Every month John has do a book report. He has a written portion of the report as well as a presentation. John and Daddy worked on the report this weekend and John practiced in front of his “audience” last night. John is an excellent presenter. He has a lot of confidence and is very entertaining. … Continue reading The presentation
A little over a year ago, Daddy and I made the hard decision to put Duncan the family dog to sleep. He was ten and a half and surgery was risky. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of my pup. I guess I don’t realize how much the kids miss him too.… Continue reading A Duncan Story
When Daddy picked up John from Time Plus today, he found him reading Calvin & Hobbes in the school library. In the car, Daddy told him “You know Granddad gave me those books when I was younger. I have them at home.” John was super excited to hear this and as soon as they got… Continue reading Calvin & Hobbes
Last night, I drew a hot bath for Gillian. She was so content and took her time getting herself washed. I said “Gillian you gotta get your body washed.” She said “But I’m just relaxing. You know like one of those places where you get green on your face and then they put pickles on… Continue reading Pickles
This year Gillian wanted another elf to join our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy. The kids even wrote Buddy letters asking for a girl elf to come to our house. Check out my post Dear Buddy for the letters. Buddy arrived like clockwork the Friday after Thanksgiving. He had a friend with him! Gillian already… Continue reading Buddy & Snowfake’s adventures in 2015
Gillian knows that Daddy is a Probation Officer, but she is confused as to what he actually does. I explained to her that Daddy helps bad guys to be good. Tonight at dinner, she asked Daddy “What do you do if the bad guys stay bad?” He said “They go to jail.” She then asked… Continue reading Bad guys
John and Daddy found bought John a new book at the beginning of the month. The book is called “Treasure Hunters” by James Patterson. We wanted John to read it for this month’s book report. But John’s teacher said it was too long. The book is 450 pages long (with illustrations). So John read a… Continue reading The book
We went to Happy Day Farm on Sunday. We started at the pumpkin patch. The kids looked everywhere for the perfect pumpkin! Gillian loved all the little pumpkins. Finally we found a big pumpkin for the family, a little one for Gillian and one for John too! Then Aunt Missy, Uncle T and Mackenzie… Continue reading Happy Day Farm
Today was the kids’ first day of school. Gillian started Kindergarten and John started 3rd grade. Our town passed full day kindergarten this year and in order to accommodate the additional kids, the schools got shifted. The schools historical had one for K to 3rd, one for 4 & 5 and one for 6, 7… Continue reading First Day
This is Gillian’s last week at The Lincroft Center for Children. She is ready to move on to kindergarten eventhough Mommy isn’t. I only drop and pick her up once a week, so my drop offs tend to be filled with drama. But not today. As we approached TLC, I noticed that the kids were… Continue reading Last drop off
John and Gill went up a hill 