We planned to do our annual Christmas tree shopping this afternoon. We met at Conover Tree farm in Wall and started our search for the perfect tree. Did I mention that it was snowing today? Well it was snowing. Not enough to cancel our trip, but enough to make it a little chilly for the… Continue reading Tree shopping
Today was our first day back in our routine. Eve though we put the kids to bed early last night, it was hard to wake up the kids this morning. I woke up John first, he said “But I don’t wanna get up!” I gave him a few extra minutes to stay under the covers… Continue reading Back to the routine
Tonight while John was reading a book, he stopped and said “Do you want to hear a Spanish word I say a lot?” We couldn’t say no to that. So then he said “Elefante!” (For those who don’t know, elefante is Spanish for elephant). Daddy and I giggled. Then John said “Wanna hear another one?”… Continue reading Spanish words
I asked Grandma and Grandpa if they could watch John on Thursday (since schools were closed for the teacher’s conference). Grandma told me, “Well Grandpa has to take Aunt Betty to the airport and I have to teach Aunt Betty’s class for the rest of the day. But John can either go with Grandpa to… Continue reading Adventure with Grandma & Grandpa
Gillian woke up around 3:30 this morning coughing. Daddy calmed her down and got her to go back to sleep. Daddy had today off and he told me this morning that he thought Gillian should stay home from school today. He thought that her cough was really bad. John only had a half a day… Continue reading going to the doctor
Halloween was a little different for the kids this year. Gillian was able to wear her Minnie Mouse costume to school on Halloween. TLC normally has a parade in the morning and then Gillian’s class had a party in the afternoon. She had a huge bag of treats when I picked her up from school. John,… Continue reading Halloween 2013
We are going Disney World over Thanksgiving weekend this year with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy. A few weekends ago we revealed the news to the kids. After we went pumpkin picking, Mimi and Poppy had John in their car and we had Gillian in our car. As Mimi & Poppy approached their… Continue reading the reveal
before carving Tonight after dinner we decided to carve our pumpkins. Before we even started, John said “Can I get some gloves? Because I’m not getting my hands dirty.” We found some gloves for him to wear. And we started with Gillian’s little pumpkin. I helped her with the big parts. I thought she would… Continue reading pumpkin carving
Have you ever seen that AT&T commercial with the kid that tells a joke and the other kid corrects him? Well here’s the commercial in case you don’t know what I’m talking about. http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/wguSXbUe2hw&source=uds This morning, John pulled off the next number on our Disney countdown. Today’s star had a joke on the back of… Continue reading the joke
Today we met Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy for breakfast and then went pumpkin picking. If you remember, last year (check out last year’s post: pumpkin picking) John had very specific criteria for the perfect pumpkin. The pumpkin had to be round, not too dirty and a stem. This year, he wasn’t that specific. He… Continue reading a big pumpkin
John and Gill went up a hill 