i got to pick up the kids from school today.  there is nothing better than picking the kids up and having one come running towards you with open arms.  you get the biggest, longest hugs when you pick up the kids.  as i was hugging gillian and walking down the hallway at school i said… Continue reading changing weather

tonight was a girls night out. gillian and i went to david’s bridal to try on bridesmaid and flower girl dresses for aunt missy and uncle t’s wedding. we met the girls at david’s and started with dresses for mommy. gillian was a good girl. she patiently waited on a chair. she loved watching the… Continue reading dress shopping

last night we put the kids to bed. after about 20 minutes of being in his bed, john comes running into our room with a lightening mcqueen pillow. “did you know that my pillow lights up?” daddy and i looked at each other. i am pretty sure that the pillow is just a pillow, but… Continue reading static electricity

daddy picked up the kids from school today. they started talking about school. john is in pre-k now and next year he will go to kindergarten. john asked about what grade came next. daddy explained all the grades thru college. daddy then said after college you get a job. john replies with “can i just… Continue reading career path

john’s favorite breakfast food is french toast.  john decided this morning that he wanted french toast for breakfast.  and of course he wanted to help.  we got the eggs, cinnamon, bread, butter and frying pan.  guess what john was in charge of… check out all the cinnamon i can’t get mad, because he eats it… Continue reading french toast

john says a lot of funny things. here is a short list of his funniest: anatomy: in john’s world a forehead is called a “poi-head” flatulence: “when you toot, your tushy is saying: go potty, go potty, go potty.” obedience: “it’s hard to be good when gilly is around.” famous people: “wait a minute. did… Continue reading he said what?

i love popcorn. john and gillian love it too. we occasionally do movie night and make a big bowl of popcorn to go with it. aunt missy and uncle t gave us a popcorn maker. daddy and i knew right away that it would be a big hit. early this morning we promised john that… Continue reading popcorn

recently, gillian has added the word “elmo” to her vocabulary.  we don’t watch a lot of kids tv shows and when we do john tends to dominate what we watch.  elmo or sesame street is not on john’s list of favorite shows.  we do have some elmo toys and stuff animals.  but i’m still not… Continue reading elmo

gillian got a tea set for christmas from aunt trish, uncle kevin, sammie and little kyle. i opened up the set tonight. john is at the phase where he wants to play with everything. it doesn’t matter if it is his or is a baby toy. if it is new, then he needs to try… Continue reading tea party

in another attempt to clean up the living room, i moved gillian’s play kitchen to the basement. i was just planning on moving the box to the basement and assemble it tomorrow night. i opened the box just to check out the instructions. i guess i am easily distracted. i built the whole thing by… Continue reading the kitchen