In the car this morning, we got stuck waiting for a train to pass. John looked out his window and said “I think I see an animal.” I saw it too. I told him, “I think that’s a groundhog.” He said “I don’t know. I’ve never seen one. We should look at my animal book.… Continue reading Suburban
John and Gillian became big cousins for the first time on Monday. They have been anxiously waiting the arrival of their new cousin, Mackenzie Catherine. Aunt Missy was supposed to be admitted to the hospital where John and Gillian were born. That hospital has a rule of no children visitors under the age of 14… Continue reading Big cousins
This morning John helped me by filling up our K-cup carousel. He said “I’m going to fill the middle row in a pattern!” And he did. He filled up the entire carousel and said “Do you know what? If I spin it really fast the cups fly out!” I laughed and said “Are you sure?”… Continue reading K-cups
Tonight we went to Mimi’s for dinner. The kids played nicely in the backyard until we heard “Someone’s here!” I asked “Who Aunt Missy?” Gillian said “No! Uncle T and Aunt Missy!” Aunt Missy is due to have the baby any day now. I jokingly said to Gillian “Tell the baby it’s time to come… Continue reading The belly
At the bus stop this morning, I asked John about school. He said “We learned about money! We had a special class. Where we got to count money.” I asked him, “What’s the smallest coin?” He grinned and said “The dime. It’s silver!” I’m impressed, so I asked “How much is a dime?” He said… Continue reading Money
Gilly and I ran to the food store tonight. In the car on our way there, Gilly sad “See that red spot?” She was pointing at her shoe. I said “No.” It’s kinds hard to look at shoes when you are driving. Anyway, she says “It’s Ryan’a strawberry. He wasn’t paying attention and I step… Continue reading Paying attention
I picked up Gillian from school yesterday. I asked her about her day in the car. She said “Dorlisa fall off the horsey. I laughed. And I go to timeout.” I said “Gillian it isn’t nice to laugh at your friends.” Gillian said “But it was funny!” Once again, I am glad that I wasn’t… Continue reading Laughed
Now that Aunt Missy and Uncle T have let everyone know that they are expecting their first baby in August, I can finally blog about it! We found out on Christmas morning that John and Gillian were going to be big cousins. I tried to tell John. I said “John, did you hear? Aunt Missy… Continue reading Big cousins
Grandma made Gillian and I new infinity scarves. Grandpa gave them to me at work yesterday. I picked up Gillian and she saw that I was wearing my new scarf and she asked “New scarf?” I said “Yes. Yours is in the car.” I gave her the new scarf and she said “I can put… Continue reading The scarf
On John’s first day of school, he came home and told us “We are going to have a music concert in June!” (check out First Day of First Grade). Well he was wrong, the concert wasn’t in June, it was in January! The concert was on Friday. John has been talking about the concert for… Continue reading Sunshine
John and Gill went up a hill 