Tonight at dinner, John was drinking a juice box and a little of the juice went down the wrong pipe. He coughed a few times. Daddy asked him if he was ok. John kept coughing. Gillian watched this whole thing happen and started coughing. Again Daddy asked him if he was ok. John answered Daddy,… Continue reading Coughing & hibernation
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
John had a Mad Science class on Tuesday. When I picked him up he questioned me, “Mom did you get the stuff in my cubby? The stuff from Mad Science?” I explained to him that I didn’t see any stuff in his cubby. “But I know we got stuff that grows!” We we didn’t get… Continue reading The Experiment
John received a dinosaur puzzle from Grandma and Grandpa for Christmas. This is not just a dinosaur puzzle. It is a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. And before you can put it together, you first need to dig the pieces out of a block plaster. John and I started digging yesterday. He got frustrated because he didn’t… Continue reading Archaeologist
John found a paper clip on the driveway today. He picked it up and climbed into my car. He sat in his seat quietly and bent the paper clip. He said to me “Look! I made it look like a walkie talkie!” He was right. He bent one arm of the paper clip up and… Continue reading The Paper Clip
On Thursday, The Lincroft Center for Children had their holiday lunch. John and Gillian have been singing Christmas songs for the past couple of weeks. Gillian has been singing Jingle Bells. John knows a lot of songs, but he refused to tell me what songs his class would sing. I was able to take my lunchtime… Continue reading Holiday Lunch
Gillian got the nickname Gilly Bean when she was only a few weeks old. I mainly call her Beanie. I think I need to stop. Daddy asked her today what her name was. She replied “Gillian Beanie!” We were expecting her to say Gillian Marie. I will have to make more of an effort to… Continue reading Beanie Girl
This morning John found Buddy the elf in the kitchen. Buddy was making snowflakes. He left a big mess of pieces of paper. John saw Buddy and he said “Mommy, we were talking about decorating!” I said you are right, Buddy must have heard us talking. John said “He better clean up this mess!” We… Continue reading Smorgasbord
On our way to school this morning, John says “I remember something important. Today we are going on a trip!” I agreed with him and said do you remember where you are going? He replied “To the puppet theater! Are you coming today?” I told him that I would love to go on the trip… Continue reading The Field Trip
This morning Daddy and I were getting ready in the bathroom. John came in and said “Good morning!” He didn’t want to get changed yet, so I told him to brush his teeth. He climbed up on the toilet, leaned over and grabbed his toothpaste and toothbrush from the sink. I went back to doing… Continue reading Getting ready
John and Gill went up a hill 