This morning John wanted one of his friends out of his room. He got to the top of the stairs and had a hard time opening the gate. I climbed the stairs to help him and he turned to me and said “I should have Mousercised!” I was almost done making dinner and I called… Continue reading From John’s mouth

Daddy isn’t here today for Father’s Day.  But in honor of his special day I have put together a bunch of my favorite pictures of Daddy and the kids.  Daddy & John first picture together Daddy & Gillian first picture together John & Daddy at the ranch (4 months old) John & Daddy at the beach… Continue reading Father’s Day

John really wanted to go to the St. Leo’s fair tonight. Since Daddy is away I was afraid to take the two of them to the fair by myself. I gave John two options instead of going to the fair. One go home and fill the pool and play on the deck or two go… Continue reading The big playground

Daddy left early this morning to celebrate Uncle T’s bachelor party. Before Daddy left he told John that he would be “the man of the house” while Daddy was away. I woke up John this morning and told him that I needed him to help me. He quickly responses “Cause I’m the man of the… Continue reading Man of the House

John and Gillian got these mini pianos in a kids meal awhile ago. This morning John was playing with it. He pressed three keys and says “Mommy these sound like ‘I love you.’” This afternoon on our trip home from school, John says “I know this song.” I thought he was talking about the song… Continue reading Music

Gillian is allowed to bring a stuffed animal or soft baby doll to school to sleep with. A few weeks ago she started bringing her little Abby Cadabby doll. For those of you that don’t know, Abby is a muppet from Sesame Street. Gillian loves her little Abby. One Sunday we left Abby outside and… Continue reading Abby Cadabby

I packed the kids lunch like usual this morning. On our way to school John remembered that it was Brayden’s birthday and that they were going to have pizza today. As soon as he said it was Brayden’s birthday, I told him that he could eat the pizza and to not worry about the lunch… Continue reading Monday lunch

John and Gillian’s grandma (my mom) is retiring after teaching at St. Denis School in Manasquan for the past 24 years. Today the PTA hosted a retirement luncheon to celebrate her retirement. My older sister Trish helped to plan the luncheon as well as worked to put together a scrapbook full of past students memories… Continue reading Uncle Joe

John has cooking class every Saturday morning. I got to go with him today. There are normally 5 or 6 kids and their parents every Saturday. Well today it was John and two other kids, Madison and Noah. They got to do everything. There was no fighting or complaining. The kids got to sit at… Continue reading Slice & Dice