I dropped Gillian off at school on Monday. On our way up the sidewalk, I asked Gillian “Wanna skip?” She said “No.” So we walked up the sidewalk to the building. When I picked her up that night, she decided to pout right outside the door. I wasn’t tolerating the attitude, and I ignored her.… Continue reading Walking
Mimi and Poppy took the kids to the Liberty Science Center yesterday. Mimi told me that the museum was huge and that they didn’t get to see everything or all the shows. She said that they got to see a really cool light show that was powered by music. Everyone had to wear head phones. … Continue reading Science Center
Yesterday, Aunt Betty and I decorated Valentine’s cookies. Gillian insisted on helping. She got everything ready, the paper plates and all the sprinkles. She started with a cookie that spelled out I ❤️ U. She said “I don’t know what this is.” But that didn’t stop her. She decorated it with a lot of blue… Continue reading Cookies
We went to see Disney on Ice, Princesses and Heroes last weekend. I have never been and we have never taken the kids to see a show like this, so needless to say I was very excited. We told Gillian that she could wear one of her princess dresses. She said “Ok. I’ll wear my new gold dress.” She was referring to… Continue reading Disney On Ice
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 has been taking Karate class every Saturday for the past two months. This class has been helping with his focus. And he has been doing very well. Today they had a Promotion Test. Poor John was the last kid called to join the last group. He had a very hard time focusing and sitting… Continue reading Karate
When GillIan heard that it was Aunt Betty’s birthday last week, the first thing she said to me was “When do we get cake?” She was a little distraught to find out that we weren’t going to have any cake. I suggested that maybe we invite Aunt Betty over this weekend and make her a… Continue reading The cake
Tonight Daddy and I had a conference with John’s teacher. We asked Grandma and Grandpa to watch the kids while we were at the conference. When we arrived home, we found Gillian trying to spread blankets on the floor. I told her to put them away and that made Gillian very upset. Daddy calmed her… Continue reading Clap
Halloween this year was much like every other year. But this year, Gillian asked me “Can you come to my parade?” I said “I’m not sure.” She said “Last year all my friends’ parents came but you wasn’t there.” Wow, way to lay on the guilt trip Gillian. It worked. I made sure I was… Continue reading Halloween 2014
This year in anticipation that Gillian would want to be Elsa or Anna from Frozen for Halloween, I encouraged her to be Zarina the Pirate Fairy from Tinkerbell. She loved that idea and desperately wanted to be Zarina. Well I hesitated and didn’t buy the costume right away. Big mistake. I went to my local… Continue reading Zarina
John and Gill went up a hill 