I made vanilla ice cream on Saturday. This kids were super excited to try it out. I also gave them the option of having Magic Shell on top of it. For those who don’t know, Magic Shell is chocolate that you pour over the ice cream and it hardens. It always reminds me of my Grandma… Continue reading Magic Shell
This afternoon, Daddy asked me to dress the kids in there bathing suits. This resulted in a lot of questions. “Are we going to a pool?” “Why do we need our bathing suits?” “Why don’t you have one on?” I sent them to find Daddy. I finished some chores in the house before I went… Continue reading Car wash
In the car tonight, Gillian told me “Did you know I can count to a million?” Now I’m intrigued and say “No! Please count for me.” She says “One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eighth, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, one hundred,… Continue reading A Million
We have a no TV during the week rule for the kids. We don’t have a lot of time with the kids at night and no TV just makes it easier to do homework, eat dinner, and get everyone to be in a timely manner. Most nights TV isn’t missed. Tonight was one of those… Continue reading No TV
Grandma had an egg hunt at her house on Easter. We had the usual cast of characters: Justin, Sammie, Kyle Thomas, John and Gillian. Grandma sets up the egg hunts so that each kid has a specific color or theme to look for. For example Gillian had to look for purple and animals while John… Continue reading Egg Hunt
I love making cookies for holidays and just for fun. Yesterday I brought a platter of Easter cookies to Grandma’s house. Gillian ate more cookies than I would like to admit. But she also handed cookies out to Uncle Kevin, Aunt Betty and Grandpa. Gillian and Aunt Betty started a new tradition of clinking cookies… Continue reading Clinking Cookies
John played basketball with the Tinton Falls recreation department again this winter. This year we had practice during the week and games on Saturdays. John’s skills improved immensely as the season went on, but he has decided to not play basketball again next year. He says he doesn’t like it. Saturday was his last game.… Continue reading Basketball
Dinner at our house is always an adventure. Gillian insists on having a spoon at every meal. It’s really annoying, but I allow it because she eats. Last night, we had pasta and chicken. I cut up the pasta so it was easier for her to eat. She had a hard time getting it on… Continue reading Dinner
Tonight for homework, John had to read a story and then answer some questions. The story was about two sisters, Rosa and Blanca. They both had gardens and picked all types of vegetables. One of the vegetables was a chile pepper. John was putting a lot of emphasis on the e. Daddy and I giggled. … Continue reading Chile
On Friday, the kids went to Grandma’s house during the day. I woke up Gillian in the morning and all I had to say was “Today you go to Grandma’s” and she sat up and there was no complaining. We got to Grandma’s house and once they saw Aunt Betty and Grandma they forgot about… Continue reading A day at Grandma’s
John and Gill went up a hill 