I Recycled.

Gillian comes out of the bathroom informing us the water was not working. I told her the line broke and we had to fix it. This is what happens when you live in a mobile home with all that recalled water line that springs leaks. Anyways she asks how is she suppose to do her experiment then. Daddy told her she was going to have to postpone it. Well she figured out we still had cold water so a bit {Read More}

To The Moon

Out of the middle of no where Gillian says… To bad mom won’t fly, because then we could go to the moon. They already have the ship waiting for us on the grass. We would first go to Mars. Then we would go to Saturn you know the one with the ring around it. Then to the blue planet that is not a planet no more. Then we would go to the moon. And now that I think of it {Read More}

Happy Birthday Gillian

In about 50 minutes my daughter cried for the first time 8 years ago. It is hard to believe how fast time goes by. It seems like just yesterday I was rocking my baby to sleep. We did her birthday Tuesday and I think it was pretty good. She says it was the best birthday EVER, but she says that every birthday :). Instead of ordering a cake I let her make her own cake she had a blast. It {Read More}

My Baby

Friday my baby will be 8 years old. She is getting so big. It is hard to believe it was 8 years ago when my husband and I had her. We try to go all out for her birthday. Once she gets older birthdays will be just another day. So I want to make her day’s while she is younger be over the top. Last year we spent a bit to much, but the look on her face was priceless. {Read More}

Gillian Reading

Here is Gillian working on reading with her Hooked on Phonics. I have to say this program is remarkable. I do not think I would have Gillian reading if it was not for this program. The reason I say this is because it is very hard to explain how some words sound. She new all her sounds new her vowel sounds was working on sounding out words, and to me it still wasn’t enough for her age. My husband had {Read More}

Koala Littlest Pet

My daughter is a HUGE Hasbro littlest Pet Shop fan. So when she see on T.V the Koala littlest pet and the only way to obtain it was by collecting stickers and sending it off in the mail. She came running to mom all excited telling me what we needed to do. Me not knowing what she was talking about decided to google it. And I found this site. So I started searching for this journal. Walmart was sold out. {Read More}

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