Penguins

I was talking to Gillian tonight.  I asked her if she knew who was coming to school tomorrow.  She said "You?"  I wish I was going to visit her school tomorrow, but I told her no.  And then I told her that the penguins were coming to visit.  Every year, TLC has the penguins from the Jenkinson's aquarium come visit the school.  Check out my first post about John and the Penguins.  It's amazing to see how much they have grown in the past two years!

Anyway, I told Gillian that the penguins were coming to visit school.  She smiled and told me "I'm going to hug them!  But I not going to kiss them!"  I asked her why she wasn't going to kiss the penguins.  She told me "Then they turn to frogs!" 

The Frog

Daddy and I put wood chips down around the kids swing set on Saturday. We loaded the kids up in Daddy's truck and Mr. Matt's truck to pick up the chips. We filled both trucks and let the kids play in the house while we moved the chips from the trucks to the swing set. We found a couple of frogs in the wood chips.  Daddy caught one and put him in a bucket to show the kids. John wasn't really impressed. He took one quick pool and went back inside. Gillian loved the little frog. She said "I hold him?" She didn't actually touch the frog, but he insisted on holding the bucket. Below is a picture of Gillian holding the bucket and the tiny frog just hanging out at the bottom. 

Umbrella

We had dinner on Tuesday night with Mimi, Poppy, Gigi, Pop-Pop, Uncle T, Aunt Missy, Cara and Mike. This was our first time seeing Gigi and Pop-Pop in a long time. The kids were very shy when we got to Mimi's house. Actually, Gillian was very shy. John walked right in and said hello to Gigi and went right over to Pop-Pop and shook his hand. John noticed that Gigi had a bag next to her. He pointed at a box that was sticking out and said "My sister has that game!" I couldn't see what he was talking about, but shy Gillian chose that moment to come out of her shell. She walked over to Gigi. Gigi did not disappoint and reached into the bag and said "I have something for you too!" She handed Gillian a green frog umbrella. Gillian loved it. She walked around with it and twirled it. Then Gigi gave her a box with matching rain boots! Gillian immediately sat down and took off her shoes. "I wear boots!" And she did all night long!

Gillian loves her umbrella and her boots. She always wants to use the umbrella and wear her boots. I have to keep telling her she can have it when it is raining out. It is supposed to rain on Saturday. I'm sure you will find Gillian outside jumping in puddles while looking adorable!