We had a barbecue at Mimi and Poppy’s house today. When we arrived there was a big water slide in their backyard. Tied to the slide was three balloons. John was so excited! He saw this slide in the newspaper and desperately wanted it. We said our hellos and went inside to change into our… Continue reading The water slide
John and Daddy had their first swimming lesson today. Daddy got John dressed and John came running downstairs to find me. “Look! I look good. I’m wearing a water shirt!” Daddy and John ran off to the swimming lesson and Gillian and I agreed to meet them after their lesson. Gillian and I arrived at… Continue reading First Swimming Lesson
Every night on our way home from school, I ask John how many timeouts he had during the day. Lately he has been on a good streak of no timeouts. But Gillian always wants to be involved in our conversations. So one night I asked Gillian if she had any timeouts. She said “No!” But… Continue reading Timeouts
Daddy worked late tonight, so I picked up the kids. I put the kids in the car and rolled the windows down. This prompted Gillian and John to yell “Goodbye Frank!” (Frank is a student that helps at TLC during the summertime) We decided to make tacos for dinner so we made a quick stop… Continue reading Volume Control
Tonight at dinner, Gillian did not want anymore of her apples. John asked “Can I have them?” I gave John the apples and immediately Gillian started to whine. John says “She’s a wanter!” I thought he was trying to say whiner, so I said what? And he repeated “She’s a wanter! See she wants the… Continue reading Wanter and Aliens
This morning John came running into our room saying “It’s a school day and I’m student of the week! Where’s Daddy? Cause I gotta go to school!” He didn’t argue as I got him dressed but he didn’t hesitate to yell at Daddy and I when we weren’t moving fast enough. “I gotta go to… Continue reading Monday: Student of the Week
We took the side off of Gillian’s crib today and transformed it into a toddler bed. She is very excited about her big girl bed. She didn’t want to get out of it once we took the side off. We put her down for a nap this afternoon. I was worried that she would get… Continue reading Big Girl Bed
John’s class has a student of the week program. John has been dying to be student of the week. A month ago he came home from school and was so sad. I asked him why. He said “We are doing Z this week. And I wasn’t student of the week yet! I’m never going to… Continue reading Student of the Week
Today was John’s Pre-K Graduation. I can’t believe my little boy graduated from Pre-K. It seems the past 5 years have flown by so quickly. Daddy, Aunt Betty, Mimi, Poppy and I all arrived at TLC and quickly found a seat in the Earth Room. We watched as the graduates walked into the room. John walked in… Continue reading Pre-K Graduation
We got home from work today and saw Uncle T at Mr. Matt’s house. Uncle T and Mr. Matt were cutting and trimming trees. John had to check out the situation. From the deck he yelled “Mr. Matt! What are you doing? I need to get some energy. And then I’m coming to help!” He… Continue reading Workin Boots
John and Gill went up a hill 