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
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
We have quite a bit of candy in our house from Halloween. Every night after dinner, the kids raid the candy bucket. They are each allowed one big candy bar or two small pieces of candy. Tonight, the kids each picked two small bags of plain M&Ms. John ate all of his M&Ms but Gillian… Continue reading Candy
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
before carving Tonight after dinner we decided to carve our pumpkins. Before we even started, John said “Can I get some gloves? Because I’m not getting my hands dirty.” We found some gloves for him to wear. And we started with Gillian’s little pumpkin. I helped her with the big parts. I thought she would… Continue reading pumpkin carving
Today we met Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy for breakfast and then went pumpkin picking. If you remember, last year (check out last year’s post: pumpkin picking) John had very specific criteria for the perfect pumpkin. The pumpkin had to be round, not too dirty and a stem. This year, he wasn’t that specific. He… Continue reading a big pumpkin
John and Gill went up a hill 