Since yesterday was rainy and cold, we spent most of the day inside. The kids spent most of the day in the basement playing with their toys. This morning I told them that they needed to clean the basement before they could watch any television shows. Gillian nodded and started to pick up some toys.… Continue reading Cleaning
Last night was Little Kyle’s birthday party. Aunt Trish made cupcakes with blue and white icing and a cake too. Gillian inspected the cupcakes and decided she wanted a blue one. She licked all the icing off first and then attacked the cake. She ended up with blue icing all over her face, but she… Continue reading Cake, part 2
Last week John’s class was learning the letter P. Yesterday he brought home some of his art projects from last week. He was so excited to show me his pigs. One is made out of paper plates. He made a big point of telling me, “It’s all pink. See I didn’t leave any white!” The… Continue reading Pigs
I picked the kids up from school today. In the car I asked the kids what they wanted for dinner. Gillian said “Yogurt!” John thought about it for awhile, then he said “Fancy grilled cheese!” In our house a fancy grilled cheese is basically a cheese quesadilla. I needed to pick up jelly so we… Continue reading Donuts
Today was raining and yucky all day. John and Gillian didn’t complain at all about being inside all day. I think they were a little exhausted from playing outside all day yesterday. They spent most of the day in the basement playing with their toys. John came upstairs and said “I knew it! You are… Continue reading Lazy Sunday
Today Daddy had a softball game with his work colleagues. The softball field was at a park with a playground and a picnic area. When we arrived at the park this morning, it was raining a little bit. But a little rain did not stop the kids from playing on the playground. Their pants got… Continue reading Softball, babies and bruises
I love that the weather is getting nicer. John and Gillian have been playing outside everyday at school and when they get home they just want to play outside. When I got home tonight the kids were playing outside. I watched them play. John was collecting “helicopter seeds” and Gillian was following him around. He… Continue reading Outside
Gillian is clearly my daughter. She loves cake and chocolate. Here are a few of her cake stories. A month ago, we were at Daddy’s cousin’s baptism. While sitting at the table and talking Gillian pointed and screamed “Cake!” Yes, the cake was being served, but she didn’t need to announce it to the entire… Continue reading Cake
John brought home his Mother’s Day gift on Thursday last week. He “hid” it on the windowsill in his room behind the “window sheets” (aka curtains). When I was tucking him in on Thursday night, he told me “I can’t wait to give you your gift tomorrow.” I explained to him that Mother’s Day was… Continue reading Mother’s Day weekend
My kids are like all kids. They love automatic doors. John and Gillian think that they make the door open by sticking out their hand. They do this every time we go through an automatic door. And it is a competition to see who can “open” the door first. Yesterday morning, it was raining on… Continue reading The wipers on the car go…
John and Gill went up a hill 