Today was Kyle Thomas’ 8th birthday party. He had a pirate party on a pirate ship! John was super excited about the party. Gillian was also excited but got very shy when we arrived. I think she was overwhelmed my the number of kids. We arrived and the kids got their pirate names, tattoos and… Continue reading Pirate party
In February, John’s school participated in Jump Rope for Heart. All the kids at school jumped during their Physical Education classes, but kids also had an opportunity to raise money to support the American Heart Association. John was very excited about raising money and bugged Daddy and I non-stop about asking people to donate. Thru… Continue reading Jump Rope for Heart
Daddy signed John up for instructional Tee-Ball. This Saturday was his first session. We got there early. John and Gillian had plenty of time to play on the playground and make a few new friends. Aunt Betty arrived just in time for John’s first session. We went to the field and John met his coaches… Continue reading Tee-Ball
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
Gigi and Pop-Pop have a house on top of a mountain and we call it the ranch. We decided to go up and spend Easter with Gigi and Pop-Pop this year. The kids came up on Thursday night with Mimi and Poppy. Uncle T, Aunt Missy, Daddy and I came up this afternoon. We arrived… Continue reading Quad ride
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
We decided to take the kids to see the new Muppet movie today. All we told the kids was that we were going to do something special. This morning John kept asking for clues. I told him “Green.” That didn’t help him. I also brought Gillian’s Kermit with us thinking that would help him. He… Continue reading The movies
Gillian’s school was closed today for an in-service for the teachers. I asked Grandma if she would watch Gillian during the day. Gillian was super excited to have a day at Grandma’s all by herself. On Monday when Daddy picked Gillian up from school, Miss Patti asked Daddy “Is Gillian going to be in school… Continue reading Bean’s adventure
I woke up this morning, and it wasn’t snowing. But I checked online to see if the kids had school. Both schools were closed in anticipation of today’s snow storm. I told Daddy about the school closures and he said “Okay.” Luckily, he was scheduled off today because he worked on Saturday. I got ready… Continue reading Another Snow Day
John and Gill went up a hill 