My mom makes the most beautiful crocheted baby blankets. Every baby gets one. John still sleeps with his blanket. He calls it his “Grandma Blanket.” When I was pregnant with Gillian my mom actually let me pick out the pattern and colors I wanted. I picked two shades of green. Gillian loves her blanket. I… Continue reading Grandma Blankets

John has a book called “How Does a Dinosaur Say Goodnight?” It is one of his favorite books to read. Last weekend he got another book by the same author “How Does a Dinosaur Say I Love You?” Again this book has moved up in status to one of John’s favorites. We have to be… Continue reading My Little Dinosaur

I received Super Hero cookie cutters for Christmas this year.  Check out this link to see a sample of the Super Hero Cookie Cutters.  John has been dying for me to make them.  I have been making my mom’s recipe of butter thins with a simple coat of icing for years.  They are John’s favorite cookies. … Continue reading Super Hero Cookies

What’s your Super Hero Power? According to John, Daddy’s Super Hero Power is jokes. When you ask John what his Super Hero Power is, he says “my super speed!” Even though I think that super power is directly related to his fast shoes. We asked John what Mommy’s Super Power was he quickly responded “telling!”… Continue reading Super Hero Power

Bath time started like normal tonight. John and Gillian were well behaved and were playing nicely together. John started using a cup to deflate the bubbles. While pushing the cup into the bubbles he was getting water all over the tub and some out on the floor. Daddy told him to stop. John continued and… Continue reading bath time tears

We have started a new project at our company. Internally we have been referring to it as “The Purple Monster.” One of the managers gave each of the managers a purple monster toy. My boss, Mike, has had his purple monster sitting on his conference table for months now. Last week he gave it to… Continue reading The purple dragon

Daddy got a PS3 for Christmas and has been playing some new games.  John loves to watch.  When John was younger, he would get a spare controller and think that he was actually playing along.  John & Daddy playing video games  my guitar hero John now has a Leapster and plays games regularly… Continue reading video game helper

I love to sing.  I don’t always know the words.  I like to think that I know all the words, but in reality I just make up my own.  I have had the song “Tonight Tonight” by Hot Chelle Rae stuck in my head all day.  I heard it in the car on my way to lunch and… Continue reading wrong lyrics

The kids’ new school is in the annex of the The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County. I do not know much about the church, but I do know that they welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families. Their first principle is “Respecting the inherent worth and dignity of every person.” They… Continue reading the flag

i had a tupperware party on saturday. in order to save myself some time, i bought a box of italian cookies. we had some leftover cookies and after dinner last night i offered them to john. he looked at the box with this crazy stare. “mommy, what are those?”  i explained to him that they… Continue reading cookie snob