John got a magic kit for Christmas. He opened it today and learned a few tricks to show me. The first one was a magic box. I had to pick a color on a cube then put it in the box. He then put the box behind his back and then “guessed” the color I… Continue reading The magician
I was talking to Gillian tonight. I asked her if she knew who was coming to school tomorrow. She said “You?” I wish I was going to visit her school tomorrow, but I told her no. And then I told her that the penguins were coming to visit. Every year, TLC has the penguins from… Continue reading Penguins
We had to get up super early last Wednesday morning to get to the airport on time. We left our house at 3 am so that we could meet at Uncle T and Aunt Missy’s house. We thought the kids would sleep in the car. We were wrong. They were wide awake by the time… Continue reading The airport
This weekend, we started packing for our trip to Disney World. I asked Gillian what we should pack for our vacation. She said “A bath-ingI suit, some clothes. And blankets. And maybe a baby.” I asked her, “A baby? Are you sure?” She nodded and said “A baby. A baby blanket and a bottle too!”… Continue reading packing
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
Have you ever seen that AT&T commercial with the kid that tells a joke and the other kid corrects him? Well here’s the commercial in case you don’t know what I’m talking about. http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/wguSXbUe2hw&source=uds This morning, John pulled off the next number on our Disney countdown. Today’s star had a joke on the back of… Continue reading the joke
Gillian was playing quietly with her Barbies tonight. She set up a little tea party for Cinderella and a Barbie. She asked me “Where the cups? You find them!” I helped her find the tiny cups and I also put Minnie Mouse at the table. Gillian loved that Minnie was at the party. She told… Continue reading Tea Party
On Thursday, The Lincroft Center for Children had their holiday lunch. John and Gillian have been singing Christmas songs for the past couple of weeks. Gillian has been singing Jingle Bells. John knows a lot of songs, but he refused to tell me what songs his class would sing. I was able to take my lunchtime… Continue reading Holiday Lunch
John and Gill went up a hill 