Last Day

Today was the last day of school for the summer. It was John's last day in the Dinosaur class. And Gillian's last day in the Tigger class. It was a sad day for Mommy. I'm not ready for my little man to go to Kindergarten. I know that the transition will be easy for him since he is staying at TLC. It's just a little hard for me to realize that my little baby boy is growing up and is ready for real school.

While I knew that today would be hard for me I did not count on the fact that John would be sad too. Over the summer John has become very close to Rishaub. Rishaub is going to first grade. So today was their last day together. Daddy picked up the kids today and he said John seemed upset. Almost that he didn't want to go home. He just didn't want the day to end. At home tonight, he was very quiet. I hope that he will not miss his friend too much. I hate to see him sad.

Singing Girl

We have discovered that Gillian loves to sing. The first song she sang was "The Wheels on the Bus." The best part of the wheels on the bus is all the motions that go along with the lyrics. She has now added quite a few songs to her repertoire. The other night in the bathtub I asked her to show me her happy face. She responded with "Happy birthday to you!" Not quite what I was looking for. But she did smile while singing.

Her favorite song to sing is the "ABCs." She knows most of the letters but does get stuck occasionally. My favorite is when she just starts singing in the car or the bathtub. She doesn't care if anyone hears her. She just enjoys singing.

Keep singing sweet girl.

Sweet nothings

On our way home tonight, we saw a telephone pole on the side of 520. John asked what it was and I told him it was a telephone pole. He said "I thought it was a cannon!"

"I got no timeouts and was on the green all day!" John proudly told me about his day. I asked Gillian how many timeouts she had today. She said "Two....Five....Six!"

During the bath tonight, I caught Gillian kissing John on his shoulder.

John said to me this morning "Do you know the best way to beat an enemy? Make him your friend!"

I put the kids to bed and gave them tons of kisses (like every night). I was folding laundry in our room when John came running in. "I forgot something!" And he leaned over and gave me a hug. Then he ran over to Daddy and gave him a squeeze and even Duncan got one too.

Secret Agent Spy

John is my big helper. He is big enough now that we have him do little errands. He is really good at getting sodas or juice boxes for him and Gillian. I also have him be a secret agent spy. This job requires him to be super quiet and sneaky. He will tiptoe upstairs and check on Gillian when she is napping. Then he will come running back to us to report her status. "Her still sleeping." We have been doing secret agent spy long enough that now all I have to say is "I need my secret agent." John will smile big and say "I know just what to do!"

Bike ride

We took the kids to Thompson Park this morning for a bike ride. We put Gillian's seat on my bike and the girls went cruising. Daddy stayed with John. We met up at the playground. The boys made it to the playground before us. John immediately said "We beat you here. We are faster than you guys."

We played on the playground and had a little snack before we were on our way again. This time we moved Gillian's seat to Daddy's bike and I stayed with John. John is really at riding his bike, but he needs to concentrate. I was riding behind him and I told him to move over to the right. Before I realized it, he was in the grass. He gets so distracted. He looks around at the people or the trees or his feet. But we will keep working with him. He will need to fix this concentration issue before he loses the training wheels.

What's in a name?

Gillian frequently gets asked "What's your baby's name?" I always feel obligated to say that Gillian's babies do not have names. Well her Cabbage Patch Doll is named Katy Katherine, but she calls the rest of her babies, Baby. Today on our way to school (I know. The kids are very amusing in the car!), I asked Gillian if her new baby had a name. She said "Gillian!" I asked John if he heard what she said. And he said "No!" So I told him that Gillian said her baby's name was Gillian. He said "That's weird!" I really thought that maybe Gillian was confused so tonight after school I asked her again. She held up her new baby and said "Gillian!"

Really?

I picked the kids up from school today and on our way out the door I said "Say goodnight, Gillian." Gillian turns and says "Goodnight Gillian!"

I have a bad tendency of saying "really?" when I get frustrated. Tonight on our way home from school the car in front of me hesitated a few seconds at the green light. I honked my horn in an attempt to move them along. From the backseat I heard Gillian say "Really?!?!"