Every year the kids schools have a holiday gift shop. We always give the kids money to go shopping for Christmas gifts for our family. They love going shopping all by themselves and always pick out some wonderful gifts. Gillian had her gift shop first and she hid her presents in a top secret spot… Continue reading The gift shop
Every month John has do a book report. He has a written portion of the report as well as a presentation. John and Daddy worked on the report this weekend and John practiced in front of his “audience” last night. John is an excellent presenter. He has a lot of confidence and is very entertaining. … Continue reading The presentation
Today was Brielle Day, a craft fair in Brielle. We go every year. I told John that we were going and to get twenty dollars out of his little safe to put in his wallet in case he found something he wanted to buy. He did as he was told and I turned around and… Continue reading Big brother
John had his annual camp barbecue tonight. His group got to stay after camp ended for the day. They had an extra swim and did some other activities. Then they ate dinner. We got to join John after dinner. Gillian was so excited to go to John’s BBQ. She was jealous that he got an… Continue reading John’s Camp BBQ
Tonight at dinner, we had the kids tell us about their day. Gillian told me how she sailed her little sailboat in the regatta and ate mac and cheese for lunch. She also said “I saw Johnny when he was shooting his rocket!” John said “Yeah. I know that already.” I asked “Does she scream… Continue reading Embarrassing
Tonight on our way home from camp I hear, “Gimme a G! What? That’s what cheerleaders say?!?” I could practically hear John’s eyes rolling. Gillian said “Gimme a G! Gimme an I! Gimme a L L! Gimme a I. Gimme a…” John said “A.” Gillian said “Yeah, A. Gimme a N! What’s that spell?” John… Continue reading Gimme a G
This year Gillian is going to Camp Briar Hill with John this summer. She is super excited. For the younger grades, they do pre-camp barbecue. It gives the kids a chance to meet the other kids in their group and check out the camp. Gillian was very excited. And John was too. He couldn’t wait to show… Continue reading Camp BBQ
While we were in Myrtle Beach, we went to the beach twice. Both kids were super excited. John wanted to dig a big hole and Gillian wanted to search for shells. Once the kids were coated in sunscreen, they ran to the ocean. Luckily it was low tide both days and the kids were able… Continue reading The Beach
We spent last week in Myrtle Beach with Mimi and Poppy. On Father’s day, we took the kids to Captain Hook’s Adventure Golf. We separated into two groups, boys against girls. The girls went first. Gillian is an excellent mini golfer. She understands the rules, but doesn’t have much patience waiting for everyone else to go. She also takes a… Continue reading Mini Golf
Today we picked up Gillian’s new glasses. She is very excited and very proud of them. On the way home, she looked at John and said “Do they make me look smarter?” He said “Let’s test them! What is Pi?” Gillian took a moment and then said “Pie is something you eat. It’s in the… Continue reading Smarter
John and Gill went up a hill 