The other day, John said to Daddy “Don’t worry Daddy! I don’t want to be a firefighter anymore. I want to be a scientist!” Daddy was very happy to hear this and asked John, “Why do you want to be a scientist?” John said “Because I want to travel back in time to see how… Continue reading The scientist
At dinner tonight, Gillian and I told John that tomorrow a fireman would be visiting Gillian’s school. This made John very happy. If you remember a few weeks ago the fire department visited John’s school and he really enjoyed it and learned a lot (check out Fire Safety). Anyway, we had John’s attention. Gillian tells… Continue reading the fireman
Have you ever seen that AT&T commercial with the kid that tells a joke and the other kid corrects him? Well here’s the commercial in case you don’t know what I’m talking about. http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/wguSXbUe2hw&source=uds This morning, John pulled off the next number on our Disney countdown. Today’s star had a joke on the back of… Continue reading the joke
Since Daddy and I work full time, John needs to stay after school in the Time + Program. The program runs from after school until 6 pm. John loves it. Every day the kids are given time for a snack, then they work on their homework and then they have free time to play games… Continue reading tickets
Tonight in the car, Gillian told John and I, “I have a girlfriend.” John said “You mean, you are someone’s girlfriend.” She said “Yea, I a girlfriend.” John asked her, “Who’s your boyfriend?” She proudly announced “Nicholas!” She has been talking about Nicholas for awhile now. A few weeks ago, she told me that she… Continue reading The boyfriend
At dinner tonight, Daddy and I were talking but Gillian was trying to get Daddy’s attention. “Excuse me. Daddy, excuse me. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Excuse me.” Finally Daddy stopped to ask Gillian what she needed. She said “I have more broccoli?” You can’t say no to that request. Daddy gave her more broccoli and she… Continue reading Excuse me
Today we met Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy for breakfast and then went pumpkin picking. If you remember, last year (check out last year’s post: pumpkin picking) John had very specific criteria for the perfect pumpkin. The pumpkin had to be round, not too dirty and a stem. This year, he wasn’t that specific. He… Continue reading a big pumpkin
While I was taking a shower this morning, there was a knock on the door. I knew it was John. We are teaching the kids to knock on closed doors before they enter them. John is doing really well with this process, Gillian is not. Anyway, there was a knock on my door. I told… Continue reading the picnic
Tonight at dinner, we asked the kids about their days. Gillian said “I play with Nicholas and Sophia. I sit in timeout chair.” I asked her why she had to go to timeout. She said “I didn’t stay on my mat at naptime.” At least she is honest. We asked John the same question. He… Continue reading How was your day?
We were about a minute too late to get the bus this morning. As I locked the front door, I saw the bus drive past our street. It was totally my fault. I should have gotten us outside earlier. But I thought, it’s Monday so the bus would probably be late. Well I was wrong.… Continue reading Missed the bus
John and Gill went up a hill 