John’s class had a field trip today. They went to the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank to see “Seussical” which is a collaboration of many of Dr. Seuss’ favorite stories. I explained to John that he was going to see a show. He said “like a movie?” It took a little bit longer to… Continue reading The Theater
John loves to put his window down when we are driving. Sometime last year he figured out that he could reach the window button in both of our cars. Now when he wants his window down he doesn’t ask he just puts it down. We have a short commute from school to the house a… Continue reading Windows down
John always wants to help me make cookies or decorate cookies. Today Aunt Betty came to visit. She wanted to visit with the kids and also help me with decorating St. Patty’s day cookies. As I was getting the icing ready there was a little ruckus behind me. John decided to make a bowl a… Continue reading Cookie Helper
Before Christmas, one of the ladies from work gave me a few toys for the kids and two Melissa & Doug Chore Charts. I honestly thought when she gave them to me that it was a little soon to give John a list of chores to do on a daily basis, but both Daddy and… Continue reading The Chore Chart
John brings home a lot of projects and worksheets. I don’t always get to review them on a daily basis. As I cleaned out his book bag today, I found the picture to the left of George Washington. I asked John if he knew who he was. John replied, “George Washington.” I asked him if… Continue reading Presidents
We were watching “The Big Bang Theory” tonight and the characters were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. John thought that was the silliest thing. He kept going “Spock?” He then told me that Spock is not in Rock, Paper, Scissors. I was very surprised that he even knew the game. I had him explain… Continue reading Rock, Paper, Scissors
John and Gillian go to daycare during the week. Daddy and I have been really consistent with saying that they are going to school. We want the kids to get used to going to school and to enjoy it at the same time. When John wakes up in the morning, he always asks “Mommy, is… Continue reading playing school
daddy got stuck in court today therefore i had to pick up the kids. friday nights we normally treat ourselves to a meal out. since it was just the kids and i, we went to mcdonald’s. i know. not a very nutritious meal, but our mcdonald’s has an indoor playground. normally, i wouldn’t attempt to… Continue reading friday night
john loves dinosaurs. he got a triceratops pillow pet for christmas this year. along with some dinosaur books. yesterday he was reading gillian one dinosaur book. she loved the snugglely time with her brother. later in the day, we caught her reading the book by herself. all we heard was gillian growling. we like to… Continue reading dinosaurs
during bath time tonight, john said to me “mommy can we play with the boxes tonight?” i love requests like that. sure, you can use your imagination to play with your sister. i know that i have a previous post about them playing in a box, but i just can’t help it. i love that something… Continue reading imaginations
John and Gill went up a hill 