After dinner tonight, the kids started to play downstairs. John didn’t want play, he wanted to snuggle Mommy. Once Gillian saw where John was sitting she had to climb up and join the party. They sit nicely together for about 2 minutes until one gets into the other’s personal space and then all you hear… Continue reading little sister
A few weeks ago, John asked me if he could have a “warm-up” for lunch. He then proceeded to lecture me on how he gets a sandwich every day and it would be okay if he got a warm-up one day. We have found out that at the kids new school, they put all the… Continue reading Lunchbox Snob
Today was a typical Monday. I found John snuggling under his Cars blanket this morning. I gave him a few kisses to wake him up. He immediately wanted to know if it was a “school day.” He was a little reluctant to get dressed. Actually he didn’t want to get dressed. Daddy gently reminded him… Continue reading Manic Monday
Before Christmas, one of the ladies from work gave me a few toys for the kids and two Melissa & Doug Chore Charts. I honestly thought when she gave them to me that it was a little soon to give John a list of chores to do on a daily basis, but both Daddy and… Continue reading The Chore Chart
Every five weeks, I meet my mom and sister for our haircut appointment. It is nice to meet up with them for only a hour or so just to catch up. Gillian’s hair has gotten very long and needed to be trimmed. Today Gillian had her first haircut. Daddy had to work today, so I… Continue reading Haircut
Gillian has been talking a lot lately. Last night, she asked for bread at the dinner table. We were reading a book and she pointed to a snake and said “snake. Hisssss.” This morning while Daddy and I were trying to get the kids out the door and in the car. The kids had their… Continue reading Little Miss Talks A Lot
Any parent of a small child can tell you that dinner is always an adventure. We are very lucky, both kids do eat most things we give them. There are always somethings that we will fight over. Our biggest issue lately is that John would rather drink then eat. Tonight all he wanted to do… Continue reading Negotiations
We watched the movie “Rio” a couple of times this weekend with the kids. John loves the movie. Anytime he watches a movie he likes to repeat lines from it for a couple of days. Tonight after dinner he was running around saying “sumbamasa.” He said it probably ten times before I decided to ask… Continue reading Samba Master
There is a new indoor amusement park that opened up in Freehold called iPlay America. We took John and Gillian there on Sunday. We met up with Poppie, Mimi, Uncle T and Aunt Missy. We told John that we were going to do something fun. When we arrived he was a little nervous and jumped into… Continue reading iPlay America
John brings home a lot of projects and worksheets. I don’t always get to review them on a daily basis. As I cleaned out his book bag today, I found the picture to the left of George Washington. I asked John if he knew who he was. John replied, “George Washington.” I asked him if… Continue reading Presidents
John and Gill went up a hill 