john is in the helper phase. all I need to do is say, helper and he comes running. he helps me with everything. this morning he helped me wake up gillian. he is sweet and he tiptoed into her room. he was a little disappointed to find her awake. “mommy, she’s awake already.” in order… Continue reading my little helper

we are very lucky, kyle’s parents’ belong to spring lake golf club.  so we get to go to the kids holiday parties.  today was the halloween party.  it has been a couple years since we last went.  john was two the last time we went and he was a little scared of the other kid’s… Continue reading halloween party

tonight during snuggle time with john he had lots of random facts for me. it started with, mommy did you know: – your ear drum is inside your ear– that foxes live in antarctica. but not anymore now they live in caves.– that some dinosaurs eat bad dinosaurs and some eat plants– sometimes when it… Continue reading did you know

i picked up the kids from school today. in the car on the way home, john told me how pumpkins grow. this is what he said: first you take an orange seed. then you dig a hole. and cover up the seed. then you water it. and then you wait. then the plant grows. and… Continue reading how pumpkins grow

john and gillian’s bedtime is eight o’clock. the kids are really good about going to bed. gillian only needs her “grandma blanket” (a blanket my mom crocheted) and her dog that plays sleepy time music. john has become a little more demanding. he needs his “johnny blanket” (a blanket that is monogrammed) and as many… Continue reading sleepy time

i have an iphone.  john is really good with it.  he knows how to play a few games, open his apps, and take pictures.  one of his favorite things is to take pictures.  he always asks and i love reviewing his pictures when he is done.  his perspective is so different, you never know there… Continue reading the photographer

i picked up the kids from school today.  in the car, john and i talked a little about school.  then he turns to me and says, “mommy, what says, ‘hee haw’, has one tail and four legs.”  i say, i know, a donkey.  he giggles.  then he says, “mommy, what has two tails, eight legs… Continue reading hee haw

today we met up with aunt missy and uncle t at atlantic farms in manasquan to going pumpkin picking. on our way to the farm, john kept saying that we needed to find a huge pumpkin for uncle t and aunt missy. we brought the wagon so we could haul our pumpkins. john pulled gilly… Continue reading pumpkin pickin

today, we headed out to arcadia university for fall fest.  it isn’t hard to get john excited about going to visit my alma mater.  all we need to say is that we are going to visit the castle.  i had other intentions.  i was going to meet up beth.  it’s been a long time since we have… Continue reading fall fest

kyle loves this time of year, mainly because he can get pumpkin flavored anything.  our local ice cream shop makes pumpkin ice cream during the fall.  as you can imagine, we do go there quite often so that kyle can get his pumpkin fix.  john normally likes mint chocolate chip ice cream.  about two weeks ago, we stopped at ryan’s where john… Continue reading pumpkin ice cream