Daddy left early this morning to celebrate Uncle T’s bachelor party. Before Daddy left he told John that he would be “the man of the house” while Daddy was away. I woke up John this morning and told him that I needed him to help me. He quickly responses “Cause I’m the man of the… Continue reading Man of the House

John and Gillian got these mini pianos in a kids meal awhile ago. This morning John was playing with it. He pressed three keys and says “Mommy these sound like ‘I love you.’” This afternoon on our trip home from school, John says “I know this song.” I thought he was talking about the song… Continue reading Music

Gillian is allowed to bring a stuffed animal or soft baby doll to school to sleep with. A few weeks ago she started bringing her little Abby Cadabby doll. For those of you that don’t know, Abby is a muppet from Sesame Street. Gillian loves her little Abby. One Sunday we left Abby outside and… Continue reading Abby Cadabby

I packed the kids lunch like usual this morning. On our way to school John remembered that it was Brayden’s birthday and that they were going to have pizza today. As soon as he said it was Brayden’s birthday, I told him that he could eat the pizza and to not worry about the lunch… Continue reading Monday lunch

John and Gillian’s grandma (my mom) is retiring after teaching at St. Denis School in Manasquan for the past 24 years. Today the PTA hosted a retirement luncheon to celebrate her retirement. My older sister Trish helped to plan the luncheon as well as worked to put together a scrapbook full of past students memories… Continue reading Uncle Joe

John has cooking class every Saturday morning. I got to go with him today. There are normally 5 or 6 kids and their parents every Saturday. Well today it was John and two other kids, Madison and Noah. They got to do everything. There was no fighting or complaining. The kids got to sit at… Continue reading Slice & Dice

This weekend Gillian was sitting at the table and was looking for her baby doll. I asked her what baby says and she replied “wah wah wah!” It took me a minute to realize that she must have learned the song “The Wheels on the Bus.” I sang the song and Gillian immediately started making… Continue reading Wheels on the bus

John has a way with words. He is blunt to the point and very funny. Here are a few of his comments over the past couple of days. Sunday morning around 6:30, I was still in my bed. John comes in the room, climbs into my bed, gets under the covers and snuggles with me… Continue reading My silly funny boy

We took the kids for a bike ride today. Daddy loaded the bikes into the truck and we headed to Thompson Park in Lincroft. I have never been there before, but it was absolutely beautiful. We have a seat for Gillian that fits on ether of our bikes. I took Gillian at first and led… Continue reading Bike ride

The kids bedtime is 8. As we were putting the kids to bed, John said “but it’s still light out!” I do feel bad for him. It sucks going to bed at 8 in the summertime. We tucked him in and about 5 minutes later he came into our room. “I gotta go potty!” We… Continue reading With a wink and a bless you