John brought home his Mother’s Day gift on Thursday last week. He “hid” it on the windowsill in his room behind the “window sheets” (aka curtains). When I was tucking him in on Thursday night, he told me “I can’t wait to give you your gift tomorrow.” I explained to him that Mother’s Day was… Continue reading Mother’s Day weekend
My kids are like all kids. They love automatic doors. John and Gillian think that they make the door open by sticking out their hand. They do this every time we go through an automatic door. And it is a competition to see who can “open” the door first. Yesterday morning, it was raining on… Continue reading The wipers on the car go…
The kids have been really good the past couple of days, so they got to watch a few TV shows tonight. They mainly watch shows on Netflix. Since John knows how to operate the remote he normally gets to pick what they watch. They started watching an episode of Super Hero Squad. During Super Hero Squad,… Continue reading TV time
I picked the kids up from school today. In the car on our way home, I asked the kids about their day. Gillian said “I don’t wanna talk about it now!” She crossed her arms and refused to talk to me. I asked John about his day. He said “It was great. Mom, can I… Continue reading No nap
Gillian loves to play dress-up. She loves wearing her princesses dresses and more recently she has started to dress up as a super hero. She loves to wear John’s cape and all the various super hero masks. She always asks for help with the masks and they need to be placed on her head so… Continue reading Dress-up
In the car on our way to Costco today, I said to Daddy “What’s that clicking sound?” The clicking I heard sounded like it was coming from the engine. But from the backseat, Gillian said “It’s me!” And she started clicking her tongue and continued to do it until we got to the store. The… Continue reading Costco adventures
Yesterday we called Mimi for her birthday. We had Daddy’s phone on speaker so Mimi could hear both of the kids. John talked first and then Gillian got a turn. She said “Happy Birthday! Look at my kitty!” And she took the phone and pointed it at her shirt. She was trying to show Mimi… Continue reading Too much FaceTime
It was so nice outside today. Daddy picked up the kids and decided to go to a local playground. I met them there. John had already made a friend by the time I arrived. John was chasing the little boy all around the playground. Then John started yelling, “Hey! I got a sister! Her name… Continue reading Playground
Tonight, Daddy and I asked Gillian to get her brother for dinner. He was upstairs in his room. She started to walk toward the stairs and stopped. “I can’t do it.” Again, we encouraged Gillian to go upstairs to get John. She looked at us, pointed at me and said “Mom can do it!” During… Continue reading Passing the buck
The kids had a truck-filled weekend. On Saturday, Mimi took them to the Touch a Truck event in Wall. During Touch a Truck, the kids get to climb into all the township trucks and learn about them from township employees. Both kids looked exhausted when they got home on Saturday afternoon. I asked them to… Continue reading Trucks!
John and Gill went up a hill 