This weekend Gillian was sitting at the table and was looking for her baby doll. I asked her what baby says and she replied “wah wah wah!” It took me a minute to realize that she must have learned the song “The Wheels on the Bus.” I sang the song and Gillian immediately started making… Continue reading Wheels on the bus

John has a way with words. He is blunt to the point and very funny. Here are a few of his comments over the past couple of days. Sunday morning around 6:30, I was still in my bed. John comes in the room, climbs into my bed, gets under the covers and snuggles with me… Continue reading My silly funny boy

We took the kids for a bike ride today. Daddy loaded the bikes into the truck and we headed to Thompson Park in Lincroft. I have never been there before, but it was absolutely beautiful. We have a seat for Gillian that fits on ether of our bikes. I took Gillian at first and led… Continue reading Bike ride

The kids bedtime is 8. As we were putting the kids to bed, John said “but it’s still light out!” I do feel bad for him. It sucks going to bed at 8 in the summertime. We tucked him in and about 5 minutes later he came into our room. “I gotta go potty!” We… Continue reading With a wink and a bless you

John races everywhere he goes. He races to the top of the stairs. Every morning he races me to the school door. We used to do races to see who got dressed first, John or Gillian. Unfortunately, he is not a good loser. If someone other than John wins a race, he says “It’s not… Continue reading Races

The kids are loving summertime desserts. Most nights we are barely done with dinner and John is asking about dessert. The past couple of days their dessert has been ice cream cones. Ice cream is always a big hit. Last night was cookies. John asked me “what’s for dessert?” while he was eating the cookies.… Continue reading Dessert

Lately Gillian has been trying to get our attention any way possible. If we are driving somewhere, she will say “Mommy!” If you do not respond right away, you get “Mommy! Hello!” Again, if you do not respond right away, you get “Hello! Mommy! Hello!” And let me be clear when I say “you do… Continue reading Hello

The other morning at breakfast, John turned to Daddy and I and looked really sad. He told us “do you know? Pluto is not a planet anymore. It’s some other word. It’s not a planet.” He was so sad. It was like he and Pluto were long time friends and he lost his friend forever.… Continue reading Pluto

Gillian has learned a lot of the animal sounds. Now when you tell her that we are having chicken for dinner, she says “bock bock!” We say, Gillian eat your chicken. She replies “bock bock!” and then eats her chicken. Today we went to Old Navy. I was looking for a new bathing suit for… Continue reading Chicken and the shopper