New book

Daddy and John went to the library tonight to pick up some more books. John found a new series he likes and he is currently on book three. Daddy took John tonight to get the next book and to take a look at some new books. John came home and showed me his latest library books. 

I read the cover and said "John you don't like anything in this book." He said "Let's take a look. Mom, is a mystery! And there are gadgets you can build!" Yup, the perfect book for my little man. 

Easter Bunny

We don't always make it to visit with the Easter Bunny. I asked Daddy "Should we take the kids to see the bunny?" He said "I don't know what do you think?" So Daddy asked the kids "Do you want to see the Easter Bunny?" John said "Yes! It's tradition!" Gillian said "I like bunnies. They're adorable."

We got them all dressed and went to see the Easter Bunny! So glad we went. Not sure how many more times I will be able to convince them to do this. 

 

Veggies

Gillian loves vegetables. Every night at dinner she eats her veggies first. And she always asks for second helpings. 

Tonight she didn't even bother to put the veggies on her plate. 

Fat or Phat

John says to me tonight "Mom, do you know there's a fat and a P H phat?" He's been learning about homophones in school, so I wasn't surprised by his question. I said "Yes. Do you know the difference?" He said "No, not really." I told him "P H phat is another way to say someone is good looking." He said "Well that's silly. Why would someone invent that? You can just tell them they are good looking. And what if someone thinks you called them fat? That's not nice!"

Bunny Ears

Gillian found a pair of bunny ears. She has been wearing them quite often. I went to tuck her in one night and found them on her head. 

For St. Patty's Day I made sure the kids wore green shirts and Gillian added to the outfit by putting on her bunny ears. 

The other morning she insisted on wearing them to school. 

The ears are a little small, hopefully the Easter Bunny will bring some more ears so she can continue to wear them all year long!

Famous cookies

This weekend, I was working on decorating Easter cookies. Gillian really wanted to help so yesterday morning I told her we could make chocolate chip cookies together. She was so excited and said "Your World Famous cookies?!?" I said "Yes!" After I ran all my errands I called her upstairs to help. Gillian did everything. I simply handed her the ingredients. She even scooped cookies onto the tray! After the cookies were done Gillian came running to taste her famous cookies. She shared with John too!

I think these are some of the best chocolate chip cookies I have ever made. I asked Gillian "Did you put in a special ingredient?" She said "I just put in a little ungredient. Just a little extra sugar!"

Cupcakes

Two weeks ago after Religion Class, Gillian said to me "Mom, we are having a spring party next time.  Can we make those chick cupcakes?"  I am constantly surprised by Gillian's memory.  My mom bought me a decorating set where you can make cupcakes look like baby chicks.  She bought it last year.  I had intentions of making cupcakes for school or something but never did.  I was going to just use the pieces for my cookies.  Gillian had other plans.  I told her "Yes.  We can make some cupcakes for your class." 

This past Saturday, I made the cupcakes and I had Gillian decorate them.  I think they looked great.

Since the set only made 12 cupcakes and I baked 24 cupcakes, I let Gillian decorate the remaining cupcakes however she wanted.  Let me just note that I have moved most of my sugars, sprinkles and assorted cookie decorations to a lower cabinet and Gillian used this to her advantage.