Gillian and I picked John up from school today. In the car he said “Guess what? One of my tooths is loose!” I said “No way!” He was so excited and told me “The first time I noticed it was at lunch. My tooth hurt and I asked someone to look at it. And they… Continue reading The tooth
John gets a spelling list every week. He is given a list of activities to complete with the spelling words. And you only have to complete 3 activies. A few weeks ago, John told me that he wanted to write sentences with his spelling words. I told him I would write them down after he… Continue reading Sentences
We signed John up to play basketball with the Tinton Falls Recreation. It was supposed to start the first Saturday in January, but it got cancelled due to the snow. Luckily this Saturday the weather was perfect and John got to have his first day of basketball. It is an instructional program four first graders, and the… Continue reading basketball
John has a friend named Maddy. Maddy is in the first grade at his school but not in his class. They met at Time+. Yesterday I picked up the kids from school and John told me “Don’t be mad, but Maddy and I wrote F’s on our hands. Because we are friends!” In the bathtub… Continue reading Friends
I found Gillian at school tonight sitting at a table coloring. She looked up at me and said “I coloring a picture!” I said “That’s great but we have to go get John.” She said “Ok. I gotta finish it.” She colored a little more and then handed me a crayon and said “Write my… Continue reading The picture
On Sunday, John and Gillian came upstairs to get some juice boxes. Gillian asked John “Can you bring mine downstairs?” John said “No.” Gillian said “I can’t carry it! It’s too heavy.” John said “Fine, if I carry it, I get to drink it!” Gillian screamed “No! It’s mine!” John said “Well then you gotta… Continue reading The juice box
I ran out this afternoon to do a few errands and I was surprised to see the kids and Daddy in the front yard. As I pulled in the driveway, I rolled the window down and asked “What are you guys doing?” Gillian smiled and said “We’s making a snowman!” We attempted to make a… Continue reading the snowman
Friday was a snow day for the entire family. I woke up early and John was the first one to join me. He was super excited about no school. Gillian, on the other hand, didn’t wake up until 9:30. The kids were good all day. They didn’t fight and they didn’t really ask to watch… Continue reading snow day
This morning it was hard to wake the kids up. I knew it would be rough and I sent them to bed at 7:30 the night before. But it didn’t help. I went in to wake up John. He just grunted at me and said “Why do I have to go back to school?” Gillian,… Continue reading back to school
John got a magic kit for Christmas. He opened it today and learned a few tricks to show me. The first one was a magic box. I had to pick a color on a cube then put it in the box. He then put the box behind his back and then “guessed” the color I… Continue reading The magician
John and Gill went up a hill 