Today was Kyle Thomas’ 8th birthday party. He had a pirate party on a pirate ship! John was super excited about the party. Gillian was also excited but got very shy when we arrived. I think she was overwhelmed my the number of kids. We arrived and the kids got their pirate names, tattoos and… Continue reading Pirate party
Today I got to go back to John’s school for ABC reader. It is a program where the PTA donates a book and once a month a parent reads it to every class in the school. This month’s book was a funny version of the three little pigs. John got to sit next to me… Continue reading ABC reader
When John and I got home tonight, Daddy was working outside cleaning up some leaves. It was a warm night so Daddy was working without a shirt. The kids were playing quietly in the living room while I was making dinner. John offered to help me, but I didn’t have anything he could help with.… Continue reading Working outside
On Thursday John brought home an orange stuffed monkey. It was the last day for one of the aids in his class and she gave everyone a stuffed animal. He was super excited about his gift. Last night he came upstairs to go to bed and was visually upset. I asked him what was… Continue reading The monkey
We put the kids to bed tonight. About ten minutes after being tucked in, we heard Gillian calling for Mommy. I went to check on her. I asked “What’s wrong?” She said “I scared of the dark.” She has never been scared of the dark before. I know this is just a delay tactic. She… Continue reading Afraid of the dark
At the bus stop this morning, I asked John about school. He said “We learned about money! We had a special class. Where we got to count money.” I asked him, “What’s the smallest coin?” He grinned and said “The dime. It’s silver!” I’m impressed, so I asked “How much is a dime?” He said… Continue reading Money
Daddy picked up the kids from school today. He got John first and then the boys headed to Gillian’s school. John and Daddy found Gillian playing in the sandbox outside on the playground. Gillian saw John and ran across the playground to him and hugged him tight. John hugged her back and picked her up.… Continue reading The pickup
Daddy always let’s me sleep in on the weekends. He tells the kids to not bother me and I normally get an extra hour of sleep. This morning Daddy got up to let Duncan out. I heard someone else get up and go in the bathroom and then they headed downstairs. I assumed it was… Continue reading Saturday morning
The past couple of nights have been typical. Pick the kids up from school, go home, eat dinner, do homework, bathtime and bedtime. The only thing out of the ordinary is that we have given Gillian a workbook to do while John was working on homework. The book has tracing, letters and shapes in it.… Continue reading Gillian homework
While we were cleaning the dinner table tonight, the kids took a quick dance break to dance to The Chipmunks’ version of Party Rock. Gilly was shaking her booty and John was using all of his best moves. Gillian asked me “Can you dance with me?” I danced for a little bit and then she… Continue reading Dance break
John and Gill went up a hill 