Our Elf on the Shelf 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… Continue reading Look who’s back
Last night, I picked up Gillian from school. In the car, she told me about her day. We were stopped at a traffic light and the people turning left were given a green arrow. Gillian said “Red means stop!” And from behind me, I could hear the crash of metal on metal. It sounded like… Continue reading Red Light
On our first day in the Magic Kingdom, we ended up in Fantasyland. We came across an attraction Enchanted Tales with Belle. We had no idea what kind of experience we were in for. We only knew that the line was short and it had something to do with Belle. After waiting forever (well it… Continue reading Enchanted Tales with Belle
On our first day at Disney World, we went to the Magic Kingdom. Since we were staying at a Disney Resort, we were able to enjoy magic hours and get into the park at 7 am. It was an early day, but it was totally worth it. We arrived and waiting for the train to… Continue reading Opening the Magic Kingdom
We planned to do our annual Christmas tree shopping this afternoon. We met at Conover Tree farm in Wall and started our search for the perfect tree. Did I mention that it was snowing today? Well it was snowing. Not enough to cancel our trip, but enough to make it a little chilly for the… Continue reading Tree shopping
I picked Gillian up from school today. She was playing babies with Nicholas and Clarissa. When she saw me she jumped up and hugged me. Then she said “I got candy!” She was so excited! I asked her why, and she said “Nicholas came. And him left us candy. We put out our shoes (and… Continue reading St. Nick
Daddy picked up the kids from school tonight. When Gillian and Daddy picked up John, Gillian went running into the gym to find him. She hugged him and they bumped heads. When she retold the story to me later she said “We bump heads. I cry. But I no go to timeout!” I got Gillian… Continue reading Typical night
We had to get up super early last Wednesday morning to get to the airport on time. We left our house at 3 am so that we could meet at Uncle T and Aunt Missy’s house. We thought the kids would sleep in the car. We were wrong. They were wide awake by the time… Continue reading The airport
Today was our first day back in our routine. Eve though we put the kids to bed early last night, it was hard to wake up the kids this morning. I woke up John first, he said “But I don’t wanna get up!” I gave him a few extra minutes to stay under the covers… Continue reading Back to the routine
Tomorrow we are going to Disney World. But tonight, Daddy picked up the kids and said “Ok. We are going home and we will eat dinner and then take a bath and then go to bed and then get up and get dressed for school.” John responded and said “I think we are getting started… Continue reading Wrong foot
John and Gill went up a hill 