This is Gillian’s second year at Camp Briar Hill. This year she is big enough to go on the zip line. Her group went on it the second week of camp and she was so excited to tell us all about it. She said “I was a little scared at first. But then I loved… Continue reading Zip line

On Tuesday, the kids came home each with a little stuffed animal. They were able to pick one out at the end of camp. John picked a turtle (he has quite the collection of stuffed turtles) and Gillian picked out a walrus. When we got home, John had to get ready for martial arts and… Continue reading The habitat

The kids and I decided to go in the pool after school today. John shouted to me “There’s a squirrel in the pool!” John ran to get the big skimmer, but Gillian was faster. She used her little skimmer and rescued the chipmunk (it wasn’t a squirrel).  Poor little Chippy (that’s what Gillian named him),… Continue reading Animal Rescuer

Gillian has a keychain that looks like Marvel’s Black Widow. When the kids came home tonight, Gillian was holding the keychain in her hand. She said “It’s broken. I’m going to fix it!” She brought it into the kitchen and tried to fix it. She sat there for a little while but didn’t get anywhere.… Continue reading Big brother

At dinner tonight, Gillian started counting in Spanish. She said “Uno, dos, grace.” I said “Gillian, it’s tres.” She said “That’s what I said, grace.” I said “No. It’s uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.” Gillian again counted and said “Uno, dos, grace.” So now I’m thinking she has to be messing with me. John says… Continue reading Tres

Gillian lost her first tooth on Saturday night. Her little tooth has been wiggly for almost a week. Finally Saturday night it fell out. She put her tooth in her little pillow for the tooth fairy.  This morning she brought me my Mother’s Day coffee and then said “Look! The tooth fairy gave me $5!”

John has spent the end of last week and the first two days of this week taking the PARCC test at school. This morning when I went through his backpack and found a little certificate.  Gillian saw the certificate, read it and said “Shouldn’t it say ‘Great job on the test’?”  She’s got a point.  ​​

Tonight, John was in the shower, Gillian was in her room reading and I was folding laundry. I heard a noise and I yelled to Gill “What was that?” She said “It wasn’t me. It was John.” So I pop my head into the bathroom and ask “John, what was that noise?” He said “What… Continue reading The noise

Last summer Gillian and Daddy made her first fairy garden. When we told the kids that we were moving Gillian immediately asked where she could put her fairy garden. It was the first thing she packed too.  We finally had some nice weather and Gillian and I set up her fairy garden at the new… Continue reading Fairy Garden

Yesterday it was raining here and Daddy wore a green baseball cap to work. Gillian found it and decided to try it on. The green really works for her. We told her that and she insisted on wearing it to dinner.  She wore it forwards, backwards and to the side. No matter which way she… Continue reading The hat