Daddy and I decided that John is old enough to stay up until midnight for New Year’s Eve. John is very excited about staying up. Every half hour he comes running to Daddy and I saying “Is it time yet?” About a half hour ago, he came running upstairs. “Is it time yet?” I played dumb and asked “For what?” He… Continue reading New Year’s Eve
John has the best comments and insite. Here are a few of my favorite comments from the past couple of weeks: Daddy asked John “Who do you want to help with your shower? Mommy or Daddy?” John replied “I’ll settle with you Dad.” We have been trying to teach John to say excuse me when… Continue reading Oh John!
Last week, Gillian and I watched Tangled for the first time. We loved it. She unfortunately has a hard time remembering Rapunzel’s name. So she constantly asks me “Who’s the girl in the purple dress?” Tonight, I was tucking her into bed, and she asked me to snuggle with her for a few minutes. As… Continue reading The girl in the purple dress
Christmas seemed to go by very quickly this year. It would take too long to write about all of our adventures, but here are a few of my favorite memories: On Christmas eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. Gillian was the last one opening presents. Because every present she opened she would say… Continue reading Christmas
Our Elf on the Shelf, Buddy, returned the day after Thanksgiving. When we were in Disney World, I asked Aunt Betty to check our mail for us. She went to the house the Friday after Thanksgiving and found Buddy sitting on the couch eating M&Ms and Oreos and drinking soda. She took a picture and sent it… Continue reading Buddy’s Adventures in 2013
This morning, John woke up and came into our bed. It was really early and we snuggled. After a few minutes of snuggling, he said “Mom, I saw something in the hallway.” I asked him what it was. He said “It looked like a hand, but it was dark. I couldn’t really see it.” We… Continue reading Buddy’s Clues
John brought home a scholastic book order form a few weeks ago. We let him pick out a few books. As I was writing the check, he noticed that there was a My Little Pony book in the flyer. He asked me “Can I get this for Gill?” I said “Of course, and we can… Continue reading The book
Daddy and I decided that the kids needed to go see Santa this year. We were having a hard time finding the perfect day to go. Finally yesterday, I went online and paid in advance to Fast Pass the Santa line for Tuesday night. I didn’t look at the weather and was a little worried that… Continue reading Santa 2013
I was talking to Gillian tonight. I asked her if she knew who was coming to school tomorrow. She said “You?” I wish I was going to visit her school tomorrow, but I told her no. And then I told her that the penguins were coming to visit. Every year, TLC has the penguins from… Continue reading Penguins
Friday morning, John came into the bathroom while Daddy and I were getting ready for work. He obviously just woke up and was covering his eyes because the light was so bright. He didn’t even say good morning. He simply said “Where’s my harmonica?” Yup, first thing in the morning he was worried about his… Continue reading Harmonica
John and Gill went up a hill 