Daddy and John went to the library tonight to pick up some more books. John found a new series he likes and he is currently on book three. Daddy took John tonight to get the next book and to take a look at some new books. John came home and showed me his latest library… Continue reading New book
We don’t always make it to visit with the Easter Bunny. I asked Daddy “Should we take the kids to see the bunny?” He said “I don’t know what do you think?” So Daddy asked the kids “Do you want to see the Easter Bunny?” John said “Yes! It’s tradition!” Gillian said “I like bunnies.… Continue reading Easter Bunny
John says to me tonight “Mom, do you know there’s a fat and a P H phat?” He’s been learning about homophones in school, so I wasn’t surprised by his question. I said “Yes. Do you know the difference?” He said “No, not really.” I told him “P H phat is another way to say… Continue reading Fat or Phat
This weekend, I was working on decorating Easter cookies. Gillian really wanted to help so yesterday morning I told her we could make chocolate chip cookies together. She was so excited and said “Your World Famous cookies?!?” I said “Yes!” After I ran all my errands I called her upstairs to help. Gillian did everything.… Continue reading Famous cookies
The last Sunday of February, Daddy and I had to spend some time at the dealership counting inventory. Since the dealership was closed we brought the kids along to hang out while we counted. The kids were so good. On our way home that night I promised to buy them something as a reward for… Continue reading Legos
This past week was Read Across America. John’s school celebrates every year with a program called Reading on the River. The kids from each grade are assigned a theme and they get to dress up like fictional characters to go with the theme. This year the 3rd grade got the theme Dr. Seuss. John was… Continue reading Reading on the River
I have a No TV during the week rule. We don’t get a lot of time with the kids after school and we have found that we barely have enough time for homework, dinner and baths without the distraction of TV. Tonight we had about twenty minutes before bedtime. We were going to send the… Continue reading Rule breaker
Daddy loves wool socks and on occasion I borrow them. On Saturday night, I went to check on the kids after they were in bed awhile. Gillian was sound asleep. John was not. Before I could lecture him, he said “I know. I should be asleep. But my feet are so cold.” So I bent… Continue reading Wool socks
Today I read to Gillian’s class. Since I was leaving work early, I wrote notes for both kids to take the bus home instead of going to Time Plus. I can see Newman Springs Road from my front window. So I sat in the window while waiting for John’s bus. I saw the traffic start… Continue reading The Bus
In the the car tonight, Gillian asked “Can I have my own computer?” I laughed and said “What are you going to do on the computer?” She said “Reading Eggs. I do Reading Eggs in technology. I want a computer to do it at home.” I said “You can use my laptop. Just like Johnny… Continue reading The computer
John and Gill went up a hill 