Lip Sync
We taught John about lip syncing the other day. We showed him some videos of Lip Sync Battle. His favorite was the Rock “singing” Taylor Swift. I was able to get John to lip sync to “In Summer” from Frozen. He cracks me up.
Category: John
Mother’s Day
My kids made me some amazing Mother’s Day gifts this year. Gillian made me a beautiful card. She wrote so neatly inside the card. I am very proud of her. There was a little box that she decorated and it had a note attached. She has told me like a million times “Don’t open the… Continue reading Mother’s Day
In disguise
Tonight at dinner, Daddy was playing with a Transformer toy. He held it and asked “What is this?” I said “It’s a Transformer.” Daddy stared at it for a little longer, and then said “Yea, but what is it?” I started to explain that it was from McDonalds, when John said “You know, robots in… Continue reading In disguise
No TV
We have a no TV during the week rule for the kids. We don’t have a lot of time with the kids at night and no TV just makes it easier to do homework, eat dinner, and get everyone to be in a timely manner. Most nights TV isn’t missed. Tonight was one of those… Continue reading No TV
Practice
John had practice tonight for his First Communion. Gillian and I brought him to the church and we were just going to hang out for a few minutes, but Gillian wanted to see everything. We sat in the church and Gillian was very good. She paid attention to everything that the kids were doing. She… Continue reading Practice
Yard work
John and Gillian helped Daddy with the yard this weekend. Their primary job was picking up sticks. John was an excellent helper. He took Daddy’s garden cart around the yard and would pick up the sticks and put them in the cart. Gillian was an okay helper. She got easily distracted. Yesterday when they were… Continue reading Yard work
The art show
John’s school had their annual art show tonight. I took John and Gillian to look at the show. John was super excited. He practically ran through the school. We got to see a lot of beautiful artwork. The theme this year was coexist with character. There was a lot of animals and nature scenes. John’s… Continue reading The art show
Knock Knock Jokes
Gillian has been telling us a knock knock joke she learned over spring break. It’s hilarious. In case you can’t understand her, the joke goes like this: Knock, KnockWho’s there?The interrupting cow!Interrupting cow, but before you can say who Gillian screams “Mooooo!” So tonight at dinner, Daddy says “I’ve got a joke!” He proceeds to… Continue reading Knock Knock Jokes
Dance Party
We had a little dance party tonight in the basement. The kids really took advantage of the open space. Of course I got videos of all their awesome moves. I love Gillian’s interpretative dance moves at the beginning of this video. I love John at the end of this video. Finally, the kids… Continue reading Dance Party
Science Project
John’s class is learning about solids, liquids and gases. On Monday each kid in his class was to wrap up a solid, liquid or a gas and then present facts to the class about their object. The other kids then get the opportunity to guess what the object was. John and Daddy filled a balloon… Continue reading Science Project
John and Gill went up a hill 