Gillian found a pair of bunny ears. She has been wearing them quite often. I went to tuck her in one night and found them on her head. For St. Patty’s Day I made sure the kids wore green shirts and Gillian added to the outfit by putting on her bunny ears. The other morning… Continue reading Bunny Ears
This weekend, I was working on decorating Easter cookies. Gillian really wanted to help so yesterday morning I told her we could make chocolate chip cookies together. She was so excited and said “Your World Famous cookies?!?” I said “Yes!” After I ran all my errands I called her upstairs to help. Gillian did everything.… Continue reading Famous cookies
Two weeks ago after Religion Class, Gillian said to me “Mom, we are having a spring party next time. Can we make those chick cupcakes?” I am constantly surprised by Gillian’s memory. My mom bought me a decorating set where you can make cupcakes look like baby chicks. She bought it last year. I had… Continue reading Cupcakes
The last Sunday of February, Daddy and I had to spend some time at the dealership counting inventory. Since the dealership was closed we brought the kids along to hang out while we counted. The kids were so good. On our way home that night I promised to buy them something as a reward for… Continue reading Legos
This past week was Read Across America. John’s school celebrates every year with a program called Reading on the River. The kids from each grade are assigned a theme and they get to dress up like fictional characters to go with the theme. This year the 3rd grade got the theme Dr. Seuss. John was… Continue reading Reading on the River
I have a No TV during the week rule. We don’t get a lot of time with the kids after school and we have found that we barely have enough time for homework, dinner and baths without the distraction of TV. Tonight we had about twenty minutes before bedtime. We were going to send the… Continue reading Rule breaker
Daddy loves wool socks and on occasion I borrow them. On Saturday night, I went to check on the kids after they were in bed awhile. Gillian was sound asleep. John was not. Before I could lecture him, he said “I know. I should be asleep. But my feet are so cold.” So I bent… Continue reading Wool socks
Today I read to Gillian’s class. Since I was leaving work early, I wrote notes for both kids to take the bus home instead of going to Time Plus. I can see Newman Springs Road from my front window. So I sat in the window while waiting for John’s bus. I saw the traffic start… Continue reading The Bus
In the the car tonight, Gillian asked “Can I have my own computer?” I laughed and said “What are you going to do on the computer?” She said “Reading Eggs. I do Reading Eggs in technology. I want a computer to do it at home.” I said “You can use my laptop. Just like Johnny… Continue reading The computer
When Daddy picked up John from Time Plus today, he found him reading Calvin & Hobbes in the school library. In the car, Daddy told him “You know Granddad gave me those books when I was younger. I have them at home.” John was super excited to hear this and as soon as they got… Continue reading Calvin & Hobbes
John and Gill went up a hill 