Fudgy for a pudgy



Caught

Gillian loves to eat.  And she will try anything.  Even when I was pregnant with her, she had an interesting palate.  She loved spicey food.  I was actually having contractions while eating hot wings (and no I never had heartburn). 

Occassionally, I pack Gillian a jelly sandwich for lunch.  Tonight on our way home, she grabbed her lunch bag.  She does this offen, mainly to grab the sippy cup out of it.  Tonight, she had a quarter of her sandwich leftover.  My little piggy ate it in the car.



John thought it was so funny and laughed and laughed at her.  Anytime you laugh at Gilly or around Gilly she just laughs and laughs.   They were all giggles and both ended up with hiccups.  As soon as we got home, John told Daddy!



Any normal child would be full from their little snack in the car, but not my Gillian.  She was ready for dinner tonight.  Tonight we had grilled cheese sandwiches. Gillian got her sandwich and immediately pulled it apart.  I guess she likes an open faced grilled cheese.  



Gilly and her grilled cheese


She ate about half of her sandwich and then dropped a quarter of it on the ground.  Duncan hangs out under the kitchen table and waits for Gillian to drop food.  She dropped a quarter of her sandwich and Duncan pounced on it.  She screamed and cried "NO!!!"  Both Daddy and I said, well you shouldn't have dropped it.  You would think that she would have learned her lesson after Duncan ate her sandwich.  No.  Of course not.  She dropped another crust and again Duncan didn't hesitate.  And again she cried and yelled "NOOO!!!"  She was so mad at him for getting the food that she dropped. 

She somehow found room for some of Mommy's chips, a cookies (or coo-coo as she calls them) and a lollipop.  Mommy's little piggy.

 

Forts

I got a few boxes in the mail today. When the kids got home they didn't even notice the boxes in the living room. I quickly emptied the biggest one and let John and Gillian climb in. If you read my blog daily I am sure you already know of my children's love of boxes. It is one of their favorite things to play. They were content to climb in and out. I emptied the other big box and made a "mom fort." Basically the two boxes were on their sides and I had a blanket on top. Daddy got home and saw my fort. He immediately told John that he would make a new fort after dinner. Daddy cut the boxes and made the fort tall with windows and lighting done with glow sticks. After dinner Gillian and John loved playing in the fort. And Daddy is already discussing additions and improvements to the fort. This is why girls don't build forts.

Dancing Queen

In previous posts, I have discussed Gillian's love of music.  This morning I gave her my phone to listen to music again.  She refused to give it back to me until we got to school.  I finally got my phone back and she went to play with her friends.  Tonight when Daddy got home, they snuggled and watched some Elmo videoes on YouTube.

Elmo's Song...

Katy Perry & Elmo

Meditation

I found John sitting on the arm of the couch sitting criss-cross applesauce with his arms out and going "hmmmmm." He refuses to tell me who taught him how to meditate. I'm not sure if someone taught him or if he saw it on "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness." I know that Crane meditates in the movie so maybe thats where it came from Either way, I love that he enjoys a few moments of quiet time (mommy does).

Super Bowl (Mom) Weekend

First of all let me apologize for not blogging since Thursday night. I have two full time jobs: 1) mother to two wonderful kids and 2) controller at Mortgage Success Source. Both jobs take a little bit of juggling and making quick decisions. Since I do have a day job I have tend to have a messy house. I am not good at keeping up with the housework, but my kids have full bellies and clean clothes. Two out of three ain't bad. Anyway Friday night we went out to dinner for Daddy's cousin's 21st birthday. Saturday, Daddy and I split errands. He took John and went to the dealership, Dick's, Bob's, Staples and Petsmart. Gillian and I went food shopping. I hate food shopping. It is just exhausting. We lucked out. The story was pretty empty for the Saturday before the Super Bowl. A few blocks from the house Gillian fell asleep in the car. Perfect. I left her in the car while I carried in all the bags. Got her out and put her down for a nap. She takes long naps, so I knew I would get 2 hours to myself. I decided to make a couple of zitis. I made two zitis and then decided to make chili. I always make chili for Super Bowl. Plus I put all the groceries away, emptied the dishwasher and did two loads of laundry. Daddy and John came home just as I was getting comfortable on the couch. The boys were not as successful with their errands. They did get some double sided tape and three fish. But they did not find a Giants shirt that could fit John. While I was food shopping I found blue and white sprinkles. I thought it would be cute to make John some football cookies. I asked my mom and of course she had one. And a jersey cookie cutter too.

Sunday I was just as busy without all the errands. Today I finished all the laundry (and actually folded some too). I also made the boys homemade pigs in a blanket. Daddy found a Giants shirt for John. At first he was a little disappointed that it wasn't a 10 on his shirt. I guess a couple of the kids at school had Manning shirts. We taught him about Cruz along with his TD dance. After that he ran around the house saying he was part of the team. Aunt Betty dropped off the cookie cutters and I got started on the cookies. I think they came out pretty well.

Overall a very busy and exhausting weekend.

Toys will be toys

We encourage the kids to play with all types of toys. Gillian prefers her baby dolls but every once in awhile we find her babies in trucks or cars. Or we find Gillian pushing a dinosaur or a turtle in her shipping cart. She loves John's dump truck. She had used it for a baby bed and a chair. Tonight we found a baby driving spiderman's car. I love that she isn't afraid to play with John's toys. Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Gillian's adventures with John's toys.

Pandora Princess

Gillian loves music. I can remember being pregnant with her and she would always kick and move around when I had the radio on. About two weeks before she was born Daddy and I went to a Jack Johnson concert and she loved it. I knew then that she would be my music baby. When she was an infant she loved white noise. If she was fussy I could turn on the hair dryer and she would calm down. She doesn't like the hair dryer now but she loves music. I have discovered that I can just start the Pandora app on my phone and give it to her and she is content. She will dance and walk around with the phone. She loves it when Mommy turns the music on. We also got confirmation of Gillian's love of music during our parent/teacher conference. Her teacher told us that Gillian loves when they put music on and will be the only one dancing and tapping her feet.