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
Our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy, returned the day after Thanksgiving. When we were in Disney World, I asked Aunt Betty to check our mail for us. She went to the house the Friday after Thanksgiving and found Buddy sitting on the couch eating M&Ms and Oreos and drinking soda. She took a picture and sent it… Continue reading Buddy’s Adventures in 2013
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 were about a minute too late to get the bus this morning. As I locked the front door, I saw the bus drive past our street. It was totally my fault. I should have gotten us outside earlier. But I thought, it’s Monday so the bus would probably be late. Well I was wrong.… Continue reading Missed the bus
John doesn’t get a lot of homework in his class, but every night he needs to read before bed. He said “Mrs. Belena said ‘Read then lights out!’” Daddy read with him tonight and last night too. Tonight, Daddy called me into John’s room. He told me “John wants to read you the book too.… Continue reading Reading
Today was John’s first day of First Grade. John woke up early and we told him to get dressed. I had a collared shirt and khaki shorts picked out for John to wear for his first day. John got dressed and I went to help him find socks and he was wearing a completely different… Continue reading First day of First Grade
Today we got to take John to his new school (Mahala F. Atchinson Elementary) to meet his first grade teacher. When we arrived the parking lot was full of kids and parents. In the car, John said “I’m scared.” Daddy said “Me too.” We bravely walked in the main door and found John’s classroom on… Continue reading Meet and Greet
John starts first grade on Friday. His summer camp program ended last Thursday. Since I am now working at the family car dealership, I decided to bring him to work with me today. We headed to the office early. It’s a good thing we did too because Aunt Missy was calling us on our way… Continue reading All in a days’s work
I’m not sure when or how this started, but recently Gillian has been pretending that she is on a train. She will yell “All Aboard!” Then she will pause for a few seconds then says “Hey you! Get back on the train!” I love this whole thing. While I am cooking dinner I get Gillian… Continue reading All Aboard
Tonight, Daddy and I asked Gillian to get her brother for dinner. He was upstairs in his room. She started to walk toward the stairs and stopped. “I can’t do it.” Again, we encouraged Gillian to go upstairs to get John. She looked at us, pointed at me and said “Mom can do it!” During… Continue reading Passing the buck
John and Gill went up a hill 