We signed John up to play basketball with the Tinton Falls Recreation. It was supposed to start the first Saturday in January, but it got cancelled due to the snow. Luckily this Saturday the weather was perfect and John got to have his first day of basketball. It is an instructional program four first graders, and the… Continue reading basketball
Our Elf on the Shelf returned the day after Thanksgiving. When we were in Disney World, I asked Aunt Betty to check our mail for us. She went to the house the Friday after Thanksgiving and found Buddy sitting on the couch eating M&Ms and Oreos and drinking soda. She took a picture and sent… Continue reading Look who’s back
We planned to do our annual Christmas tree shopping this afternoon. We met at Conover Tree farm in Wall and started our search for the perfect tree. Did I mention that it was snowing today? Well it was snowing. Not enough to cancel our trip, but enough to make it a little chilly for the… Continue reading Tree shopping
I picked Gillian up from school today. She was playing babies with Nicholas and Clarissa. When she saw me she jumped up and hugged me. Then she said “I got candy!” She was so excited! I asked her why, and she said “Nicholas came. And him left us candy. We put out our shoes (and… Continue reading St. Nick
Once again, since school was closed on Friday, I asked Uncle T if he would be interested in watching John for me. Uncle T said “Just John? During the day?” I answered yes to both of his questions and he said “Okay, dress him warm. We have work to do!” Uncle T came to pick… Continue reading Adventure with Uncle T
I asked Grandma and Grandpa if they could watch John on Thursday (since schools were closed for the teacher’s conference). Grandma told me, “Well Grandpa has to take Aunt Betty to the airport and I have to teach Aunt Betty’s class for the rest of the day. But John can either go with Grandpa to… Continue reading Adventure with Grandma & Grandpa
Aunt Betty came over today to help me decorate some Halloween cookies. We took a little break to eat dinner. After dinner, Gillian came upstairs and decided to sing a little song with Aunt Betty. Aunt Betty asked her to sing the alphabet song. Gillian had another idea. She grabbed Aunt Betty’s hands and started… Continue reading Cows in the meadow
Gillian and I picked up John from school today. We noticed that there was a plastic fireman’s hat in his backpack. I asked John if a fireman came to school today. He said “Yes! We learned about fire safety.” I asked him to tell Gillian what that means. He said to Gillian “You can’t play with matches or… Continue reading Fire Safety
John started golf lessons three weeks ago. He goes every Tuesday. Poppy has been picking John up from school and taking him to the lessons. After John’s first week, he proudly told me “I got the highest score! No one else had a score that high!” We explained to him that in golf you want… Continue reading Golf lessons
Today we went to Jenkinson’s in Point Pleasant. Gillian and I stopped and picked up Justin, while Daddy, Granddad and John drove right to Jenkinson’s. Daddy and I didn’t plan ahead and look to see what time the rides open. They open at noon and we arrived at 11:30. So we stopped at Martell’s and… Continue reading The One with the Rides
John and Gill went up a hill 