On John’s first day of school, he came home and told us “We are going to have a music concert in June!” (check out First Day of First Grade). Well he was wrong, the concert wasn’t in June, it was in January! The concert was on Friday. John has been talking about the concert for… Continue reading Sunshine
I asked Grandma and Grandpa if they could watch John on Thursday (since schools were closed for the teacher’s conference). Grandma told me, “Well Grandpa has to take Aunt Betty to the airport and I have to teach Aunt Betty’s class for the rest of the day. But John can either go with Grandpa to… Continue reading Adventure with Grandma & Grandpa
Halloween was a little different for the kids this year. Gillian was able to wear her Minnie Mouse costume to school on Halloween. TLC normally has a parade in the morning and then Gillian’s class had a party in the afternoon. She had a huge bag of treats when I picked her up from school. John,… Continue reading Halloween 2013
Yesterday was Brielle Day. We go every year and meet up with my family. Check out last year’s post: Brielle Day. This year, we stopped at my parent’s house to drop off the kids bikes and then headed over to Brielle. Brielle Day has a 5k run, lots of craft vendors and food vendors and fire… Continue reading Brielle Day 2013
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
Any of my regular readers know that Gillian loves her blanket. She has a Grandma Blanket that she loves to sleep with. Grandma made her this blanket when she was a little baby. Last week, we discovered a little hole in the blanket. We called Grandma and explained that there was a little hole in… Continue reading The Loaner Blanket
Today was John’s Kindergarten Graduation. I can’t believe that my little boy has graduated Kindergarten. It seems like it was just yesterday when we were bringing him home from the hospital. Our day started early. John woke up and found me in the bathroom. He told me “I need to get handsome.” And he proceeded to comb his hair… Continue reading Kindergarten Graduation
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
John and Gill went up a hill 