John was reading Daddy a book first thing this morning. After they were done reading, John came downstairs to see me. While Daddy went into Gillian’s room to snuggle. I was in the living room and could hear that they were having a conversation. After a little while, Gillian came downstairs gave me a hug… Continue reading Favorite Super Hero
In the car on the way home tonight, Gillian tried to tell John and I that she was 7 years old. John said “Gill, you are three. I’m six. And when I’m seven then you will be four. And when I’m eight, then you will be five.” Gillian continued to argue with him while he… Continue reading Age
Tonight I gave the kids Klondike bars for dessert. This isn’t their first time eating them, but for some reason they asked for bowls and spoons. Gillian unwrapped her bar and put it in her bowl. She said “You cut it. Cut it into little pieces!” I did what she asked. She also asked for… Continue reading How do you eat a Klondike bar?
Aunt Missy and Uncle T invited us to their house for a party to celebrate their first anniversary. I told the kids it was a party to eat cake. This made Gillian super excited. All day yesterday, she said to me “We go to Missy’s house now?” After asking me a million times I think… Continue reading Caaake Party
Gillian got a balloon on a stick today. She held it in her hand and stuck out her arm and said “To Asgard!” (For those that don’t know, Thor is from Asgard) We saw a man in a wheelchair today. Gillian stared at him and said “Why doesn’t he have to walk?” (Very embarrassing for… Continue reading Oh Beans
When I got home from work tonight, Gillian walked up to me and said “Hi Mom.” She had a sad face and kept looking down at her feet. She said “I got band-dids.” And there were two band aids on her knees. I asked her what happened. She explained “I was walking silly then I… Continue reading The Band Aid – take two
John is really rough on sneakers and Daddy noticed this weekend that one of the straps on John’s sneakers were broken. We were planning on getting him new sneaker for school, so we decided to get them sooner rather than later. We got him some new Nikes. Since John got new sneakers, Gillian had to… Continue reading New shoes
I made brownies this afternoon, simply so that we could have brownies a la mode for dessert tonight. I let the kids taste the batter. John gave me a thumbs up and Gillian insisted on a second taste. The second time she dipped her entire finger in the batter and tried to quickly stick in… Continue reading Brownies
Gillian got a hole in her favorite blanket (aka Manket). We brought Manket to Grandma’s house for repair. Grandma said it was a big project. Gillian borrowed a blanket from Aunt Betty (aka Loaner Blanket). Grandma fixed Gillian’s blanket and dropped it off at my office yesterday. I picked up the kids from school and… Continue reading The Return of Manket
Daddy asked me this morning why I was packing John’s lunch in a brown bag. I told him that John was going on a field trip. He said to John, “Just another boring day at school today?” John said “Maybe for Gill! I’m going on a field trip. We are going on a nature walk… Continue reading Nature Walk
John and Gill went up a hill 