Today was our first day back in our routine. Eve though we put the kids to bed early last night, it was hard to wake up the kids this morning. I woke up John first, he said “But I don’t wanna get up!” I gave him a few extra minutes to stay under the covers… Continue reading Back to the routine
I asked Grandma and Grandpa if they could watch John on Thursday (since schools were closed for the teacher’s conference). Grandma told me, “Well Grandpa has to take Aunt Betty to the airport and I have to teach Aunt Betty’s class for the rest of the day. But John can either go with Grandpa to… Continue reading Adventure with Grandma & Grandpa
Tonight leaving school, Gillian said “It’s dark outside. Is the moon out?” I asked her if she could find the moon. As we got in the car, she said “There it is! I see it! Mommy, you see it?” I told her I couldn’t look for it while I was driving, and I asked her… Continue reading the moon and the sun
We have quite a bit of candy in our house from Halloween. Every night after dinner, the kids raid the candy bucket. They are each allowed one big candy bar or two small pieces of candy. Tonight, the kids each picked two small bags of plain M&Ms. John ate all of his M&Ms but Gillian… Continue reading Candy
Gillian woke up around 3:30 this morning coughing. Daddy calmed her down and got her to go back to sleep. Daddy had today off and he told me this morning that he thought Gillian should stay home from school today. He thought that her cough was really bad. John only had a half a day… Continue reading going to the doctor
We are going Disney World over Thanksgiving weekend this year with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy. A few weekends ago we revealed the news to the kids. After we went pumpkin picking, Mimi and Poppy had John in their car and we had Gillian in our car. As Mimi & Poppy approached their… Continue reading the reveal
before carving Tonight after dinner we decided to carve our pumpkins. Before we even started, John said “Can I get some gloves? Because I’m not getting my hands dirty.” We found some gloves for him to wear. And we started with Gillian’s little pumpkin. I helped her with the big parts. I thought she would… Continue reading pumpkin carving
While I was taking a shower this morning, there was a knock on the door. I knew it was John. We are teaching the kids to knock on closed doors before they enter them. John is doing really well with this process, Gillian is not. Anyway, there was a knock on my door. I told… Continue reading the picnic
Two years ago today, I posted my first blog entry. I started it as a way to remember all the little things my kids say or do. I hope you enjoyed all the posts from the past year. Here are a few of my favorites: Not Daddy The Adventures of Buddy the… Continue reading 2nd Anniversary
I got to pick up the kids from school on Friday. I picked up Gillian first and we went together to pick up John. It was my first time picking him up from MFA, but Gillian has already picked him up three times. One of the teachers saw Gillian and said “Go get John.” John… Continue reading The Nurse
John and Gill went up a hill 