This winter has been pretty mild. We saw a little bit of snow in October but that has been it. Last night it snowed. I didn’t tell John about the possibility of snow. I didn’t want to disappoint him. He woke up this morning and came running to find me. “Mommy! Mommy! It snowed!!!” He… Continue reading snow day
I love to sing. I don’t always know the words. I like to think that I know all the words, but in reality I just make up my own. I have had the song “Tonight Tonight” by Hot Chelle Rae stuck in my head all day. I heard it in the car on my way to lunch and… Continue reading wrong lyrics
The kids’ new school is in the annex of the The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County. I do not know much about the church, but I do know that they welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families. Their first principle is “Respecting the inherent worth and dignity of every person.” They… Continue reading the flag
i love how different my kids are. they are similar in many ways, but they are so different. gilly will come running towards you at pick up and want to snuggle and squeeze you. john will tell you “mommy, i’m not ready to go. can i stay longer?” both kids are dramatic. gilly cries when… Continue reading different strokes
i had a tupperware party on saturday. in order to save myself some time, i bought a box of italian cookies. we had some leftover cookies and after dinner last night i offered them to john. he looked at the box with this crazy stare. “mommy, what are those?” i explained to him that they… Continue reading cookie snob
yesterday, i hosted a tupperware party. daddy decided he was going to take john out after dinner so that mommy could hang out with the ladies. early in the morning daddy told john that if he was good they could do something special. i suggested to john that maybe they could go to the movies. john… Continue reading chuck-e-cheese & stealing
i think that gillian needs to work on her mothering skills. she quite frequently puts her babies in the microwave of her little kitchen. //www.youtube.com/get_player yesterday i was super excited to find on of her babies in the sink. i assumed that she was giving baby a bath. i was curious, so took a look around… Continue reading babies
i got to pick up the kids from school today. there is nothing better than picking the kids up and having one come running towards you with open arms. you get the biggest, longest hugs when you pick up the kids. as i was hugging gillian and walking down the hallway at school i said… Continue reading changing weather
tonight was a girls night out. gillian and i went to david’s bridal to try on bridesmaid and flower girl dresses for aunt missy and uncle t’s wedding. we met the girls at david’s and started with dresses for mommy. gillian was a good girl. she patiently waited on a chair. she loved watching the… Continue reading dress shopping
last night we put the kids to bed. after about 20 minutes of being in his bed, john comes running into our room with a lightening mcqueen pillow. “did you know that my pillow lights up?” daddy and i looked at each other. i am pretty sure that the pillow is just a pillow, but… Continue reading static electricity
John and Gill went up a hill 