i work close to home now and i am now able to go home for lunch. today i went home and put chicken a la king in the crock pot. i picked up the kids and got home to dinner ready. as soon as we told john about dinner, he immediately started complaining saying that… Continue reading a la king and school pictures

gillian is learning her body parts. she can point out her ear and tap her head if you ask her. tonight, we asked her where her belly was and she pointed right to her chubby belly. john thought that was the greatest thing, so he kept asking her to point out random thing. “gilly, where’s… Continue reading bellies and empty boxes

tuesday nights, kyle works late.  so i pick up the kids and get dinner and do baths.  while we were eating dinner tonight, i look over at john and his face is almost gray.  i can’t remember him ever getting this dirty at school.  they do have a fenced in playground that has recycled tire… Continue reading dirty face

today, we met up with grandpa, grandma, aunt betty and justin at the turtle back zoo.  john and gillian have never been to the zoo.  it was a gorgeous day to walk around the zoo.  john and justin were the map readers and led the way for us through the zoo.  our first stop was… Continue reading turtle back zoo

today was a beautiful day and i was able to get the kids outside for a few hours. we pulled all of john’s bikes, the wagon and sidewalk chalk. at first john took gillian for a few rides in the wagon. then i had to draw a hopscotch. the whole time i was making it… Continue reading outside play

this is the last weekend for the rides at jenkinsons in point pleasant.  we had planned on going there on sunday, because john had a birthday party this morning.  well, after having kyle drive to the party and sit in the parking lot did we realize that the party was on sunday, not saturday.  oops. … Continue reading a day at the boardwalk

on fridays, we go out to dinner.  normally nothing special, but just a chance to get out of the house.  tonight we went to johnny rockets.  our john loves going there.  tonight he was concentrating on his kids menu and coloring in the hamburger.  he colored the cheese in yellow, and decided the bun should… Continue reading coloring inside the lines

on our way home from school yesterday john pointed at something in the sky. since i was driving i couldn’t see what he was pointing at. he isn’t very good at describing things, so we moved onto other things. on our way home today, he said “mommy the white thing is back”. i was able… Continue reading rockets & freeze dance

i’m not sure when it started, but we occasionally make deals with john.  the deal can be something simple, if you finish your dinner you get to watch a “johnny show.”  the deal is not complete without both parties agreeing and shaking hands.  the best deal i made with john was i would make him… Continue reading tonight’s deal