I took Gillian to a birthday party yesterday at My Gym. Basically it is an indoor gym for little kids. They have a trampoline and a ball pit. They play a few games with the kids and at the end all the kids get to go on a zip line. Gillian was the fourth kid to go. She… Continue reading The Zip Line
Every week at John’s camp he has an elective. It is a special class only offered for a week and they spend about 45 minutes a day in the elective. John’s elective this week is rocketry. He came home on Monday telling us, “I got rocketry!” Daddy asked “Did you go to the moon?” John… Continue reading Houston, we have a problem…
Today at John’s camp they had pony rides. On our way home tonight, I asked him about the pony rides. He said “We didn’t get to ride them. We are too big. So we got to walk them.” That stinks that they didn’t get to ride the ponies. John’s age group isn’t the oldest at… Continue reading Ponies
We went to a pool party yesterday. Gillian was prepared to go swimming and wore her new goggles in the car on our way there. She didn’t end up using them in the pool. I guess they are just fun accessories. John showed us some of his new swimming abilities. He also jumped in the pool. He totally has… Continue reading The pool
On Sunday Aunt Betty and I took the kids to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden. John led the way. He loves reading a map. We walked through the shipwreck exhibits. And we stopped at an amphitheater. The seats faced a huge tank and we could see a few turtles and sharks. We stopped to watch… Continue reading The Aquarium
John decided this year to not have a birthday party with his friends. Daddy and I offered to take him on an adventure in lieu of having a party. We planned a surprise trip to Great Wolf Lodge. John is a lot like Daddy and hates surprises. So he requested a few clues to help… Continue reading Great Wolf Lodge
Daddy introduced John to BattleBots. Since then, John has been designing a Bot in his mind. Today he drew it out and I got him to describe it for me. I love how he took what he learned in the first show and applied it to his bot. After the video (while I cleaned up… Continue reading The Battle Bot
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!
Last week John had a birthday party at Sky Zone. Sky Zone is an indoor trampoline park. John and his friends loved it. They started on the main court and jumped like crazy boys. Then they moved to the Foam Zone. Basically the kids jumped on trampolines into a sea of foam blocks. John… Continue reading Sky Zone
Tonight at dinner, John said “Wanna hear a riddle?” Daddy and I both said “Of course!” John says “What house has no doors and no windows and a star in the middle?” Daddy and I looked at each other. Both of us were clueless. Daddy said “John, I don’t know.” He said “An apple. Cause… Continue reading The Riddle
John and Gill went up a hill 