As you all know, John loves to talk. He loves to tell stories and lecture us on all the things he knows. He has been starting every conversation lately with “Can I tell you something?” It’s cute the first time, but it gets old. “Can I tell you something? I remember when I was in… Continue reading Can I tell you something?
In modern Western culture, an eskimo kiss is the act of pressing the tip of one’s nose against another’s. It is loosely based on a traditional Inuit greeting called a kunik. ~ Wikipedia In our house we don’t call them Eskimo kisses. The other night when I tucked John into bed, he said to me… Continue reading Eskimo kisses
It was a raining cold day today. I wanted to keep the kids entertained so I broke out the finger-paints. I thought it was something different and the kids would enjoy it. Gillian was so excited as I got the paints ready. She didn’t hesitate and put her hands right into the paint. John, on… Continue reading Finger-painting
This morning Justin came to visit. The kids all shared some munchkins for breakfast. Justin was a good big cousin and made sure that he didn’t eat any of the chocolate ones because he knew Gillian liked them the best. The boys played all morning with John’s superhero toys. At one point Justin came upstairs… Continue reading Shake the Baby
This morning Daddy shaved his goatee off. It wasn’t planned, Daddy trimmed a little too much and had to shave the whole thing. While Daddy was shaving, I got Gillian ready. When she was fully dressed, she started calling “Daddy! Daddy!” Daddy came to her and she stopped in her tracks and just stared at… Continue reading Not Daddy
This week John’s class started the letter G. I asked him to explain to me how to make the letter G. He said “First you make a letter C and then you come up a little bit and you make a line across. But you make a little line. You don’t go all the way… Continue reading Letters
This morning I asked John to get me his lunch bag. He brought his book bag into the kitchen and started pulling stuff out of it. He got distracted and started looking at his paperwork. I asked him again for his lunch bag and he says “I can’t find it!” We finally figured out that… Continue reading The lunch bag
One year ago today I posted my first blog entry. I have to say that I am very happy that I stuck with it, and continue to post. Over the past year, I have posted 286 times and the kids have been on many adventures. Here are some of my favorite adventures: The Turtle Back… Continue reading 1 year anniversary
John took all the pillows from the couches and laid them all over the basement floor. He was jumping from pillow to pillow. Then he tells us “I can only touch the ground when I say ‘lava proof.’” Then we watch him stand on one pillow and adjust the one next to it. As he… Continue reading Lava Proof
Today we met Mimi at Freehold Raceway for Open Space Pace. Bascially it is a festival for horses in Freehold. They had a parade, races, vendors, music and a petting zoo. We didn’t get to see the parade of horses through downtown, but we arrived at the raceway in time to walk thru the vendors… Continue reading Petting Zoo and Craft Fair
John and Gill went up a hill 