John got a magic kit for Christmas. He opened it today and learned a few tricks to show me. The first one was a magic box. I had to pick a color on a cube then put it in the box. He then put the box behind his back and then “guessed” the color I… Continue reading The magician
John has the best comments and insite. Here are a few of my favorite comments from the past couple of weeks: Daddy asked John “Who do you want to help with your shower? Mommy or Daddy?” John replied “I’ll settle with you Dad.” We have been trying to teach John to say excuse me when… Continue reading Oh John!
Last week, Gillian and I watched Tangled for the first time. We loved it. She unfortunately has a hard time remembering Rapunzel’s name. So she constantly asks me “Who’s the girl in the purple dress?” Tonight, I was tucking her into bed, and she asked me to snuggle with her for a few minutes. As… Continue reading The girl in the purple dress
Christmas seemed to go by very quickly this year. It would take too long to write about all of our adventures, but here are a few of my favorite memories: On Christmas eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Gillian was the last one opening presents. Because every present she opened she would say… Continue reading Christmas
John brought home a scholastic book order form a few weeks ago. We let him pick out a few books. As I was writing the check, he noticed that there was a My Little Pony book in the flyer. He asked me “Can I get this for Gill?” I said “Of course, and we can… Continue reading The book
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
Last night, I picked up Gillian from school. In the car, she told me about her day. We were stopped at a traffic light and the people turning left were given a green arrow. Gillian said “Red means stop!” And from behind me, I could hear the crash of metal on metal. It sounded like… Continue reading Red Light
On our first day at Disney World, we went to the Magic Kingdom. Since we were staying at a Disney Resort, we were able to enjoy magic hours and get into the park at 7 am. It was an early day, but it was totally worth it. We arrived and waiting for the train to… Continue reading Opening the Magic Kingdom
We planned to do our annual Christmas tree shopping this afternoon. We met at Conover Tree farm in Wall and started our search for the perfect tree. Did I mention that it was snowing today? Well it was snowing. Not enough to cancel our trip, but enough to make it a little chilly for the… Continue reading Tree shopping
I picked Gillian up from school today. She was playing babies with Nicholas and Clarissa. When she saw me she jumped up and hugged me. Then she said “I got candy!” She was so excited! I asked her why, and she said “Nicholas came. And him left us candy. We put out our shoes (and… Continue reading St. Nick
John and Gill went up a hill 