Gillian loves her baby dolls. We have babies everywhere. I have two in my car so she can hold them on the way to school. The other morning she was climbing into my car and holding baby. I told her that I would hold the baby for her. She took baby from me once she… Continue reading Gillian’s Baby
Tonight was Back to School night for the kids. Daddy and I were really lucky. John’s teacher started at 6 so we were able to go to both Gillian and John’s programs. We walked into John’s class and found John’s “paper me.” A “paper me” is basically a paper version of John. They have been… Continue reading Back to School Night
TLC has a couple of programs available for the kids that are interested. They have a dance program for early ballet, a soccer program and amazing athletes. In Amazing Athletes the kids learn about different sports and do activities to practice their new skills. We signed John up for Amazing Athletes and today was his… Continue reading Amazing Athletes
Early this morning while Daddy & I were getting ready for work, John was snuggling Duncan in our bed. “I’m snuggling my brother!” John told us. Daddy asked him of he knew the names of Daddy’s brothers. John said “Uncle T” and then he paused. He has only heard us talk about Uncle Bryan and… Continue reading My brother
Occasionally I add a little salt and pepper to my dinner. Anytime Gillian sees me add something to my plate, she points at hers as if to say “me too.” I always trick her and cover the holes on the shaker or I don’t don’t open the shaker. The first time I did this John… Continue reading Spices
Around two o’clock today, I told John that I needed my secret agent spy to go check on Gillian. He said “Her is sleeping.” I told him, if she is sleeping leave her alone, but if she is awake then walk her downstairs. He runs upstairs and then comes back. “Her is awake, but she… Continue reading Secret Agent Spy (take two)
We took the kids and our bikes down to Manasquan Beach today. John did awesome. He pedaled down to Seawatch Beach and then down to Main Street and back. We did stop at Gee-Gee’s so John could play a few games. He needed the break then because we were pedaling into the wind. After we… Continue reading Beach bike ride
I gave John some clothes to get himself dressed this morning. While he was getting dressed I went into Gillian’s room to wake her up. She saw me as soon as I walked in. She jumped out of bed and came running over to me. She gave me a big hug and said “Johnny?” I… Continue reading Good Morning
I picked up the kids from school today and in John’s cubby was his letter C book. They get a new workbook for each letter in the alphabet. I said to John I guess you are all done with C now. He said “Yup! My book is in my cubby! Guess what letter we are… Continue reading New letter
Everyone knows that a kiss from Mommy makes everything better. Today in the car on our way home from school, Gillian had a boo-boo on her finger. She was holding out her finger and said “Owww! Mommy kiss.” I explained to her that I couldn’t kiss her finger while driving the car. So I kissed… Continue reading Mommy kisses
John and Gill went up a hill 