On Sunday, John and Gillian came upstairs to get some juice boxes. Gillian asked John “Can you bring mine downstairs?” John said “No.” Gillian said “I can’t carry it! It’s too heavy.” John said “Fine, if I carry it, I get to drink it!” Gillian screamed “No! It’s mine!” John said “Well then you gotta… Continue reading The juice box
I ran out this afternoon to do a few errands and I was surprised to see the kids and Daddy in the front yard. As I pulled in the driveway, I rolled the window down and asked “What are you guys doing?” Gillian smiled and said “We’s making a snowman!” We attempted to make a… Continue reading the snowman
Friday was a snow day for the entire family. I woke up early and John was the first one to join me. He was super excited about no school. Gillian, on the other hand, didn’t wake up until 9:30. The kids were good all day. They didn’t fight and they didn’t really ask to watch… Continue reading snow day
This morning it was hard to wake the kids up. I knew it would be rough and I sent them to bed at 7:30 the night before. But it didn’t help. I went in to wake up John. He just grunted at me and said “Why do I have to go back to school?” Gillian,… Continue reading back to school
John got a magic kit for Christmas. He opened it today and learned a few tricks to show me. The first one was a magic box. I had to pick a color on a cube then put it in the box. He then put the box behind his back and then “guessed” the color I… Continue reading The magician
Daddy and I decided that John is old enough to stay up until midnight for New Year’s Eve. John is very excited about staying up. Every half hour he comes running to Daddy and I saying “Is it time yet?” About a half hour ago, he came running upstairs. “Is it time yet?” I played dumb and asked “For what?” He… Continue reading New Year’s Eve
John has the best comments and insite. Here are a few of my favorite comments from the past couple of weeks: Daddy asked John “Who do you want to help with your shower? Mommy or Daddy?” John replied “I’ll settle with you Dad.” We have been trying to teach John to say excuse me when… Continue reading Oh John!
Christmas seemed to go by very quickly this year. It would take too long to write about all of our adventures, but here are a few of my favorite memories: On Christmas eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Gillian was the last one opening presents. Because every present she opened she would say… Continue reading Christmas
Our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy, returned the day after Thanksgiving. When we were in Disney World, I asked Aunt Betty to check our mail for us. She went to the house the Friday after Thanksgiving and found Buddy sitting on the couch eating M&Ms and Oreos and drinking soda. She took a picture and sent it… Continue reading Buddy’s Adventures in 2013
This morning, John woke up and came into our bed. It was really early and we snuggled. After a few minutes of snuggling, he said “Mom, I saw something in the hallway.” I asked him what it was. He said “It looked like a hand, but it was dark. I couldn’t really see it.” We… Continue reading Buddy’s Clues
John and Gill went up a hill 