At dinner tonight, John turns to us and says “You know today it was parkly cloudy.” You know Daddy and I had him repeat himself. When he repeated “It was parkly cloudy. Do you know what parkly cloudy means? That means there are some clouds but some sun.” While John was teaching Daddy an I… Continue reading Clouds and karate
John woke up this morning and came running into our room. “It’s my birthday! I can open my present now!” We saw Mimi yesterday and she gave John his birthday present to open on his birthday. As you can tell he was very excited about opening his present. Daddy and I decided to have a… Continue reading The Birthday Boy
John and Daddy had their first swimming lesson today. Daddy got John dressed and John came running downstairs to find me. “Look! I look good. I’m wearing a water shirt!” Daddy and John ran off to the swimming lesson and Gillian and I agreed to meet them after their lesson. Gillian and I arrived at… Continue reading First Swimming Lesson
Today was John’s Pre-K Graduation. I can’t believe my little boy graduated from Pre-K. It seems the past 5 years have flown by so quickly. Daddy, Aunt Betty, Mimi, Poppy and I all arrived at TLC and quickly found a seat in the Earth Room. We watched as the graduates walked into the room. John walked in… Continue reading Pre-K Graduation
I picked the kids up from school today. Before we were out the door, John started telling me about how he, Nick and Logan were inside while everyone else was outside. Before they got to go outside, it started raining. I said John why were you guys inside while everyone was outside. “I don’t want… Continue reading I know why
Tonight in the bathtub, John found Gillian’s foot under the bubbles. He counted her toes and put it back in the water. He then searched for the next foot. Once he found the other foot, he counted her toes again. He then says “what does five and five make?” Gillian cooperated and gave him her… Continue reading Counting and wishes
John woke up this morning and walked into our room. The first thing he said, “Mommy, is it a stay at home day or a school day?” I told him it was a school day and that I didn’t want to go to work either today. He said “what day is it?” I told him… Continue reading Monday
Taking the kids to see the Easter Bunny is always an adventure. John’s first visit was pretty uneventful in March 2008. The next year however, he was a year older and he was not too happy to meet the big bunny. It looks like he is trying to run away in this picture. I think we missed… Continue reading The Easter Bunny
Tonight at dinner, I gave John a little wink. Normally in response to that he attempts to wink back and basically ends up blinking at me. Not tonight. He winked back at me! I had him show Daddy his new ability. John then tells us “I can close this eye, but not the other one.… Continue reading Wink and a nod
John and Daddy read “Green Eggs and Ham” tonight. Daddy read all the Sam I Am parts and John read the part of the roommate. It was awesome. John would get mad at Daddy when he thought that Daddy was reading his part. “No Daddy! That’s my part! You read that side.” They read the… Continue reading Green Eggs and Ham
John and Gill went up a hill 