Last night on our way home from Aunt Missy’s party, we stopped and got ice cream. There’s a place around the corner from us that makes homemade ice cream. It’s delicious. Anyways, Gillian got chocolate and John got mint chocolate chip. The kids didn’t finish all their ice cream so we put it in the… Continue reading Ice cream
Last Monday, was my Grandma’s birthday. She would have been John and Gillian’s great-grandmother. Unfortunately she passed away before Daddy and I got married. She never got to meet John and Gillian. But I know she looks down on us. I see a lot of her in my Gillian. Anyway after we went to the… Continue reading My Grandma’s Birthday
Last night at dinner, Gillian and John had ice cream for dessert. The waiter brought out these huge sundae glasses full of ice cream. John wasn’t able to finish his vanilla. But Gillian housed hers. And she didn’t miss a drop. Plus she didn’t make a mess!
I made vanilla ice cream on Saturday. This kids were super excited to try it out. I also gave them the option of having Magic Shell on top of it. For those who don’t know, Magic Shell is chocolate that you pour over the ice cream and it hardens. It always reminds me of my Grandma… Continue reading Magic Shell
On Saturday, we took the kids to Manasquan to see the fireworks. We set up our chairs and blanket and went to get some ice cream. Gillian and I decided to split a vanilla and chocolate twist. John had mint chocolate chip with rainbow sprinkles. I had like two bites of “our” ice cream and… Continue reading The one with the fireworks
Gillian spent Friday night at Uncle T and Aunt Missy’s house. Aunt Missy came to pick her up. Gillian was ready before Daddy could get her car seat into Aunt Missy’s car. “I go now?” I buckled her in the car and gave her a kiss. I tried to get another kiss, but she had… Continue reading Gillian’s Adventure
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?
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
I decided this summer I would finally use out ice cream maker that Daddy and I received as a wedding present (I know. We will be married 10 years in September. What was I waiting for?). I figured I would start with a easy recipe and a crowd pleaser. Daddy loves pumpkin ice cream. Well… Continue reading Ice cream
John had Amazing Athletes today. At dinner tonight, we asked him to tell us about his day. He said “I had Amazing Athletes. First we stretched out!” This is the first time we heard about stretching, so Daddy asked him to tell us what kind of stretches they do. “Well, you know that there’s one… Continue reading Stretching and ice cream
John and Gill went up a hill 