duncan is my first born, fury baby.  kyle and i bought him for our first anniversary while we were living in hawaii.  he is now seven and a very important part of our family.  he was there to welcome john and gilly to our little family.  he wasn’t so sure of those little bundles of… Continue reading duncan

the other night we ordered chinese food for the first time in years. knowing that john would be a little skeptical, i made sure that i ordered a variety of food. i got sweet and sour chicken, chicken & broccoli, shrimp chow mein, chicken lo mein and egg rolls. right away john didn’t want to… Continue reading chinese food

today was my nephew justin’s 9th birthday.  he had a party at the local ice skating rink, that also has laser tag.  johnny loves justin.  he is like a big brother to john.  needless to say, john was very excited about justin’s party.  kyle and i decided to run some errands before the party, so… Continue reading laser tag

most days john gets a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch. monday, daddy picked him up from school. his teacher told daddy that he didn’t finish his sandwich. she said that john told her that his tummy hurt and that’s why he didn’t finish. for lunch on tuesday, I packed him some mac and… Continue reading the sandwich

i love being a mom.  it is the most challenging and most rewarding job i have ever have.  but one of the most annoying things is that you lose any sense of personal time.  as a parent of a small child, you can sympathize with going to the bathroom and having either company in the bathroom or someone waiting outside… Continue reading mom, mommy, mama, ma

i’m not sure if daylight savings time is affecting john or if he is just in a phase.  but lately, you can ask him to do something and he just stands there.  tonight, daddy picked the kids up from school.  daddy got gillian from her room, and then went into john’s room.  daddy tells john to put his coat on. … Continue reading slow mover

gilly’s favorite thing to play with (besides anything that john is playing with) is her babydolls.  she gives them hugs and kisses.  she feeds them.  feeding her baby she takes them for walks in her little stroller.  taking baby for a walk she also likes to take blankets and wrap them up and put them… Continue reading the little mommy

tonight’s dinner was nothing fancy.  we ordered pizza for the kids and sandwiches for the adults.  after running errands and taking duncan to the vet today, i just didn’t feel like cooking.  johnny isn’t feeling that well today.  he has a slight fever and has been super whiny and cranky.  normally on pizza night, he… Continue reading dinner negotiations

john is four and by now we should have learned that he is a little sponge and will repeat anything we say.  one of his first words was stop.  he heard mommy and daddy use stop when talking to our dog, duncan.  a few years later, his favorite phrase was “damn it.”  once again, he innocently learned this from daddy. … Continue reading the parrot

a couple of years ago, we started a little tradition with my family.  we all meet at my mom’s house with the kids and go trick or treating in manasquan.  i love this little tradition, because my mom gets to see 5 of her grand kids together.  plus trick or treating in manasquan is a… Continue reading trick or treat