On Sunday, we picked out our Christmas tree. We met up with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T, Aunt Missy and Kenzie. Before we searched the field for the perfect tree, we stopped to take a few pictures. We split up. John helped Mimi and Poppy while Gillian helped me. It didn’t take long this year. Gillian posed… Continue reading Tree shopping
Gillian has learned how to count by ten. If you ask her how she learned, she says “From Peg + Cat!” Peg + Cat is a new show that the kids found on Netflix. It’s about a little girl, Peg and her cat. It’s on PBS and the kids seem to really enjoy it. Anyway,… Continue reading counting
The kids had their first religious education class of the year today. Well, let me take that back, it was Gillian’s first religion class ever. In the parking lot, we met a boy that was in Kindergarten just like Gillian. All the kids and parents met in the meeting room. Gillian got very nervous and… Continue reading Religion Class
I took Gillian to a birthday party yesterday at My Gym. Basically it is an indoor gym for little kids. They have a trampoline and a ball pit. They play a few games with the kids and at the end all the kids get to go on a zip line. Gillian was the fourth kid to go. She… Continue reading The Zip Line
This morning Daddy got up and went downstairs. I stayed in bed just scrolling through Facebook. John woke up and came in our room. He immediately asked “Where’s Daddy?” I said “First of all, you need to say ‘Good Morning’ when you see someone in the morning. Second, come snuggle me for a minute.” He… Continue reading Good morning?
We taught John about lip syncing the other day. We showed him some videos of Lip Sync Battle. His favorite was the Rock “singing” Taylor Swift. I was able to get John to lip sync to “In Summer” from Frozen. He cracks me up.
I put the kids to bed at 8, but around 8:45 John was standing in my doorway. He said “I’m just going to let the dog back in.” I said “What?” He said “The dog. I’m going to let him back in.” I said “Why?” He said “Cause he’s barking.” I said “That’s funny, cause… Continue reading Let the dog back in
We went to see Disney on Ice, Princesses and Heroes last weekend. I have never been and we have never taken the kids to see a show like this, so needless to say I was very excited. We told Gillian that she could wear one of her princess dresses. She said “Ok. I’ll wear my new gold dress.” She was referring to… Continue reading Disney On Ice
I love talking to the kids in the car. There is something about a car that gives kids the convidence to tell you all kinds of things. Maybe it’s because you aren’t looking directly at them. I don’t know. So today, Gillian and I ran some errands (just the girls). On our way home, Gillian… Continue reading Car conversations
Our Elf on the Shelf arrives every year the Friday after Thanksgiving. This year the kids were very excited about Buddy’s arrival and it seemed like we were constantly talking about him. On Friday, November 28th, the kids found Buddy on the kitchen table. Buddy wrapped the table in wrapping paper with a sign saying… Continue reading Buddy’s adventures in 2014
John and Gill went up a hill 