my living room is a disaster zone. there are toys, clothes and empty boxes everywhere. it’s my own fault. i had off all day yesterday. i could have organized it yesterday, but i chose to relax and play with the kids. tuesday nights daddy works late, so i decided to start organizing the disastrous living… Continue reading the christmas aftermath

every christmas eve we go to my parent’s house.  my grandfather was a fireman when my mom and uncles and aunt were growing up.  he always worked on christmas day and they would celebrate christmas on christmas eve.  my mom and dad kept that tradition with us and we benefited by getting our christmas presents… Continue reading christmas

this morning i took the kids to mss for our christmas breakfast. john was shy when we arrived. gillian, on the other hand, went right to one of my friends and joined the party. i got john set up with a waffle and syrup and he was a happy camper. gillian happily ate off of… Continue reading breakfast & games

tonight was a rough night. we had to pull the santa card. nothing major, just our typical problem of not listening. as i was trying to put gillian to sleep, i turned to john and said give her a kiss. he then proceeds to run in circles around the room. i told him no and… Continue reading it is hard to be good

my gilly is a bag lady. she loves any kind of bag. she gravitates towards small gift bags or shopping bags. anything she can put over her wrist. she has laid claim to one of my small purses. anytime she walks a baby in her stroller she has to have a bag on her wrist… Continue reading bag lady

today was daddy’s birthday, and for dessert we had one of daddy’s favorites: cannoli.  i put the cannoli on the table and john immediately says “i don’t like those.  i think you should get me something i like.”  after a dirty look from mommy, he said “something in the house i mean.”  as you can imagine, gillian loved the cannoli… Continue reading cannoli

when john was born, his uncle travis (john calls him uncle t) brought him a stuffed turtle.  we put the turtle in john’s bassinet while we were in the hospital. when we got home, we kept the turtle in the pack & play.   john at a week old with his turtle  john at 3… Continue reading travis

we had a busy week. on wednesday, the new school had a singer entertain the kids and mcdonald’s lunch. so when i picked the kids up on tuesday night, i started telling john about what was happening the next day. i said, tomorrow you get to have mcdonald’s at school and then yoshi is coming… Continue reading yoshi & checkers

tonight john, mimi and poppy went to the aquarium. gilly got to spend the night home with daddy and mommy. it’s amazing how much noise one little girl can make. when i got home, i could hear her in the basement talking to daddy and shaking the gate. as soon as she saw me, she… Continue reading loud girl

a few years ago we got a package from gigi. she sent us some yummy cookies from mrs fields. the boxes of cookies had a thick red ribbon tying them together. john was very excited about the cookies but became very attached to the ribbon. it went everywhere with him. he would wrap it around… Continue reading bop-o