I picked the kids up at school today. I noticed John had different pants on. I asked him what happened. He said “I spilled water on my pants. Just water. And you know what? You need to give me a different drink with my lunch!” Then he proceeded to lecture me on how his juice… Continue reading Too Much Sugar
I was going through John’s book bag tonight to get this week’s word list and I found a drawing. The drawing was a house on top of a tall mountain with a twisting road. The drawing was on the back of one of his worksheets. One look at the picture and I knew it was… Continue reading Drawings and iPads
Gillian has a new saying. She started it a few weeks ago. She constantly says “Oh dear!” I think she picked it up from school because it is not something that Daddy and I say. She drops her fork and says “Oh dear!” She throws baby across the room and says “Oh dear!” She also… Continue reading Oh Dear and Reading
A couple nights a week, we have a dance party for the kids. Basically, we just play some music for the kids and them them dance. John and Gillian love dance party nights. John has now started to name his dance moves. He does “the jet” which is him running around the room with his… Continue reading Teapot
This summer, John asked “Are we ever going to go on a real vacation? Like go away somewhere?” I explained to him that vacations are expensive and that we would save our money and go on a “real” vacation one day. And he dropped the subject. Recently, he has resurrected the vacation discussion. He must… Continue reading Vacation, all I ever wanted
We have two rubber duckies. One is just yellow with a blue bow. The other duckie is a superhero. He has a mask and a cape. Gillian has decided that the one with the bow is “Mommy Duck” and the one with the cape is “Daddy Duck.” I thought it was just Gillian, but John… Continue reading Superheroes
John’s class learned about Abraham Lincoln today. They made a Abraham Lincoln picture and they also played a game with pennies. When Daddy got home from work John proudly showed him the picture of Lincoln. He said “Do you know who this is?” Daddy said “Hmmm let me think. Is he a president?” John grinned… Continue reading Abraham Lincoln
Daddy and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day but we do encourage the kids to celebrate with their friends. John got Star Wars valentines this year and Gillian got Minnie Mouse valentines. John wrote out all of his valentines by himself. It took him a long time, but he wrote all the names is his friends… Continue reading Valentine’s Day
John had Amazing Athletes today. He loves Amazing Athletes. It is the highlight of his week. I have to make sure that he wears sweat pants (or sweaty pants as he likes to call them) and his Amazing Athletes tee shirt. Today he got home and told me all about Amazing Athletes. “I got to… Continue reading Amazing athletes take 2
Gillian woke up this morning and looked out the window. She said “There’s snow on Daddy’s car!” We had to find Daddy right away so she could tell him about his car. John was already awake talking to Daddy about going “snowboarding.” We told the kids that we would go outside and play after Daddy… Continue reading sNOw day!
John and Gill went up a hill 