the kids and i went to manasquan to visit grandma, grandpa, uncle bob, aunt betty and justin today.  automatically the boys started to play.  they decided to go outside and play with justin’s new marshmallow shooter.  after a few minutes of being alone outside, justin came in and said “do you want to see john… Continue reading marshmallow shooter

i am truly thankful to have off the friday after thanksgiving.  i always had that day off while working at fleetsource, so i was very excited to see that we got it this year at mss.  normally we join all the crazy people and go black friday shopping.  the past two years, we went to… Continue reading muppets, projects & hiccups

i have a great mom that always made homemade cookies for christmas or birthdays. since john has been in daycare (or school as we call it) i have been making cut out cookies for the class parties. i am no expert, but i know i can please four year olds. john is my best helper.… Continue reading cookies

it’s amazing how quickly john has grown over the last year.  every year at school, they have the kids make a picture of what they are thankful for.  his teacher’s captioned his picture last year with “john is thankful for submarines.” thankful 2010 this year, he has made two pictures.   thanksgiving 2011  the… Continue reading thankful

taco night is a big hit at our house.  john LOVES tacos.  he has a little routine on how to make them.  check out john’s taco video. tonight for dinner we had tacos for the first time in awhile.  as i put dinner on the table, i turned to daddy and said, i’m not sure… Continue reading taco night

unfortunately, we have quite a few trees on our street and we always have tons of leaves to rake in the fall.  this year, kyle and john have been very good about raking the leaves frequently.  today kyle started raking and set up a big pile of leaves for john to play in.  even gillian… Continue reading leaves

tonight john had a snack of holiday oreos and milk. first, he kept calling the oreos, churros. i guess he gets the churro from costco too often. he was eating them and being quiet and i was a little distracted with gillian and her snack. i finally looked over and his face was covered in… Continue reading energy

john’s class had a field trip today. they went to atlantic farms in manasquan to feed the animals. when we picked him up from school today, we asked him what happened on the trip. he said “we fed the animals.” we asked him what he fed the animals and he said “carrots.” daddy and i… Continue reading the field trip

john and gillian were being very silly tonight.  they were playing on john’s chair.  gillian was sitting still, and john was jumping on it.  and the chair would rock back, and gilly would laugh.  john kept saying, “its a see-saw.”  i know i should discourage behavior like this, but i love it when they play… Continue reading see-saw

john is a pretty heavy sleeper. he comes by that honestly. i also can sleep through a lot. i also can hold conversations in my sleep and have no memory of it. monday night around midnight, john came in our room and said “mommy, you didn’t snuggle me. you also didn’t give me medicine.” he… Continue reading sleepwalker