On Saturday, I made some sprinkle cookies. These cookies need to be refrigerated for 24 hours before baking. John saw them in the garage fridge and said "So I saw these cookies in the garage." I said "What? Daddy, did you make cookies?" Daddy said "Nope. Wasn't me." John got very frustrated "Mom, I know you made the cookies. Why are they in the garage? When are you making them?" I said "I don't know what you are talking about." He was so mad at me.
After dinner, I asked Gillian "Do you want to help me make dessert?" Gillian said "Yes!" John said "Can I talk to you a second?" I said "Sure." He looked very serious and said "Just us. No one else." He dragged me into the living room and said "No seriously, what's going on with the cookies?" He's very persistent. I explained that the cookies needed to be refrigerated overnight.
Needless to say, he was very happy that I baked the cookies today!
Dinner at our house is always an adventure. Gillian insists on having a spoon at every meal. It's really annoying, but I allow it because she eats. Last night, we had pasta and chicken. I cut up the pasta so it was easier for her to eat. She had a hard time getting it on her spoon or her fork. But she figured out an easier way to eat.
We went to see Disney on Ice, Princesses and Heroes last weekend. I have never been and we have never taken the kids to see a show like this, so needless to say I was very excited. We told Gillian that she could wear one of her princess dresses. She said "Ok. I'll wear my new gold dress." She was referring to her Christmas dress. After we explained that she could wear one of her dress-up dresses, she proudly said "Elsa. I wear my Elsa dress." I was excited about that, because then she could wear her Elsa hat that Grandma made her for Christmas. Plus I was able to wear the Anna hat!
We arrived at the Prudential Center and found our seats. We got there a few minutes late and Aladdin was already skating. John was happy to see Aladdin and Gillian as super excited to see Jasmine. Basically, the actors would sing and dance on skates and perform a short version of their story.
Next up was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
In between the stories, Tinkerbell would skate around the ice and sometimes we would see Mickey and Minnie Mouse. They would help introduce the next Princess.
The next Princess was Belle. Gillian was very excited by this point. She was jumping up and down. She saw Lumiere and leaned over to me and said "Him's got feet!" Poor dude had to skate around in that big costume and Gillian called him out within 30 seconds.
After Belle, we got to see Rapunzel and Flynn Rider. Next, we got to see the Little Mermaid. John really liked this part of the show. The first part was the sailors on Prince Eric's boat. They did fun tricks on their skates.
So they showed the whole part where Ariel gives up her voice for human legs. Gillian, very loudly, said "But her's already got legs. See? Right there!"
After Ariel and Prince Eric were married, we had a short intermission and then got to see Tiana. Next was Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty is my favorite fairy tale. Gillian was a little afraid of the dragon.
After Sleeping Beauty, Goofy came out and announced the arrival of Cinderella.
Cinderella's step sisters were hilarious and Gillian really loved Cinderella's carriage.
Mickey and Minnie came out all dressed in very fancy clothes and announced that the next princess was Anna!
All the kids in the arena were singing along. It was adorable.
Olaf got to sing his song, Summer. This is John's favorite and he sang along as well.
Tinkerbell came out after Frozen was completed and then all the Princesses and Heroes came on the ice. Along with Mickey and Minnie.
The kids loved this part. Tinkerbell sat in Cinderella's carriage and it rose up in the air and "Fireworks went off!"
We had a great time with our favorite Princess and Hero.
Tonight I was talking to Gillian. She said to me "Remember when you used to pretend that I was Clover?" I know exactly what she is talking about. I would snuggle up in her bed and pretend that she was a stuffed animal. She would laugh and laugh. Anyways, she asked me tonight if I remembered. I said "No." She stared at me and said "Memember? It was a Tuesday!"
On Friday, I picked up the kids from school. Just as I arrived, Gillian and her friends were getting ready to play Pictionary. Gillian begged me to let her stay and play with her friends. Luckily, they let her go first. I was able to get a video of Gillian drawing.
Later in the car, I asked her if the circles she was drawing were jewels. She said "Yes. Them sparkles. The other was a design. I didn't have time to draw a bow."
We put new pajamas on the kids tonight. Gillian's were blue and purple striped and said "Princess Sleepyhead." John's had a blue shirt and said "What's canoe with you?" And had a moose in a canoe on it. Gillian loved her new pajamas and kept posing in them.
We put her to bed and John was still up watching a show in our room. She got up after about twenty minutes and walked into our room. Daddy asked "What's the matter?" Gillian said "I can't remember what it says." And she pointed to her shirt. Daddy told her. She smiled and went back to bed.
John had a half day of school on Friday. On half days, he spends the time from dismal to 6:00 pm (or when we pick him up) at TimePlus. TimePlus is the aftercare program at his school. TimePlus is a peanut free program, so we can't pack John a PB&J for lunch. We normally buy him a lunchable. He thinks it's a special treat and it's easy for mom to pack. Daddy went to buy one on Thursday and they didn't have the "big kid" lunchable (the sub sandwich kind). So Daddy bought turkey, cheese and rolls. Daddy picked the kids up from school and he told John "Sorry no lunchable. But don't worry Mommy will make you a turkey and cheese sandwich." Gillian asked "Can I have a sandwich too?" Daddy said "Of course. John just can't have peanut butter." Gillis asked "Am I allowed to have peanut butter?" Daddy said "Yes." "Ok, then I just want peanut butter with cheese." John meanwhile is saying "Thats disgusting!" Daddy questioned Gillian, "Oh do you want jelly with that also?" Gillian confidently said "Yup." John started gagging and said "I'm going to throw up."
She was pretty adamant about it. When I got home she asked "Can you make me a peanut butter and jelly and cheese sandwich for school?" I asked "Are you sure?" We convinced her to wait until this weekend to try it out. Hopefully she will forget all about it and I won't have to make that disgusting sandwich.
