Over Christmas break, John and Gillian went to see Frozen with Aunt Betty and Grandma. Gillian loved going to the movie. I stopped at the bookstore tonight to get John and Daddy a new book. While I was there I bought Gillian a Frozen book. Before bedtime tonight I gave Gillian the book. She said… Continue reading Frozen
I have writers block. My kids are wonderful and amazing and normally provide me with lots of cute little stories. But I have nothing. The past couple of days have just been typical days with nothing out of the ordinary or special. While there has been nothing exciting going on in my house, there have still… Continue reading writers block
When I got home today (after an hour and half drive home), I found Gillian snuggling on the floor in the living room. She said “I was cold. And I take your blanket!” How can you get mad at that? We waited patiently for John to get off the bus. My poor little boy… Continue reading Snowy Tuesday
On John’s first day of school, he came home and told us “We are going to have a music concert in June!” (check out First Day of First Grade). Well he was wrong, the concert wasn’t in June, it was in January! The concert was on Friday. John has been talking about the concert for… Continue reading Sunshine
Gillian loves Sofia the First. It’s a show on Disney Junior about a princess. Sofia wears a special amulet that helps her talk to animals. Yesterday, I picked up the kids from school. Gillian had her stuffed bunny Clover. Clover is one of Sofia’s best friends. Gillian told John “I need my amulet. I can’t… Continue reading The amulet
Gillian and I picked John up from school today. In the car he said “Guess what? One of my tooths is loose!” I said “No way!” He was so excited and told me “The first time I noticed it was at lunch. My tooth hurt and I asked someone to look at it. And they… Continue reading The tooth
John gets a spelling list every week. He is given a list of activities to complete with the spelling words. And you only have to complete 3 activies. A few weeks ago, John told me that he wanted to write sentences with his spelling words. I told him I would write them down after he… Continue reading Sentences
We signed John up to play basketball with the Tinton Falls Recreation. It was supposed to start the first Saturday in January, but it got cancelled due to the snow. Luckily this Saturday the weather was perfect and John got to have his first day of basketball. It is an instructional program four first graders, and the… Continue reading basketball
John has a friend named Maddy. Maddy is in the first grade at his school but not in his class. They met at Time+. Yesterday I picked up the kids from school and John told me “Don’t be mad, but Maddy and I wrote F’s on our hands. Because we are friends!” In the bathtub… Continue reading Friends
I found Gillian at school tonight sitting at a table coloring. She looked up at me and said “I coloring a picture!” I said “That’s great but we have to go get John.” She said “Ok. I gotta finish it.” She colored a little more and then handed me a crayon and said “Write my… Continue reading The picture
John and Gill went up a hill 