Last night we took the kids to the Italian Festival at Freehold Raceway. There were rides and food and fireworks. John was very excited about going on the rides. The first one he went on Gillian was able to go with him. She was a little unsure at first going by herself, but after the… Continue reading Italian Festival
John needs to ask to be excused when he wants to get up from the dinner table. A few weeks ago after dinner, Gillian says “Cuse!” I didn’t know what she was saying and I had her repeat it. She was trying to say excuse me. It’s so cute. She even asks to be excused… Continue reading From Gillian’s mouth
John was on his way to his swimming lesson and I was trying to put Gillian down for a nap. Gillian didn’t want to take a nap and John let her take Travis the turtle. I asked him if he was sure. He said “She can have him as long as she wants.” I am… Continue reading Sharing
John woke up this morning and came running into our room. “It’s my birthday! I can open my present now!” We saw Mimi yesterday and she gave John his birthday present to open on his birthday. As you can tell he was very excited about opening his present. Daddy and I decided to have a… Continue reading The Birthday Boy
We had a barbecue at Mimi and Poppy’s house today. When we arrived there was a big water slide in their backyard. Tied to the slide was three balloons. John was so excited! He saw this slide in the newspaper and desperately wanted it. We said our hellos and went inside to change into our… Continue reading The water slide
Today was John’s Pre-K Graduation. I can’t believe my little boy graduated from Pre-K. It seems the past 5 years have flown by so quickly. Daddy, Aunt Betty, Mimi, Poppy and I all arrived at TLC and quickly found a seat in the Earth Room. We watched as the graduates walked into the room. John walked in… Continue reading Pre-K Graduation
When I was pregnant with Gillian, we talked to John a lot about the baby in Mommy’s belly. We told him that if the baby was a girl, her name would be Gillian Marie and if the baby was a boy, he would be Cooper James. When John met Gillian for the first time, he… Continue reading Cooper
John was very excited about Mother’s Day this year. He made something in school and he brought it home on Wednesday. He told me that “I wasn’t allowed to look at it until Mother’s Day.” When I told him how many days before Mother’s Day, he was a little disheartened. Then on Thursday, Gillian had… Continue reading Mother’s Day
We are having unusually warm weather in New Jersey. Daddy picked up the kids from school and gave me a quick call. He was wondering if I was going to be on time today. He had brought the kids to a local park to enjoy some of the nice weather. I was out the door on time and found them… Continue reading Unusual Monday
We had another beautiful day in Jersey. Daddy and I had decided earlier in the day that we would treat the family to Italian ices if it was still nice after dinner. I picked up the kids from school. I didn’t mention the possibility of a treat. But on our way home we drive past… Continue reading Italian Ice
John and Gill went up a hill 