Eskimo kisses

In modern Western culture, an eskimo kiss is the act of pressing the tip of one's nose against another's. It is loosely based on a traditional Inuit greeting called a kunik. ~ Wikipedia

In our house we don't call them Eskimo kisses.

The other night when I tucked John into bed, he said to me "Can we do nose kisses?" Of course I knew exactly what he was talking about.

Tonight I went to check on Gillian. She was wide awake at 8:30, even though bedtime is 8:00. I tucked her in again and gave her tons of kisses. I leaned over and rubbed my nose against her nose. She giggled and said "Betty kisses!" She remembered that Aunt Betty was the last person to give her Eskimo kisses.

Finger-painting

It was a raining cold day today. I wanted to keep the kids entertained so I broke out the finger-paints. I thought it was something different and the kids would enjoy it. Gillian was so excited as I got the paints ready. She didn't hesitate and put her hands right into the paint. John, on the other hand, only put his fingertips in the paint. Once John go his whole hand covered in paint he said "Mom, can you get me a wipe?" While John was worried about a little paint on his hand, Gillian had both hands covered. Every time she put her hands in the paint she said "It tickles." They are so different and wonderful at the same time.

Shake the Baby

This morning Justin came to visit. The kids all shared some munchkins for breakfast. Justin was a good big cousin and made sure that he didn't eat any of the chocolate ones because he knew Gillian liked them the best. The boys played all morning with John's superhero toys. At one point Justin came upstairs wearing a Wolverine mask, holding Thor's hammer and carrying a Nerf gun. John was wearing the Thor helmet, wearing a Wolverine claw, a cape and one of Iron Man's blasters. All the kids were great today. I'm so thankful that they get along well.

Gillian was playing with her babies today. She gave one to me and one to Daddy. Daddy held his baby and asked Gillian what he should do with her. Gillian said with a big smile "Shake the baby!"

Not Daddy

This morning Daddy shaved his goatee off. It wasn't planned, Daddy trimmed a little too much and had to shave the whole thing. While Daddy was shaving, I got Gillian ready. When she was fully dressed, she started calling "Daddy! Daddy!" Daddy came to her and she stopped in her tracks and just stared at him. She immediately noticed that there was something different with Daddy. She stared and then started saying "Noooo! Daddy!" She then climbed into my arms and hid her face. We explained to her that it was still her Daddy but she didn't understand. It took her about 20 minutes before she realized he was still her Daddy.

Letters

This week John's class started the letter G. I asked him to explain to me how to make the letter G. He said "First you make a letter C and then you come up a little bit and you make a line across. But you make a little line. You don't go all the way across. That's how you make a big G. Do you know how to make a lowercase G?" I asked him to describe it for me. He said "First you need to make a little O. Then a stick that goes down and then you make a hook. You know how to make a little P? You make a little O and a stick. And the stick puts his toes in the water to feel it for the G!" Love the way he thinks.

The lunch bag

This morning I asked John to get me his lunch bag. He brought his book bag into the kitchen and started pulling stuff out of it. He got distracted and started looking at his paperwork. I asked him again for his lunch bag and he says "I can't find it!" We finally figured out that Daddy forgot his lunch bag at school. I told him that he could use Gillian's old lunch bag (it's bright pink). He said "That's ok. I won't go then." Yes. You read that right. He decided it would be better to stay home than to bring a different lunch bag. I did find another lunch bag. He didn't have to bring the pink one to school.

1 year anniversary

One year ago today I posted my first blog entry.  I have to say that I am very happy that I stuck with it, and continue to post.  Over the past year, I have posted 286 times and the kids have been on many adventures.

Here are some of my favorite adventures:


The Turtle Back Zoo



iPlay America

Gillian's First Haircut



Zzzz and not sleeping little lady

First Cooking Class



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And let's not forget one of my favorite adventures: Wheeeee!

 

 

Over the past year, my little blog has been viewed almost 8,000 times.  And my top five most viewed posts are these:

Home From Work

The Wedding

 

 

Betty's Clues

 

 

Check-Ups

 

 

The Circus

 

I hope you have enjoyed all my rambling as much as I have enjoyed writing and living it.  Looking forward to another year of John & Gillian's adventures!