Gillian is the best shopping companion. She entertains me and makes it fun. On Saturday, we went to the outlets to get the kids some new clothes. Just the two of us (no boys). Gillian immediately went in the store and started looking at clothes. She argued with me “No. I like this one.” She… Continue reading Shopping
Gillian wanted to watch Frozen again this weekend. We have been singing the songs ever since. Tonight at dinner, we were listening to Pandora and “Do you want to build a snowman?” came on. The kids faces lit up and they sang along. It came to the line “Do you want to build a snowman?… Continue reading In the hall
Tonight, Gillian said to me “I want to go back to GiGi’s house.” I smiled and said “Maybe we can go back this summer.” Gillian said “When?” I said “This summer.” Gillian asked “When? Tuesday?” I said “No. Not Tuesday.” She said “Wednesday? Thursday? Friday? The next day?” When Daddy got home, he asked Gillian… Continue reading Tuesday
Since we were visiting GiGi and Pop-Pop for Easter this year, we brought the kids Easter baskets with us. The kids put out their empty baskets for the Bunny to fill. When we tucked them into bed last night, we asked “Do you think the Eastwe Bunny will find us here?” Gillian immediately responded “Yes!… Continue reading Easter Morning
The kids slept over Grandma’s house on Saturday night. I went to pick them up on Sunday. John was not happy to see me. He said “Can I talk to you?” And he pulled me outside and aaid “You know, it’s just the beginning of spring break. I thought I would get to stay longer.”… Continue reading Grandma’s house
A few weeks ago when I picked John up from school, he asked me “Can we go to a zoo? Or China?” It turns out that he was working on a panda puzzle and wanted to see pandas in their natural habitat. This week is John’s spring break. I decided I would surprise him and… Continue reading A zoo or China
Tonight was the art show at John’s school. When I got home from work, I asked John if he wanted to go. He said “Can we?” I said yes. Daddy asked “Do you want me to go?” John said “Yup! But who’s going to watch Gill?” We pulled into the lot at school and got… Continue reading The art show
John lost his first tooth in the middle of January. He has had a wiggly tooth for a couple of weeks now. Everyday he gives us an update on how wiggly it is. Tonight at dinner, he said “My tooth is bleeding!” He opened his mouth and showed us. Gilly gagged when she saw the… Continue reading Wiggly tooth
We just got home from dinner and when pulling onto our street, we spotted a deer in the middle of the road. As we pulled into the driveway, Gillian said “That deer would be in big trouble if we ranned it over!” I said “You are right. The deer would have been in big trouble!” … Continue reading The deer
Wednesdays can be a little crazy for me. I drop Gillian off at school so that I canget to work early so I can leave early to pick up the kids. Daddy works late on Wednesdays so I need to get both kids, make dinner, do homework and baths. Most days I just get caught… Continue reading The little moments
John and Gill went up a hill 