Gillian goes to daycare (we call it school) and this year in the 3 year old classroom she is learning to recognize the alphabet. Every couple of weeks they work on a new letter. They trace the letter and at the end of the week they make a picture of the letter. They started with… Continue reading The alphabet
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
I was talking to Gillian tonight. I asked her if she knew who was coming to school tomorrow. She said “You?” I wish I was going to visit her school tomorrow, but I told her no. And then I told her that the penguins were coming to visit. Every year, TLC has the penguins from… Continue reading Penguins
Tonight while John was reading a book, he stopped and said “Do you want to hear a Spanish word I say a lot?” We couldn’t say no to that. So then he said “Elefante!” (For those who don’t know, elefante is Spanish for elephant). Daddy and I giggled. Then John said “Wanna hear another one?”… Continue reading Spanish words
Last week John had a special program at school where he learned about the golden rain tree. He asked me “Do you know about the golf rain tree?” I told him no. He said “Well they are amazing!” He then proceeded to tell me everything that he learned. “Did you know that we have 10… Continue reading Golden rain tree
John had Spanish class today. He told me “I learned how to spell my name in Spanish today!” Intrigued, I ask “How?” He says “J….U….A….N!” I giggled and said “Oh your name in Spanish is Juan.” He said “No. It’s John! But I’m not sure how J U A N spells John!” While he was… Continue reading Juan
Once again, since school was closed on Friday, I asked Uncle T if he would be interested in watching John for me. Uncle T said “Just John? During the day?” I answered yes to both of his questions and he said “Okay, dress him warm. We have work to do!” Uncle T came to pick… Continue reading Adventure with Uncle T
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
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
John and Gill went up a hill 