Field Trip

Today John's class went on a field trip to the Paper Moon Theater in Atlantic Highlands.  I signed up to be a chaperon.  It was my first time chaperoning a field trip, so I was a little excited.  John was super excited.  Not only did he get to go on a school bus, but Mommy was going with him too. 

I dropped the kids off later than usual today so that I was there a little before the bus arrived.  My group was John, Rashub and Remy.  We all piled into the bus and took the bumpy trip to the theater.  The Paper Moon is a small theater and the kids got to sit on the floor while all the adults had chairs.     

The show we saw was The Wizard of Oz.  John has never seen the movie, so I wasn't really worried.  I thought that a puppet show would not be too scary.  Well I was wrong.  A few minutes into the show, John came running to my seat and said "I'm scared."  I'm not sure what was so scary about Dorothy and Toto, but he didn't want to watch.  After a little convincing, I was able to move to the floor and have him sit on my lap.  But there were still parts that he was afraid to watch.  He did not like the wicked witch of the west or the wizard.  I thought the show was adorable.  I think it may have just been my presence at the show.  Because at the end when all the kids could meet the puppets and see how the puppeteers worked, he was much happier.  And wasn't afraid to ask questions or touch the puppets. 
 

Shaking

Gillian loves to play with her baby dolls. She frequently brings me a baby and says "baby cryin." She will hand me the doll and ask me to help stop the baby from crying. I always play along and rock the baby and give baby kisses. The other day, Gillian gave Daddy a crying baby. Daddy took the baby and rocked her for a minute. Then he shook the baby saying "stop crying baby!" Gillian laughed at Daddy, which made Daddy continue to shake the baby. Finally she said "Not nice Daddy! No shakin baby!"

Now anytime baby is crying Daddy offers to help Gillian. Gillian says "No Daddy! No shakin baby!"

Birthday Girl

I woke John up this morning and told John it was Gillian's birthday today. He said "Can I wake her up by saying Happy Birthday?" So we let him going running into her room. He was so excited to be the first person to wish her a happy birthday. When I went into Gillian's room she was telling everyone "Two!" During breakfast this morning she was singing "happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you."

I brought cupcakes to school along with goodie bags for Gillian's class. We also ordered pizza for her friends too. I asked Gillian how was her pizza party and she said "eat cake!" I guess the cupcakes were more exciting than the pizza.

Un-Fair

Daddy and I planned to go to the Monmouth County Fair tonight. Daddy picked up the kids and I met them at home. We picked up food for dinner and ate in the car. We drove all the way to Freehold and there was a big sign saying that the fair was closed due to the weather. Yes. We knew there was a storm coming but it wasn't due to rain until 8 so we figured we would get a hour or so before the rain started.

Daddy and I had to come up with a quick plan to entertain the kids. Luckily we didn't tell them we were going to the fair. All we said was that we were going somewhere fun. We stopped at Dorbrook park and the kids got to run around and play. They played for awhile and then we stopped to get Italian ice. Daddy decided it was a good idea to get Gillian her own Italian ice. Gillian made a mess. She was covered in Italian ice.

Smiling

I picked up the kids from school today and Miss Chris, Gillian's teacher, told me that Gillian had a bad day. In the car I asked John how was his day. He proudly reported "I was in the green all day." I looked at Gillian and said I know you didn't have a good day. She immediately burst into tears. She knew she was bad. I told her that I was very disappointed in her and that she needed to be a better girl. And she just whined. I fear the terrible twos are here.

Tonight at dinner John was refusing to eat his cheeseburger. "But my tummy hurts." His tummy didn't hurt. He was his giving me a hard time. So I said John stop fooling around, it's time for you to eat dinner. John looked at me and said "I'm not kidding. If I'm smiling, I'm kidding. If I'm not smiling, I'm not kidding."

Bert's Visit

I picked the kids up from school today. As we were walking to the door I told John that we were going to Grandma's house. He said "Really? We're going to Grandma's? Yes!" And he went running down the hallway and out the front door. He ran past a family and stopped at the end of the path right before the parking lot. The other family got closer to John and he told them "I'm going to my Grandma's house tonight!" We got in the car and I told John that we were going to see Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Betty, Uncle Bob, Aunt Katie and Bert. "Who's Bert?" I explained to John that Bert is his oldest cousin and that he and Aunt Katie live far away. I told him that we don't get to see him all the time and that we were all going to have dinner at Grandma's house.

John was very excited in the car on the way to Grandma's. However, once we got there he was very shy and did not want to get out of the car. Aunt Betty met us at the car and helped to get Gillian out of her seat. John was still a little shy, but that all changed when he saw Bert. They hit it off right away and before we knew it they were running outside. John had a sword and Bert had a Nerf gun. The next time we saw John he had the sword down the back of his shirt. That's one way to carry a sword.

We had a wonderful family dinner and afterward the kids played again. We had to leave because it is a school night. On the way home John said "I had a lot of fun. But Mommy can I have M&M's when we get home?"

Cupcakes

We had a barbecue today to celebrate the kids birthdays. I made cupcakes for the celebration, a dozen pink and a dozen chocolate. Gillian had a pink cupcake. She loved it. She ate all the icing off the top. And then she ate the cake too. She finished the entire cupcake and leaned across the table toward the plate of cupcakes. Of course she wanted another cupcake. She decided to have a chocolate one next. That was our mistake. She was covered in chocolate. She had it everywhere and she made it worse my deciding to take a walk while her hands were covered in icing. We got her cleaned up and moved onto opening presents.

After everyone left, the kids were playing outside. I joined them and eat a cupcake while I watched them play. Gillian went into the house and came out with a chocolate cupcake. It was her party if she wanted another cupcake she could have one. Big mistake Mommy. She make a huge mess. Not only did she have icing all over her hands but she took those hands and pushed back her hair. I took her immediately upstairs and put her in the bath. As I was changing her after the bath I found icing on my elbow. It's a good thing she's so cute.