visiting santa is always an experience.  i remember taking john to see santa for his first christmas.  he was only 5 months old and he loved santa right away.  i think it helps that my dad has always had a beard. john & santa 2007 his second christmas was a little more eventful.  he would have… Continue reading santa

today was penguin day at the lincroft center for children. they had the penguin from the jenkinson’s aquarium come for a visit. all the kids got to see the penguin. her name was checkers and according to john “she waddled around a little bit.” he also told me that a man brought the penguin. and… Continue reading penguins and toothbrushes

while blow drying my hair this morning, john walks in the bathroom and says “mommy why are you making so much noise?” i said i am doing my hair. “but mommy, why are you doing your hair in the middle of the night?” it was about 6:30 in the morning, and a little dark out.… Continue reading mr. sun

we bought our christmas tree this weekend, with the intentions of decorating it yesterday.  unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to work on the tree yesterday.  so we decorated tonight.  i am a little anal retentive about the lights.  daddy understands and left me with john to put the lights on the tree.  before we… Continue reading decorating the tree

we have an elf on the shelf.  his name is buddy.  for those of you that don’t have children or have never heard of elf on the shelf, let me give you a little background.  an elf on the shelf is one of santa’s helpers.  he or she comes to your house and your child… Continue reading buddy

a few months ago, kyle picked us up breakfast of toasted bagels with butter. the bagels were drenched in butter. gillian ate an entire bagel and smelled like butter. daddy & i kept saying “gilly, you smell like butter!” and she would laugh. to this day if gillian has a stinky diaper john says “oh… Continue reading butter

today was the kids first day at their new school. i was very nervous. john was very excited. before we left the house, he said to me “mommy can you hold my hand when we walk in?” we got to school and john showed me where his cubby was and he found gillian’s cubby too.… Continue reading first day

i thought that having a girl would be easy. she would be dainty and delicate. she would be neat and not like messes. well as of right now, gilly is not dainty, delicate and enjoys messes. she makes the biggest mess when she eats. she ends up with food in her hair, down her shirt,… Continue reading messy eater

daddy had off today because he worked on saturday. he picked up john early from school. they went over to the lincroft learning center. john and gillian will be going to school there starting on thursday. daddy got to dream builders academy during nap time. john does not nap. apparently he lays by the window… Continue reading playin hooky

daddy has introduced john to football. he enjoys watching it with daddy on the weekends. on thanksgiving john was rooting for the dolphins while everyone else in the house wanted the cowboys to win. today john asked daddy if the giants were playing today. john has learned that uncle t loves the giants. I think… Continue reading football