We were invited the go to an event at Breakwater Beach Water Park in Seaside Heights on Monday for a local radio station. But there was a little thunderstorm on Monday and it got moved to Wednesday. We told John on Monday morning that we would have a surprise for him after school. He was… Continue reading Water park
This morning I asked Gillian which one of her friends she liked to play with most. She immediately said “Dorlisa!” The. She paused and said “Johnny!” When I dropped off the kids at school this morning the whole school was outside on the playground. We went on the playground together and John immediately went running… Continue reading Friends
Saturday morning while the boys were doing yard work, I painted Gillian’s toenails and fingernails. She wanted blue toes and pink fingers. She was super patient and stayed very still while I painted. When I was done, she ran outside to show Daddy and John. I put all of her nail polish in a basket… Continue reading Nail polish
We drive past St. Leo’s church everyday on our way to school. Every year they have a fair in June. The kids have watched the rides slowly assemble and every morning as we drive past, I hear “Can we go tonight?” This week has been a little busy for us, so last night was the… Continue reading St. Leo’s Fair
Gillian loves the “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” show. She always wants to watch it. When it is her turn to pick a show, she screams “Ponies!” There are six ponies: Twilight Sparkle: a magical purple unicorn Applejack: an orange country pony Pinkie Pie: a pink pony with lots of energy Shutterfly: a very… Continue reading Ponies
Gillian is very difficult to get out of bed in the morning. On the weekends we just let her sleep until she is ready to get up. However on the weekdays, either Daddy or I get the pleasure of waking her up. Some mornings she rolls over and tells me “Two more minutes.” Other days,… Continue reading Wake Up
We took the kids to Aunt Missy’s parents house today to go swimming. It was our first time in a big pool this summer. John was super excited to go in the water. But once he was in, he got a little nervous. He forgot that he could touch the bottom on the low end… Continue reading Kick!
Today was John’s Kindergarten Graduation. I can’t believe that my little boy has graduated Kindergarten. It seems like it was just yesterday when we were bringing him home from the hospital. Our day started early. John woke up and found me in the bathroom. He told me “I need to get handsome.” And he proceeded to comb his hair… Continue reading Kindergarten Graduation
Daddy picked up the kids from school yesterday. He found them outside playing on the playground. Gillian came running up to him and said “I have sticks in my pocket!” Then she proceeded to pull a few sticks out of her pocket. She said “I throw them away.” And she put them in the garbage… Continue reading The hoarder
I asked John if he had graduation practice today. He said “Yes. And we had an audience today!” I said, really? Who watched you practice today! He said “Gill!” I was a little surprised and asked if it was just Gillian or if her whole class got to watch (I was a little afraid that… Continue reading Audience
John and Gill went up a hill 