Last night when it was time for Gillian to read, I asked her who she wanted to read to. I offered, “Mommy, Daddy, Aunt Betty, Grandma, Mimi, and Aunt Missy.” She shook her head at every suggestion. She said “I only want to read to John.” We called John upstairs and at first he didn’t… Continue reading Reading
We moved into our new house this weekend. We have boxes, bags and suitcases everywhere. Every night I focus on emptying and putting away everything I can. I came out of John’s room and found Gillian in my big beach bag. She looked so cute. I held the straps and picked her up while still… Continue reading The bag
Last night Daddy needed someone to help him put together our bed. Gillian immediately offered to help. She said “John’s in the bathtub and Mommy’s helping. So I’m the last one.” She handed Daddy tools and put away things for him. And when it was time to start assembling the bed Gillian got to use… Continue reading Tools
For Christmas this year, Grandma made Gillian some clothes for her American dolls. The dolls got sweaters, dresses, bags and mermaid tails. Gillian had me help her put the mermaid tails on her dolls the other night. She kept saying “You are going to have to bow when Willow comes back.” She brought Willow back… Continue reading Mermaid
Gillian and John were trying to convince me to put on a television show tonight. Daddy let them watch part of it last night and they wanted to watch the rest of it. Gillian tried to convince me. I couldn’t understand her. Luckily John was able to help translate.
We spent a good portion of the day helping Uncle T and Aunt Missy and we left there around 4:30. Both kids asked “Can we play in the snow when we get home?” It’s hard to argue with that. The only thing we said was you have to get ready as soon as we get… Continue reading Snow Day
Gillian got an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas this year. She has been dying to open it. I told her in the middle of the week that we would open it on the weekend. This morning she woke up and said “Today we get to make cookies in MY oven!” After dance, we set up… Continue reading The Easy Bake Oven
Tonight Gillian got dressed in her pajamas and asked me “Do you have any nightgowns?” I said “Yes, but just summer ones. I don’t have any winter ones like you.” She didn’t believe me and said “But I thought you like wearing pants and a shirt.” I said “I don’t like wearing a nightgown like… Continue reading The nightgown
My big brother Joe is a Captain in the Navy. He is currently the Executive Officer on the Iwo Jima. The Iwo Jima is an amphibious assault ship. We found out that the ship would be in New York for Veterans Day and we planned a trip for my family to tour the boat. We… Continue reading Veterans Day
I have a countdown board in our kitchen. We count down the number of days until holidays or birthdays pretty much anything. We love a good countdown. Today Gillian was changing the number on our countdown board I started recording. She changed the number of days to two. Hopefully you can hear her say in… Continue reading The countdown
John and Gill went up a hill 