tonight john, mimi and poppy went to the aquarium. gilly got to spend the night home with daddy and mommy. it’s amazing how much noise one little girl can make. when i got home, i could hear her in the basement talking to daddy and shaking the gate. as soon as she saw me, she… Continue reading loud girl

a few years ago we got a package from gigi. she sent us some yummy cookies from mrs fields. the boxes of cookies had a thick red ribbon tying them together. john was very excited about the cookies but became very attached to the ribbon. it went everywhere with him. he would wrap it around… Continue reading bop-o

visiting santa is always an experience.  i remember taking john to see santa for his first christmas.  he was only 5 months old and he loved santa right away.  i think it helps that my dad has always had a beard. john & santa 2007 his second christmas was a little more eventful.  he would have… Continue reading santa

today was penguin day at the lincroft center for children. they had the penguin from the jenkinson’s aquarium come for a visit. all the kids got to see the penguin. her name was checkers and according to john “she waddled around a little bit.” he also told me that a man brought the penguin. and… Continue reading penguins and toothbrushes

while blow drying my hair this morning, john walks in the bathroom and says “mommy why are you making so much noise?” i said i am doing my hair. “but mommy, why are you doing your hair in the middle of the night?” it was about 6:30 in the morning, and a little dark out.… Continue reading mr. sun

we bought our christmas tree this weekend, with the intentions of decorating it yesterday.  unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to work on the tree yesterday.  so we decorated tonight.  i am a little anal retentive about the lights.  daddy understands and left me with john to put the lights on the tree.  before we… Continue reading decorating the tree

we have an elf on the shelf.  his name is buddy.  for those of you that don’t have children or have never heard of elf on the shelf, let me give you a little background.  an elf on the shelf is one of santa’s helpers.  he or she comes to your house and your child… Continue reading buddy

a few months ago, kyle picked us up breakfast of toasted bagels with butter. the bagels were drenched in butter. gillian ate an entire bagel and smelled like butter. daddy & i kept saying “gilly, you smell like butter!” and she would laugh. to this day if gillian has a stinky diaper john says “oh… Continue reading butter

today was the kids first day at their new school. i was very nervous. john was very excited. before we left the house, he said to me “mommy can you hold my hand when we walk in?” we got to school and john showed me where his cubby was and he found gillian’s cubby too.… Continue reading first day

i thought that having a girl would be easy. she would be dainty and delicate. she would be neat and not like messes. well as of right now, gilly is not dainty, delicate and enjoys messes. she makes the biggest mess when she eats. she ends up with food in her hair, down her shirt,… Continue reading messy eater