Gillian has book reports every other month this year. January’s report was on a poem. Gillian read the poem book “Scranimals.” It has poems about fun mysterious animals. Gillian focused on a poem called “On a Certain Mountain Meadow.” This particular poem is about a quiet, elusive pandaffodil (part panda, part daffodil). Every report they… Continue reading Pandaffodil
The kids first day of school is Friday. I got to spend the day hanging out with them today. I asked them both “What are you most excited about for this school year?” John said “I’m looking forward to being on a schedule.” That’s what I’m looking forward to. I love a routine. Gillian said… Continue reading Almost the first day
The summer of 2018 was John’s last year at Camp Briar Hill. Here are some of his adventures.
The summer of 2018 was Gillian’s third year at Camp Briar Hill. Here are some of her adventures.
John and Gillian have two scout elves that visit our house every year. These are their adventures from 2016. Buddy and Snowflake arrive the Friday after Thanksgiving. We found them in the bathroom. November 26, 2016 we found them giving check ups to two stuffed animals. The next day they were chilling in the fridge.… Continue reading Buddy and Snowflake’s adventures in 2016
Gillian needed to learn how to ride her bike without training wheels. So we took the kids over to an empty parking lot on the old Fort Monmouth base. John rode his bike back and forth while Daddy worked with Gillian. Daddy took her on a couple of laps and I did a few with… Continue reading Look Mom!
They have rereleased Double Dare and we have watched a couple episodes with the kids. This morning in the car on the way to camp, John turns to Gillian and says “When we are on Double Dare…” Gillian interrupted and says “I was just thinking about that!” The two of them then chatted about what… Continue reading Double Dare
On Tuesday morning, I kept looking at John’s hair. I thought he had a horrible case of bedhead. But the longer I stared at it I figured it out. Let me pause for a second to say that John has amazing hair. His current haircut is on the longer side. I’ll admit that we haven’t… Continue reading The haircut
Every morning lately Gillian asks to see the weather on my phone. She uses the app to determine how to do her hair for the day. I opened the app today and showed her the picture below. I said “It’s going to be a high of 69 and mostly cloudy.” She looked and said “But… Continue reading Weather
John was given a subscription to Tinker Crate for Christmas. Tinker Crates are a subscription box that is something new to build every month. They encourage engineering skills and most of the boxes give instructions for multiple projects. This month John’s box was a hydraulic arm. It took him a little while to build it,… Continue reading Tinker Crate
John and Gill went up a hill 