Tonight at dinner, we were talking about John’s favorite animal. He said “I bet you don’t even know what my favorite animal is!” Gilly didn’t hesitate and said “A llama!” He said “No! It’s not a llama.” Daddy and I joked with him and said “We know. You don’t have any secrets. We know everything.” … Continue reading Llama
John and Gillian’s birthdays are in July. But that hasn’t stopped them from planning their parties. Gillian has already decided “I want another princess party!” She has been telling me that for weeks. Now she has decided “I have a gymnastics party.” This decision was made after attending a gymnastics party last weekend. John has… Continue reading Birthday planning
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
Every night at dinner, Daddy and I ask the kids about their day. Sometimes they give us little stories, but not last night. We didn’t get anything. After Gillian took her shower last night and I was getting her dressed in her pajamas, she told me “There was a leprechaun at school today!” Finally a… Continue reading The leprechaun
Tonight after dinner, John and Gillian were telling me about an episode of My Little Pony. Gilly said “They make a cake. It was marbleous.” (That’s not a typo, that is how she pronounced marvelous) I didn’t really understand. And I looked at John to explain to me. He said “It’s a marvelous cake. They… Continue reading Marvelous
Gillian got a stuffed bunny for Christmas from Uncle T and Aunt Missy. The bunny’s name is Clover and he is from Sofia the First on Disney Junior. Gillian has been taking Clover to school with her for nap time. Today I picked her up from school and it was raining outside. When she walked… Continue reading Clover and College
We have quite a bit of candy in our house from Halloween. Every night after dinner, the kids raid the candy bucket. They are each allowed one big candy bar or two small pieces of candy. Tonight, the kids each picked two small bags of plain M&Ms. John ate all of his M&Ms but Gillian… Continue reading Candy
before carving Tonight after dinner we decided to carve our pumpkins. Before we even started, John said “Can I get some gloves? Because I’m not getting my hands dirty.” We found some gloves for him to wear. And we started with Gillian’s little pumpkin. I helped her with the big parts. I thought she would… Continue reading pumpkin carving
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
Every day during dinner, we ask John about his day. All week he has been giving his day a double thumbs up. Today, I asked John about his day. He smiled, gave me two thumbs up and said “Booyakasha!” He explained to me, “Booyakasha is better than good. A Booyakasha with two thumbs up is… Continue reading Better than good
John and Gill went up a hill 