I got out of the bathroom this morning and found John curled up on my side of the bed. He looked so sad. I asked him why he was so sad and he said “I’m too big to bring Travis to school.” For those of you who don’t know, Travis is John’s stuffed turtle. Travis… Continue reading Too Big

Daddy wanted to take me out to dinner for my birthday. Luckily for us, Mimi offered to take the kids overnight for us. Saturday afternoon we dropped the kids off at Mimi’s house. John was so excited to spend the night with Mimi and Poppie. It was Gillian’s first sleepover ever. According to Mimi, it… Continue reading First night without the kids

Tonight I made cheeseburgers for dinner. We cut up Gillian’s cheeseburger to make it easier for her to eat. Before we even started eating, she was pointing at something. I assumed that she wanted a roll like John. I gave her a roll and she was happy for a little while. She then started pointing… Continue reading Table Manners

I got the best welcome when I got home from work today. John came running up the stairs and into my arms. Followed by Gillian. They didn’t want to share and Gillian started to push John away. So I just sat on the floor and had John in my left arm and Gillian in my… Continue reading Snuggly kids

John has become a backseat driver. It started out innocently. He started out by telling me the color of the traffic light. He would see a green light and say “go, Mommy go!” He has also started to read street signs. He saw a Do Not Enter sign and was able to explain to me… Continue reading Backseat driver

After bath time tonight, we went downstairs to play. John played with his super heroes and Gillian played with her babies. Once again, Gillian’s babies were put into timeout. John would take them out and bring them go me. Gillian would have them sit next to me for a few minutes and then walk them… Continue reading Bedtime

We had a busy morning of errands. Our first stop was Lowes. John and Gillian love going to Lowes. John loves to drive the race car and Gillian is a great co-pilot. Check out the picture of my silly drivers below. Our next stop was a fish store and Staples. Gillian and I got stopped… Continue reading Sit down

The kids got to celebrate Christmas with their Gran-dad today.  Gran-dad arrived just in time for Gillian’s nap.  I put Gillian down while the boys made a trip to Toys R Us.  Gran-dad wanted to get John a new bike for Christmas and we all decided it would be easier if John was there to pick it out and to try it out. … Continue reading Christmas in April

John’s class had a field trip today. They went to the Young Chefs Academy. John told us that they made pizza. According to John “It had cheese and sauce and vegetables. And I got to cut the vegetables. The knife was not sharp. It even touched my finger but it didn’t cut it!” They got… Continue reading Cooking Class

I am trying to get John to become a little more independent. We started the chore chart a few weeks ago. That has helped to teach him responsibility. This week I have been having John dress himself. He is doing a pretty good job. He does have a tendency to ask for help. Daddy and… Continue reading Don’t be angry