Every month John has do a book report. He has a written portion of the report as well as a presentation. John and Daddy worked on the report this weekend and John practiced in front of his “audience” last night. John is an excellent presenter. He has a lot of confidence and is very entertaining. … Continue reading The presentation
Sunday morning, Gillian was complaining of stomach pain and nausea. We thought it would go away, but it didn’t. She had some tenderness when you touched her stomach and a low grade fever. We were afraid that maybe she was suffering from an appendicitis. So we took her to a walk-in. The doctor checked her… Continue reading Could be something, could be nothing
Tonight, John, Gillian and I went to John’s school for the annual art show. John was so excited to show Gillian all around the school. Here are some of my favorite pieces that John created. This is a piece where the kids “stomped out bullying.” He stepped on clay and then painted it. This was… Continue reading John’s Art Show
The last Sunday of February, Daddy and I had to spend some time at the dealership counting inventory. Since the dealership was closed we brought the kids along to hang out while we counted. The kids were so good. On our way home that night I promised to buy them something as a reward for… Continue reading Legos
John and Daddy found bought John a new book at the beginning of the month. The book is called “Treasure Hunters” by James Patterson. We wanted John to read it for this month’s book report. But John’s teacher said it was too long. The book is 450 pages long (with illustrations). So John read a… Continue reading The book
Gillian’s Preschool Graduation was on Tuesday last week. She was very excited to graduate and was up bright and early that morning. Daddy and I dropped Gillian off at school and we were able to get front row seats for graduation. TLC combined the Kindergarten and Preschool Graduations, so there was a lot of kids. … Continue reading Gillian’s Preschool Graduation
John had his First Reconciliation last night. For those who don’t know, your First Reconciliation is when you confess your sins to a priest for the first time. John was very nervous. We arrived at the church and he looked around impatiently. I asked what was wrong. He didn’t say anything. I asked “Are you… Continue reading First Reconciliation
We signed John up for T-ball this year. Since John has never played before, we signed him up for instructional T-ball. They met every Saturday and learned the basics of the game. This Saturday was their last week. And this week they had a scrimmage against team 4. John’s team met before the scrimmage and… Continue reading Last day of t-ball
In February, John’s school participated in Jump Rope for Heart. All the kids at school jumped during their Physical Education classes, but kids also had an opportunity to raise money to support the American Heart Association. John was very excited about raising money and bugged Daddy and I non-stop about asking people to donate. Thru… Continue reading Jump Rope for Heart
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
John and Gill went up a hill 