We had a little dance party tonight in the basement. The kids really took advantage of the open space. Of course I got videos of all their awesome moves. I love Gillian’s interpretative dance moves at the beginning of this video. I love John at the end of this video. Finally, the kids… Continue reading Dance Party
John’s class is learning about solids, liquids and gases. On Monday each kid in his class was to wrap up a solid, liquid or a gas and then present facts to the class about their object. The other kids then get the opportunity to guess what the object was. John and Daddy filled a balloon… Continue reading Science Project
Yesterday was my birthday, we spent most of the day getting our house back to normal. We had new carpet installed on the second floor and yesterday we moved everyone back into their rooms. When Gillian found out that is was my birthday she asked “Can we make cake?” Gillian loves cake. Daddy promised her… Continue reading Cake
Grandma had an egg hunt at her house on Easter. We had the usual cast of characters: Justin, Sammie, Kyle Thomas, John and Gillian. Grandma sets up the egg hunts so that each kid has a specific color or theme to look for. For example Gillian had to look for purple and animals while John… Continue reading Egg Hunt
On Saturday night, we took the kids to Smashburger for dinner. Normally the kids opt for milk as their dinner beverage. But we decided to treat them with a milkshake. It was well worth it. Gillian kept calling her milkshake a smoothie. She said “I love my smoothie. John, let me try your smoothie.” She… Continue reading Milkshakes
Daddy caught John demonstrating his trick shots with his Nerf Gun on Sunday. I love this little video. He is so confident and creative at the same time.
John and Gillian spent the day at Grandma’s house. They spent most of the day playing outside. Aunt Betty sent me some pictures of Gillian’s chalk pictures. That’s Gillian. Aunt Betty traced Gillian and Gilly added the tutu! Then she added more detail. Gillian laid next to her chalk picture. When I picked up the… Continue reading Chalk pictures
I love making cookies for holidays and just for fun. Yesterday I brought a platter of Easter cookies to Grandma’s house. Gillian ate more cookies than I would like to admit. But she also handed cookies out to Uncle Kevin, Aunt Betty and Grandpa. Gillian and Aunt Betty started a new tradition of clinking cookies… Continue reading Clinking Cookies
Gillian loves to do puzzles. Last week I went to pick her up from school and I found her sitting at a table putting together a puzzle. She asked “Can I finish it?” I have a hard time saying no to that. So I sat down with her and watched as she completed her puzzle.… Continue reading Puzzles
Everyday Gillian comes home with a stack of pictures that she made at school. Today was no different. She folded all the pictures together to make a book and then she “read” John and I the story. She created the story in the car, but after bath time I asked her to tell me one… Continue reading The Story
John and Gill went up a hill 