Lazy Sunday

Today was raining and yucky all day. John and Gillian didn't complain at all about being inside all day. I think they were a little exhausted from playing outside all day yesterday. They spent most of the day in the basement playing with their toys. 

John came upstairs and said "I knew it! You are making cookies! I couldsmell them   downstairs!. He then stayed upstairs to help me cut out cookies. He is a good helper. Every time the timer went off, he would say "Mom! Do you hear that?"

We called the kids upstairs for dinner tonight. We could hear John on the stairs, but Gillian was crying. John yelled at her "Come on Gill! You know where the door is!" Daddy yelled downstairs and said "Did you turn the light off?" John said "Yea! But she knows where the door is!" Gillian, still crying, walked upstairs. She was not happy that John left her in the dark. And John got a lecture about turning the lights off when someone was still in the room. 

The wipers on the car go...

My kids are like all kids. They love automatic doors. John and Gillian think that they make the door open by sticking out their hand. They do this every time we go through an automatic door. And it is a competition to see who can "open" the door first. 

Yesterday morning, it was raining on our way to school. I started to back out of the driveway and Gillian was saying "Come up! Come up!" I couldn't figure out what she was talking about at first. Finally I realized that she was talking to the windshield wipers. She was telling them to come up and wipe the window. She did this the entire way to school. This morning as I buckled her into her carseat, she said "Come up! Come up! Swipers no working!"  

Rain

A few days ago, I wrote a post about Gillian's umbrella and boots. Well, every day she tries to wear the boots or use the umbrella. And every day we say "It's not raining. You can use the umbrella when it rains."

Today, Daddy picked the kids up from school. He and the kids left school and Gillian said "It's raining! I need my umbrella! Daddy where's my umbrella?" Daddy got them home. He left Gillian in the car, went into the house and got her umbrella. Gillian was able to walk from the car to the house using her umbrella.

Unfortunately, the weather is going to be pretty yucky this week. Gillian will get plenty of use out of her new boots and umbrella.

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!