Garynation

Too bad she didn’t eat the banana! This girl is all about the Goldfish…

It was a crazy Tuesday 2 weeks ago when the school called me at 11:00 and asked if I had forgotten that it was the Thanksgiving Feast day. They were serving lunch, for us and the kids. They saw that I had sent a full lunch in Marielle’s backpack (and her teacher also noticed her sloppy attire), so they thought that I might have forgotten that lunch was being served that day, and that I needed to be there at 12:00. I was in my workout clothes, still needed to shower and get dressed, and Aliza needed to get dressed (yes, sometimes she stays in her pajama’s until 11:00, or 12:00 or all day…). I scrambled to get ready and was there for 12:00, and I even got Jon to come too!! She ran to meet him, it was so cute. The couple of times I have been at school with Marielle, I have noticed something. The first time I went for the Halloween party. Her teacher laughed and said I couldn’t come back because Marielle was misbehaving and running around like a wild woman. I didn’t know what was going...

You would think I would be talking about Aliza having trouble sleeping, since she is at an age where she is getting lots of teeth, transitioning to fewer bottles and eating more people food. But not so. Marielle is the one giving us trouble. For the last week, she has been up numerous times during the night. Just crying for no reason. Jon or I will go in there and she won’t be able to tell us what is wrong, she’ll just ask to go into our room or ask us to lay on a pillow next to her bed, or tell us she wants to go in the den and sit in the “big chair”. I have felt bad about it, but I had to be really stern with her a few times. We tried crying it out, but it just didn’t stop – for like, an hour!! She just kept whining and whining. I refuse to “suggest” to her that she is scared, so I have just point blank ask her, “Marielle, what is wrong?” She really doesn’t say anything, but just sits there, looking at me. So I say, “if nothing is wrong, then you can go to bed. I am sleeping in my be...

My man made it!! He made it to the big 4 – 0! To celebrate we had a pretty big party at our house. I have been planning this party for months and months. Jon knew about it, there’s no way I could have hid it from him - I’m just not that good!! There were lots of people, lots of food, lots of drinks. Here are the pics…prepare for a long post!! My in-laws were great – they picked up my girls and took them to Jon’s sisters house for a few hours while I got ready. They brought them back, dressed and fed, right before the party started. That helped me out a TON!! Thanks Nonna and Grandy!! The girls with our neighbor, Laura. Marielle loves it when people hold them both at the same time.   Me and my sis. I couldn’t have pulled this off with out her. She is a wonderful party planner extraordinaire!! I had an idea a little while before the party to have these stickers made and pass them around for everyone to wear. They say, “I LOVE 40 year olds. Happy Birthday Jon Gary"....