Pez instructions

Gillian wanted Pez for dessert tonight. She had a brand new lamb Pez from her Easter basket. She couldn't open and asked me for help "Why do they make it so hard to open?" I said "I don't know." Then she asked "Why do they put instructions on the back?" I said "I don't know. It's so easy." She said "Yea. It's like putting a pickle in the oven." Never heard that analogy before. 

S'mores

Today is National S'mores Day! We can't let a day like that go by without celebrating! 

On a side note, Gillian has decided that she doesn't like s'mores. I know. Pretty shocking. But lucky for me, cause I got to finish her s'more. 

Ice Cream

Last night at dinner, Gillian and John had ice cream for dessert. The waiter brought out these huge sundae glasses full of ice cream. 

John wasn't able to finish his vanilla. But Gillian housed hers. 

And she didn't miss a drop. 

Plus she didn't make a mess!

The second cupcake

We went over to Mr. Matt and Miss Brittany's house for a barbecue this afternoon. Miss Britt put out the dessert and Gillian was super excited to hear that there was cupcakes. "I like cupcakes!" John and Gillian both picked out one cupcake each. They sat next to Uncle T and enjoyed their cupcakes. Before I realized it, Gillian was done with her cupcake and Uncle T was convincing her to go get him a cupcake. She got up and went back to the dessert table. She found a blue cupcake with yellow M&Ms on it. Uncle T assumed they were going to share the cupcake. Well that didn't work out too well for Uncle T. He would ask for a bite and she would turn away from him. She inched farther and farther away from him. She ate every bite of the cupcake along with licking the plate. 

Candy

We have quite a bit of candy in our house from Halloween.  Every night after dinner, the kids raid the candy bucket.  They are each allowed one big candy bar or two small pieces of candy.  Tonight, the kids each picked two small bags of plain M&Ms.  John ate all of his M&Ms but Gillian took her time.  We were still waiting for her to finish when it was time for the kids to take a bath.  John said "Gill hurry up and eat your L-a-Lems!"  Like usual, I made him say it like ten more times.  He doesn't have much patience for me anymore.  And he asked "Well, what are they call?"  Before I could answer, Gillian said "Nem-Nems!"  I taught him how to properly pronounce M&Ms, after I got a video of them saying it incorrectly.

the little things

We are lucky to have some amazing kids.  I don't have a big or funny story to tell you tonight just a few little stories.

This morning John got dressed in our room.  He told me "If I had a TV in my room, I would watch the news in the morning.  Or even the weather channel." 

I gave the kids each a mummy cookie for dessert.  Gillian held it in her hand and said "This cookie is amazing!"

We received our Magic Bands for our Disney trip today.  John was inspecting his band and said "Look!  He put our name on the inside."  I said "Who?"  He said "Mickey Mouse!"

After bath, I dressed Gillian in her Ariel pajamas.  She said "These are boring!  I can't wear these!"

The fire whistle went off tonight shortly after the kids were put to bed.  Gillian, who has come to terms with the whistle (see blog posts:  Whistle Not Nice and Whistles and Babies ), started to scream.  Daddy went to comfort her.  She kept saying "It scared me!"  Daddy calmed her down and once the whistle stopped, I heard John say "That whistle was killin me!" 

Dessert menu

Daddy asked the kids what they wanted for dessert tonight. John opted to have his leftover Italian ice from last night. Gillian said out of the side of her mouth "I want big cookies. I wanna dip 'em in milk." Daddy gave Gillian her cookies and milk and John, his Italian ice. John took one bite of his Italian ice and said "Daddy, you do such a good job taking care of us and you never get to take a break. You can have my Italian ice. Can I have cookies and milk?" 

How do you eat a Klondike bar?

Tonight I gave the kids Klondike bars for dessert. This isn't their first time eating them, but for some reason they asked for bowls and spoons. Gillian unwrapped her bar and put it in her bowl. She said "You cut it. Cut it into little pieces!" I did what she asked. She also asked for a fork. John, on the other hand, asked for a spoon. The two of them ate their Klondike bars with utensils. But somehow Gillian still ended up with ice cream in her hair. Daddy got home while we were eating out dessert. He asked what we were doing. Gillian said "We eating zert!" I'm sure a million kids say that, but we called dessert zert in my house growing up. Love that she picked it up too. 

Brownies

I made brownies this afternoon, simply so that we could have brownies a la mode for dessert tonight. I let the kids taste the batter. John gave me a thumbs up and Gillian insisted on a second taste. The second time she dipped her entire finger in the batter and tried to quickly stick in her mouth. She ended up dripping brownie batter down the front of her shirt. She didn't care. She loved it. She said "It's yummy!" I made the brownies and as I was taking them out of the oven Gillian watched me. She asked "Who's birthday is it? Are we going to sing?" I explained that it wasn't anyone's birthday but I just wanted to make brownies. 

At dinner, Gillian refused to eat. I told her no brownies if she didn't eat. She immediately picked up her fork and ate all her chicken. After dinner, I made the kids their dessert. They dug right into their dessert. John ate all of his ice cream. They requested extra scoops of ice cream (how can you say no to that?). Overall fun night with my kids. 

Ice cream

I decided this summer I would finally use out ice cream maker that Daddy and I received as a wedding present (I know. We will be married 10 years in September. What was I waiting for?). I figured I would start with a easy recipe and a crowd pleaser. Daddy loves pumpkin ice cream. Well actually, John and Daddy love pumpkin ice cream. Gillian loves pumpkin muffins, so I assumed that she would like the ice cream too. I have never made ice cream before I didn't realize there would be so many steps. But I started first thing this morning and had everything ready so that we could run the ice cream maker after dinner. 

During dinner Gillian was fussy and didn't want to eat. We told her that if she didn't eat than she couldn't have dessert. John whispered to her "It's pumpkin ice cream. You know you like ice cream." John's little pep talk didn't help. John didn't even want to finish everything on his plate. Daddy told John "It's ok. I'll eat it all!" John said "No you won't you'll get a belly ache!" John ended up eating everything on his plate and he helped me set up the ice cream maker. We poured the pumpkin mixture into the ice cream maker and told John it would be twenty minutes before the ice cream was ready. John sat and watched the clock for about two minutes and got very impatient. Daddy let him lick the bowl. That made him happy. Gillian finally finished her dinner and was able to lick the spoon too. 

After waiting forever (it seemed like that for an impatient 6 year old), the ice cream was ready. I gave John and Gillian a scoop while I emptied the ice cream maker. John said "Why did I only get one scoop?" We gave him a few more scoops and Daddy took the remaining ice cream for himself. John couldn't finish all of his ice cream so he brought it to Daddy. Daddy told him "I can't." And showed John the empty bowl. John said "I knew it! I knew you would get a belly ache!"

The kids had a great time with the ice cream maker. The ice cream came out pretty well (if I so say so myself). 

The fortune cookie

We ordered Chinese food for dinner tonight. The kids ate all their dinner and were able to have a fortune cookie for dessert. John opened his first. He asked me to read his fortune for him. The fortune was perfect for John. It said "Great success comes from patience." John didn't understand his fortune, but we explained it to him. We told him that he needed to slow down and take his time with things and everything will work out. He seemed to understand. 

Gillian broke her cookie and handed her fortune to Daddy. Daddy told her "Your fortune says 'You are a princess!'" Gillian shook her head and said "No! It says ..." As she spoke she got quieter and quieter. Daddy looked at me to see if I understood what she said. I had no clue. Daddy asked her to tell us again. She said "It says 'Beep boop dop dupe'" I think I would rather have the fortune that Daddy read. 

Donuts

I picked the kids up from school today. In the car I asked the kids what they wanted for dinner. Gillian said "Yogurt!" John thought about it for awhile, then he said "Fancy grilled cheese!" In our house a fancy grilled cheese is basically a cheese quesadilla. 

I needed to pick up jelly so we needed to stop at the store. We got to the store and John went right to the carts, "Can we get this one?" I told him no. This was going to be a quick trip and we would carry everything we were buying. He said "Don't worry Mom! I'll carry everything." We got three steps in the door and John said "Can we get donuts?" How can you say no to that? Plus they ganged up on me. Once Gillian heard donuts, she joined John in the fight. "I like donuts! I get the black ones?" They both carried their donuts thru the store and John carried the bag to the car and to the house when we got home. 

When we got home, John asked "Can we have donuts for dessert?" I said yes. As I was making the fancy grilled cheeses, John asked "Can you open the box now? I know we can't have it now, but can you just open the box now?" All I'm thinking is that these donuts were a mistake. I said no and that we would open them when everyone was done. They ate the fancy grilled cheeses and they each got one donut for dessert (although Gillian tried to scam an additional donut). Then John had me write notes to put on the donut box, "Don't Touch! John's Donuts!" And one for Gillian's donuts too. What can I say, they love donuts!

Cake

Gillian is clearly my daughter. She loves cake and chocolate. Here are a few of her cake stories. 

A month ago, we were at Daddy's cousin's baptism. While sitting at the table and talking Gillian pointed and screamed "Cake!" Yes, the cake was being served, but she didn't need to announce it to the entire room. 

On Sunday, we had dinner at Aunt Missy and Uncle T's house. I asked Gillian what she wanted to eat. She had a few options, hot dog, cheeseburger or chicken. Gillian pointed at the counter and said "I have that!" I didn't know what she was pointing at. I named a few things. She shook her head and repeated "I have that!" We finally realized that she was pointing at the pan of uncooked brownies. She ended up eating a cheeseburger and when dessert was served she gobbled up her brownie. While her mouth was full of brownie, she asked for more!

Today was Dorlisa's birthday. For her birthday, Dorlisa was having a pizza party for Gillian'a class. On our way to school I was talking to Gillian about the pizza party. Gillian wasn't too excited about the pizza. But she did say "I wanna pink cupacake!" I told her that Dorlisa may not have pink cupcakes, but all she did was argue with me about it. When I picked her up today, I asked about the party. She said "I have five pizzas! I have brown cupacake! It was delicious." So glad she enjoyed the cupcake and wasn't disappointed that it wasn't pink!  

Dessert

Daddy picked up the kids. On the way home John asked "When we get home, can I draw a picture of what I want for dessert?" At that moment, Daddy thought John was reading his mind. They had just stopped at the light on 520 by the Ralph's Italian Ices. Daddy was debating stopping a picking up some Italian ice for dessert when John asked to draw a picture. John got home and drew the picture below. When I got home, John came running upstairs to show me his picture. "Let me show you what I want for dessert!" It only took me seconds to realize what he wanted. My creative little man.

Rice Krispies Treats

A few weeks ago I made Rice Krispie treats for the kids. They loved them. Daddy and I made some again last week. But this time John got to watch and "help." Now every time you ask John what he wants for a snack he says "Rice Krispies!" Unfortunately the batch we made last week didn't last long, but that didn't stop John from asking for them.

Tonight after dinner, I asked John what he wanted for dessert. He sat there quietly. Daddy's eyes lit up and he called John over. Daddy pointed John to the counter, where I had a box of Rice Krispies. He looks at the box an says "I know what I want for dessert. Guess!" I said something ridiculous and John says "I'll just tell you. I want Rice Krispies treats!" Then he proceeded to run around the kitchen trying to "help." Probably would have been easier to make them ahead of time without our helpers.

Witch Hat Cookies

I picked the kids up from school on Friday, and John had two witch hat cookies on a plate.  He was so proud of these cookies.  He told me "They are for you and Daddy.  We got to make three today, and I had one at snack."  As soon as Gillian saw the cookie she had to have it.  I told John she could have my cookie.  He said, "But I made them for you.  I know how to make them.  We just need the ingredients.  We need icing and a chocolate cookie and a big chocolate chip."  We went out to dinner and on our way home, John and Gillian ate the two witch hat cookies.  We stopped at the food store and got the "ingredients."  We found the Hershey kisses, and green icing very quickly, but had a hard time in the cookie aisle finding a big chocolate cookie.  While I was looking at every option of cookie, John started to do the pee-pee dance.  We threw our stuff on a shelf and ran to the bathroom.  On our way back, I said to John, ok now we need to find a big chocolate cookie.  He says "Yup with a hole in it."  Thank goodness he said that, because I saw those cookies.  We bought our ingredients and went home.  John immediately went to work and showed Daddy, Gilly and I how to make the witch hat cookies. 

Rain, desserts and Olympics

Wednesday is water day at school. The teachers had a little pool and a beach ball sprinkler set up when I dropped the kids off at school. It was supposed to rain today so I didn't think the kids would get a chance to play outside. I asked John tonight if he got to do water day today. He said "First it was on and then we were going to go outside and then it was cancelled. Cause it was raining. And then it stopped raining and we went outside. And I felt a raindrop on my head. But it was from the beach ball."

After dinner and bath John asked "What's for dessert?" I told him he could go upstairs and get something out of the snack box. He goes upstairs and comes down with one Kit Kat bar. We sent him back upstairs to get something for Gillian. He came back downstairs with a box of raisins. Really? Raisins?

I let John stay up late tonight. He really wanted to watch some of the Olympics. Daddy and I love watching the Olympics so over the past couple of days John has learned a lot. He says to me "I'm going to be in the Olympics for running. Cause I'm fast and I'm good at jumping." I asked him if he would run short or long distance. He didn't hesitate and said "Long!" Then he got off the bed and ran around my bedroom. He also turned over a laundry basket and put it in the middle of the floor. I must have give him a crazy look because he said "What? I'm not going to jump over the bed!" He then ran and "jumped" over the laundry basket. He did it a few more times until he needed "a rest." We watched some more of the synchronized diving. He loved when then did the backward dives. "Mommy. I like the backwards the best. Did you see that?" He gives the best play by play. I highly recommend watching any event with John.