling right away and drew a rainbow. John, on the other hand, stared out… Continue reading The artist
I was going through John’s book bag tonight to get this week’s word list and I found a drawing. The drawing was a house on top of a tall mountain with a twisting road. The drawing was on the back of one of his worksheets. One look at the picture and I knew it was… Continue reading Drawings and iPads
John and Gill went up a hill 