John brought home his Mother’s Day gift on Thursday last week. He “hid” it on the windowsill in his room behind the “window sheets” (aka curtains). When I was tucking him in on Thursday night, he told me “I can’t wait to give you your gift tomorrow.” I explained to him that Mother’s Day was… Continue reading Mother’s Day weekend
The kids have been really good the past couple of days, so they got to watch a few TV shows tonight. They mainly watch shows on Netflix. Since John knows how to operate the remote he normally gets to pick what they watch. They started watching an episode of Super Hero Squad. During Super Hero Squad,… Continue reading TV time
Gillian loves to play dress-up. She loves wearing her princesses dresses and more recently she has started to dress up as a super hero. She loves to wear John’s cape and all the various super hero masks. She always asks for help with the masks and they need to be placed on her head so… Continue reading Dress-up
It was so nice outside today. Daddy picked up the kids and decided to go to a local playground. I met them there. John had already made a friend by the time I arrived. John was chasing the little boy all around the playground. Then John started yelling, “Hey! I got a sister! Her name… Continue reading Playground
Today was the baptism of Daddy’s cousin’s baby Riley. We went to the church to watch the baptism. The kids were well behaved, considering the fact that the priest was a little long winded. At some point, the priest said “Next we will anoint the babies with water.” Gillian heard that and said “I like… Continue reading Water, Baby and Dancing
Lately John has been taking showers, while Gillian has been takin bathes. Tonight I had both of them in the bathtub together. John did “This Little Piggy” on Gillian’s toes. Gillian loves it. I love it too. My favorite part is when he says “This little piggy has roast beef!” Because it sounds like “This… Continue reading Bath time fun
Here are a few quick funnies from this week: Yesterday, John wanted to wear his sunglasses to school. Well, he thinks they are sunglasses. They are actually tinted safety glasses that Chuckie gave him. Anyway, he wore them to school and he told his teacher “I wore my glasses today! They are black!” Gillian counting… Continue reading Funnies
A couple nights a week, we have a dance party for the kids. Basically, we just play some music for the kids and them them dance. John and Gillian love dance party nights. John has now started to name his dance moves. He does “the jet” which is him running around the room with his… Continue reading Teapot
One of Gillian’s favorite shows is “Doc McStuffins” on Disney Junior. Doc McStuffins is a little girl that fixes broken toys. She gives them a checkup before she determines what is wrong with them. Tonight, Gillian told me “Say Ahhhh!” I played along and said Ahhhh. She looked in my mouth and said “Looks good!… Continue reading Say "Ahhhh"
Daddy and I don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day but we do encourage the kids to celebrate with their friends. John got Star Wars valentines this year and Gillian got Minnie Mouse valentines. John wrote out all of his valentines by himself. It took him a long time, but he wrote all the names is his friends… Continue reading Valentine’s Day
John and Gill went up a hill 