When GillIan heard that it was Aunt Betty’s birthday last week, the first thing she said to me was “When do we get cake?” She was a little distraught to find out that we weren’t going to have any cake. I suggested that maybe we invite Aunt Betty over this weekend and make her a… Continue reading The cake
I dropped Gillian off at school this morning. When we walked in her classroom, Miss Lissette kneeled down and said “Do you know so and so from the kindergarten class? Well their mommy had a baby today! Baby Matthew. Isn’t that exciting?” Gillian said “I like babies. Do you know I have a baby cousin?… Continue reading Drop off
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Gillian and her little green baby doll blanket. Her baby blanket just fell apart and Gillian couldn’t explain what happened. I washed the baby blanket and we showed Grandma. Grandma determined that it would be easier (and faster) to make a new blanket. Gillian got the new blanket… Continue reading Baby blanket – part 2
I tucked Gillian into bed tonight and she asked me “You want me to tell you a story?” If Gillian asks you if she can tell you a story, you never turn it down. It will not disappoint. I said “Of course.” She rested her head on her hand and thought for a minute. Then… Continue reading The story
On Tuesday morning, Daddy took John to the fire station behind our house to vote. John was so excited and proud. That night after dinner, I asked John if he wanted to go vote with me. He said “Yes! You can do all the picks and I’ll push the finish button!” Well John got a… Continue reading Voting
Tonight Daddy and I had a conference with John’s teacher. We asked Grandma and Grandpa to watch the kids while we were at the conference. When we arrived home, we found Gillian trying to spread blankets on the floor. I told her to put them away and that made Gillian very upset. Daddy calmed her… Continue reading Clap
Halloween this year was much like every other year. But this year, Gillian asked me “Can you come to my parade?” I said “I’m not sure.” She said “Last year all my friends’ parents came but you wasn’t there.” Wow, way to lay on the guilt trip Gillian. It worked. I made sure I was… Continue reading Halloween 2014
This year in anticipation that Gillian would want to be Elsa or Anna from Frozen for Halloween, I encouraged her to be Zarina the Pirate Fairy from Tinkerbell. She loved that idea and desperately wanted to be Zarina. Well I hesitated and didn’t buy the costume right away. Big mistake. I went to my local… Continue reading Zarina
Gillian has a little green blanket that Grandma crocheted for her baby dolls. Gillian uses the baby blanket all the time. A few weeks ago, she brought it too me and said “Can Grandma fix it?” And she held up the blanket. I asked “Gillian how did that happen?” She said with a straight face… Continue reading Baby blanket
Tonight we took the kids to St. Denis for their Trunk or Treat. If you are not familiar, a Trunk or Treat is when a school or an organization has people park their cars and they give out candy from their trunks. It’s a safe alternative to kids going door to door. We have never… Continue reading Trunk or Treat
John and Gill went up a hill 