I have established that Gillian is very silly. She gets little words or phrases stuck in her head and uses them constantly. Last year it was “Best Ever.” If she liked you she would say “Mommy best ever!” Her new favorite thing to say is “Ooh La La.” If I pick out a cute outfit… Continue reading Ooh La La
Daddy likes to use Vic’s vapor rub whenever the kids have a cold. When John was little he renamed Vic’s, Smellies. Tonight I went to give Gillian some bedtime kisses and I said “Oh Daddy put on the Smellies!” She nodded and said “Can you smell it? It makes me feel better!” I gave her… Continue reading Smellies
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
While preparing dinner tonight, I had a pot of water on the stove. John came over and blew at the flames on the burner. I said “What are you doing?” He said “What? It’s flambago!” For the past couple of nights, Clover (Gillian’s bunny) has been sitting in the baby seat at the dinner and… Continue reading Dinner and homework
Gilly is always trying to jinx someone. But she really doesn’t understand how to do it. Tonight at dinner, she and John said something similar and she yelled “Jinx!” John said “That’s not how it works! You need to say the same thing at the same time. Count with me.” They both said “One, two,… Continue reading Jinx
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
John lost his first tooth in the middle of January. He has had a wiggly tooth for a couple of weeks now. Everyday he gives us an update on how wiggly it is. Tonight at dinner, he said “My tooth is bleeding!” He opened his mouth and showed us. Gilly gagged when she saw the… Continue reading Wiggly tooth
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
I tucked Gillian into bed tonight. Instead of just kissing her goodnight, I climbed into bed with her and talked to her about her day. We talked about her friends and school. After talking for a few minutes, I said “Ok. I love you bunches.” And I gave her squeezies and kisses. She said “But… Continue reading The secret
We decided to take the kids to see the new Muppet movie today. All we told the kids was that we were going to do something special. This morning John kept asking for clues. I told him “Green.” That didn’t help him. I also brought Gillian’s Kermit with us thinking that would help him. He… Continue reading The movies
John and Gill went up a hill 