I don’t always get to pick up Gillian from school, so I really look forward to my Tuesday pick up. Tonight, the kids were outside playing when I arrived. I watched Gillian run across the playground with Dorlisa and Nicholas. She didn’t see me. They ran over to the climbing wall and Nicholas said “Gill,… Continue reading Pick up
John is pretty good at math. They have just started adding two digit numbers together with regrouping (or carrying over, like how I learned to add). Anyway, he is always impressed with how I can do his math problems in my head. And sometimes he likes to quiz me. “What’s 100 plus 100?” I’ll answer… Continue reading Math problems
Last Friday, I wrote Tickets. It was all about John and how he earns tickets at Time + (his aftercare program at school) for being quiet and well behaved during attendance. Last Friday, he had 9 tickets but on Monday, he earned his 10th ticket. He was so excited. When the kids have ten tickets,… Continue reading tickets – part two
I had the following conversation with Gillian today: Me: How was your day? Gillian: I push Julia. Me: Pushing is not nice. Why did you push your friend? Gillian: She had a baby. I want it. Me: That’s not nice. You need to share the toys. Gillian: I push Julia off the seesaw. Me: What?… Continue reading Pushing
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
I picked up the kids from school today and in the car on the way home they told me about their day. Gillian said “John got a ban-did.” I said “I saw that. John what happened?” John said “I fell and got a cut. And it was bleeding. I can’t run fast now.” I asked… Continue reading The Band-Aid
Everyday when Daddy picks up the kids, one of them gets to be line leader. They get to lead the line of Daddy and their sibling to the car. Daddy is very diplomatic and alternates the line leader everyday. John and Gillian love to be line leader. It is their chance to be first. Gillian… Continue reading Line Leader
Daddy picked up the kids from school yesterday. He found them outside playing on the playground. Gillian came running up to him and said “I have sticks in my pocket!” Then she proceeded to pull a few sticks out of her pocket. She said “I throw them away.” And she put them in the garbage… Continue reading The hoarder
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
I picked the kids up from school today. Both of them had red cheeks. I asked John how many times he got to play outside today (normally the highlight of his day). He said “No nap today! You know what that means? We went outside three times today!” I asked Gillian the same question. She… Continue reading Outside
John and Gill went up a hill 