Favorite

Everyday I ask the kids "What was your favorite part of the day?" The kids answers are always amusing. Most days they say "Playing outside." But with the cold weather we have had lately, I haven't gotten that response. Yesterday I asked John what his favorite part of the day, he said "Thinking about you!" He is so sweet. I thought that was a one time special response. I was wrong. I asked Gillian tonight what was her favorite part of the day. She said "Spending time with Johnny." I asked John the same thing. He said "Snuggling with you on the couch." How can you not love these kids?

Pick up

I love picking the kids up from school. I got Gillian first. She was in the big room riding bikes with Dorlisa. They had their backs to the door and didn't see me when I walked in. I watched the two of them have a little conversation and then take off across the room. Dorlisa almost ran over a baby doll that was laying on the floor and Gilly saw me didn't stop the bike and jumped off and ran to me (the bike didn't even slow down). She ran up to me and said "Mommy! I missed you so much!" And gave me a big hug. We said goodbye to her friends and went to get her coat on. We couldn't leave school until she got a drink out of the water fountain. 

Our next stop was to pick up John. Gillian loves going to John's school. All the teachers and aides talk to her and make her feel special plus she gets to see some big kids. Picking up John was unevntful. But on our way back to the car, John asked "Why can't we see Gigi's mountain from here?" I explained to him that Gigi's mountain was far from our house and school. He said "Oh, so it looks really small from here." Not exactly what I said, but close enough. 

Music

After dinner, last night John was working on his homework and Gillian was working on a new picture. Gillian asked Daddy "Turn on the musgik!" Daddy didn't understand what she was saying. It took me awhile to figure it out too. She wanted to listen to music while she worked on her picture. Below is a little video of Gillian saying "Musgik."

 

Sunday morning

I was the first one awake today (rare on a weekend). I went downstairs and started a load of laundry, emptied the dishwasher and made a dozen pumpkin muffins. As I was putting the tray of muffins in the oven, I was joined by John. "Mom? I didn't know you were awake!" He worked on some Legos while I sat and drank my coffee. He showed me his latest creation and Gillian joined us. She gave me a big squeezie and hung out with us. John asked "Mommy? Can we have some of those muffins?" I gave them the muffins and they sat nicely and ate their breakfast together. We shared a nice relaxing morning with no requests to watch TV. What a nice way to start the day!

Frozen

Over Christmas break, John and Gillian went to see Frozen with Aunt Betty and Grandma. Gillian loved going to the movie. I stopped at the bookstore tonight to get John and Daddy a new book. While I was there I bought Gillian a Frozen book. 

Before bedtime tonight I gave Gillian the book. She said "I know this! I see the movie!" I read her the story. We were about two pages in and she stopped me. "Elsa and Anna are sisters." I read a little more and she said "Look! Her not wearing her gloves. Then everything turn to ice!" Again I read a few pages and she says "What's the moose's name?"  I am so glad that I bought this book. I had a great time reading it with my Beans tonight. 

writers block

I have writers block.  My kids are wonderful and amazing and normally provide me with lots of cute little stories.  But I have nothing.  The past couple of days have just been typical days with nothing out of the ordinary or special.  While there has been nothing exciting going on in my house, there have still been plenty of giggles, snuggles, talking and love.  I am one lucky Mama. 

Snowy Tuesday

When I got home today (after an hour and half drive home), I found Gillian snuggling on the floor in the living room. She said "I was cold. And I take your blanket!" How can you get mad at that?  

We waited patiently for John to get off the bus. My poor little boy was stuck on the for almost two hours! But he was still happy to be home with us. I was a little surprised to see that he was assigned four spelling assignments due on Thursday. I made him a deal, we would watch one tv show and then do one assignment. He was ok with the deal until I turned off the tv. He whined but we for the assignment completed and he was able to watch another tv show. We ended up completing two spelling assignments and a math worksheet this way (less for mommy to do tomorrow).

After bath, Daddy found Gillian and I in Gillian's room. He said "Hi pretty girl." And Gillian said "We was jumping on the couch. With no cushions!" This is funny for two reasons: 1) No one questioned Gillian. She freely gave us this info. 2) Daddy yelled at the kids yesterday and told them not to jump on the couch. 

As I tucked the kids into bed, Gillian said "Let's talk." I snuggled with Gillian and she told me all about Repunzel and Cinderella. When she was done with Cinderella's story she said "Let's talk about ponies." And she started to tell me all about Twilight Sparkle. I had to stop her because it was getting late (and I still needed to tuck in John). She wasn't happy with me but I have a feeling that tomorrow night I will learn about all the ponies. 

I love my kids and I can't wait to see what adventures we have tomorrow.