My kids are much like any other kids. They find a song or two that they love and they only want to hear that song. I think everyone can guess what is John’s favorite song. If you guessed “The Moves Like Jagger,” then clearly you read my blog. Anyway, another one of John’s favorites is the… Continue reading Singing Songs
John woke up this morning and came running into our room. “It’s my birthday! I can open my present now!” We saw Mimi yesterday and she gave John his birthday present to open on his birthday. As you can tell he was very excited about opening his present. Daddy and I decided to have a… Continue reading The Birthday Boy
We had a barbecue at Mimi and Poppy’s house today. When we arrived there was a big water slide in their backyard. Tied to the slide was three balloons. John was so excited! He saw this slide in the newspaper and desperately wanted it. We said our hellos and went inside to change into our… Continue reading The water slide
John and Daddy had their first swimming lesson today. Daddy got John dressed and John came running downstairs to find me. “Look! I look good. I’m wearing a water shirt!” Daddy and John ran off to the swimming lesson and Gillian and I agreed to meet them after their lesson. Gillian and I arrived at… Continue reading First Swimming Lesson
The Lincroft Center for Children had their annual end of year party today. John has been talking non-stop about the party for a week now. TLC rents a water slide for the big kids and a bounce house for the younger kids. They also get a lunch of hot dogs and Italian ice for dessert. waiting in… Continue reading End of the Year Party
When I was pregnant with Gillian, we talked to John a lot about the baby in Mommy’s belly. We told him that if the baby was a girl, her name would be Gillian Marie and if the baby was a boy, he would be Cooper James. When John met Gillian for the first time, he… Continue reading Cooper
Daddy picked up the kids from school today. On the way home, John asked “Daddy, why are we going so slow?” Daddy explained to him that there was traffic. “Daddy, can I open my window?” He opened his window, stuck his head out and had the following commentary: “Whoa, look at all of those cars! You gotta… Continue reading Wheeeee!
I picked the kids up from school today. Before we were out the door, John started telling me about how he, Nick and Logan were inside while everyone else was outside. Before they got to go outside, it started raining. I said John why were you guys inside while everyone was outside. “I don’t want… Continue reading I know why
Tonight in the bathtub, John found Gillian’s foot under the bubbles. He counted her toes and put it back in the water. He then searched for the next foot. Once he found the other foot, he counted her toes again. He then says “what does five and five make?” Gillian cooperated and gave him her… Continue reading Counting and wishes
The other night I was carrying Gillian upstairs and I stopped at the top of the stairs and whistled for Duncan. He didn’t respond to my first whistle, so I whistled again. When I whistled the second time, I heard Gillian whistle. Well, she didn’t exactly whistle. She kinda screeched and made a sound like… Continue reading The whistle
John and Gill went up a hill 