At dinner tonight, Daddy and I were talking but Gillian was trying to get Daddy’s attention. “Excuse me. Daddy, excuse me. Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Excuse me.” Finally Daddy stopped to ask Gillian what she needed. She said “I have more broccoli?” You can’t say no to that request. Daddy gave her more broccoli and she… Continue reading Excuse me
Gillian’s birthday was Saturday, so we celebrated at school on Friday. I brought in pizza, cupcakes, cookies and goodie bags for her class to celebrate. Gillian consistently asked Daddy and I, “Johnny come to my party?” We made sure that John was included too. When I arrived, Gillian was already wearing her birthday crown that her teachers made… Continue reading The Birthday Girl
Our Elf on the Shelf arrives the day after Thanksgiving. His name is Buddy. Buddy is one of Santa’s messengers. He comes to visit the kids during the day and then goes back to the north pole at night and reports back to Santa. The next day, Buddy will be found in a different spot. … Continue reading The Adventures of Buddy the Elf
On Thursday, The Lincroft Center for Children had their holiday lunch. John and Gillian have been singing Christmas songs for the past couple of weeks. Gillian has been singing Jingle Bells. John knows a lot of songs, but he refused to tell me what songs his class would sing. I was able to take my lunchtime… Continue reading Holiday Lunch
This morning on the way to school I put Christmas music on the radio. John and Gillian loved it. The first song that came on was “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” John said “Mommy, I have never seen a reindeer. Can I see a reindeer?” I told him that I had never seen a reindeer… Continue reading Christmas music
Gillian loves to sing. This weekend she was either singing the ABCs or Ring Around the Rosie or even her own little mash up of the two. This morning she took two of her Barbie dolls by their little hands and started singing. She sang “Ring Around the Rosie pocket full of posey.” While she… Continue reading Ring Around the Rosie
We had the kids annual exams scheduled for this morning. I have been talking to both John and Gillian about going to the doctor and how we are going to be brave and do what the doctor asked. I have even been sing that Doc McStuffin check up song. For those of you that don’t… Continue reading Check-ups
John and Gill went up a hill 