At dinner tonight, John turns to us and says “You know today it was parkly cloudy.” You know Daddy and I had him repeat himself. When he repeated “It was parkly cloudy. Do you know what parkly cloudy means? That means there are some clouds but some sun.” While John was teaching Daddy an I… Continue reading Clouds and karate
The kids were up a little late (8:15) and I suggested that we go outside to catch lightning bugs. John is a little afraid of bugs so I was surprised when he ran outside to catch lightning bugs. Daddy showed him how to catch the bugs and John went running into the yard. I was… Continue reading Lightning Bugs
The past two mornings John has woken up early and come into our room. This morning it was 5:30 and he walked in saying “My back hurts.” We just let him climb into the bed and snuggle with us. Which basically means that he is kicking and rolling around while Daddy and I are disturbed.… Continue reading Early alarm
We had an interesting dinner. I made hamburgers, hot dogs, mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables. John decided he wanted a hot dog. I gave him a piece of carrot and broccoli along with a scoop of potatoes. He ate half the hot dog and about half the potatoes. He then asked to be excused. I… Continue reading Dinner standoff
John needs to ask to be excused when he wants to get up from the dinner table. A few weeks ago after dinner, Gillian says “Cuse!” I didn’t know what she was saying and I had her repeat it. She was trying to say excuse me. It’s so cute. She even asks to be excused… Continue reading From Gillian’s mouth
John was on his way to his swimming lesson and I was trying to put Gillian down for a nap. Gillian didn’t want to take a nap and John let her take Travis the turtle. I asked him if he was sure. He said “She can have him as long as she wants.” I am… Continue reading Sharing
When John is cranky at school one of his teachers calls him a Grumpster Dumpster. Today John was a Grumpster Dumpster. He was practically in tears when I told him he couldn’t have milk with dinner. I told him that he could have soda instead of milk. Any other kid would be ecstatic to hear… Continue reading Grumpster Dumpster
My kids are much like any other kids. They find a song or two that they love and they only want to hear that song. I think everyone can guess what is John’s favorite song. If you guessed “The Moves Like Jagger,” then clearly you read my blog. Anyway, another one of John’s favorites is the… Continue reading Singing Songs
“Gillian’s room is awesomer than my room!” John complained to me one day. I was really shocked to hear him say that. Gillian is in the nursery. We have only made one change to her room since John was in there. John’s room, on the other hand, was decorated for him. It has a six… Continue reading Awesomer room
John woke up this morning and came running into our room. “It’s my birthday! I can open my present now!” We saw Mimi yesterday and she gave John his birthday present to open on his birthday. As you can tell he was very excited about opening his present. Daddy and I decided to have a… Continue reading The Birthday Boy
John and Gill went up a hill 