Tonight Gillian was playing quietly with her babies. She had them napping and walking around. They sat on John’s chair for a little bit and ate a snack. Gillian brought Baby over to the piano and made Baby’s hands play a few notes on the piano. Gillian then pulled the stool out and said “Baby… Continue reading Piano Lessons
We had spaghetti for dinner tonight. Gillian took Messy Eater to a whole other level. Even John, who normally has pretty good table manners, was out of control. I know, I should have taken this opportunity to teach them better manners. I just couldn’t. It was too much fun to watch them get dirty and… Continue reading Table Manners
I picked the kids up from school on Friday, and John had two witch hat cookies on a plate. He was so proud of these cookies. He told me “They are for you and Daddy. We got to make three today, and I had one at snack.” As soon as Gillian saw the cookie she… Continue reading Witch Hat Cookies
This morning we went pumpkin picking with Mimi, Poppy, Uncle T and Aunt Missy. We walked to the pumpkin patch and Mimi noticed a corn maze. She asked John if he wanted to check it out. John didn’t hesitate and the two fo them rushed off to the maze. The rest of us went to the pumpkin… Continue reading Pumpkin Picking
In modern Western culture, an eskimo kiss is the act of pressing the tip of one’s nose against another’s. It is loosely based on a traditional Inuit greeting called a kunik. ~ Wikipedia In our house we don’t call them Eskimo kisses. The other night when I tucked John into bed, he said to me… Continue reading Eskimo kisses
It was a raining cold day today. I wanted to keep the kids entertained so I broke out the finger-paints. I thought it was something different and the kids would enjoy it. Gillian was so excited as I got the paints ready. She didn’t hesitate and put her hands right into the paint. John, on… Continue reading Finger-painting
This morning Justin came to visit. The kids all shared some munchkins for breakfast. Justin was a good big cousin and made sure that he didn’t eat any of the chocolate ones because he knew Gillian liked them the best. The boys played all morning with John’s superhero toys. At one point Justin came upstairs… Continue reading Shake the Baby
This morning Daddy shaved his goatee off. It wasn’t planned, Daddy trimmed a little too much and had to shave the whole thing. While Daddy was shaving, I got Gillian ready. When she was fully dressed, she started calling “Daddy! Daddy!” Daddy came to her and she stopped in her tracks and just stared at… Continue reading Not Daddy
One year ago today I posted my first blog entry. I have to say that I am very happy that I stuck with it, and continue to post. Over the past year, I have posted 286 times and the kids have been on many adventures. Here are some of my favorite adventures: The Turtle Back… Continue reading 1 year anniversary
Today we met Mimi at Freehold Raceway for Open Space Pace. Bascially it is a festival for horses in Freehold. They had a parade, races, vendors, music and a petting zoo. We didn’t get to see the parade of horses through downtown, but we arrived at the raceway in time to walk thru the vendors… Continue reading Petting Zoo and Craft Fair
John and Gill went up a hill 