Random comments from teachers - Collection

These notes didn't really happen today... but have been things that her teachers have said to us. I'm just remembering to type them in now.

"We need to see how to get her on the payroll - she is more of an assisstent than a student. She makes sure everyone has their drinks and their food and is sitting down."

"She is quite a character, she will often take another kids toys and lie in their bed pretending to be them."

There have been more, I'll try to post again if I remember more.

Splish Splash

At the restaurant last night, Quinn tried so hard to reach the water in the courtyard fountain-- she actually fell in. She was quite upset that she was wet, but hopefully she can learn from it. Besides, we all had a good laugh about it.

New wisdom for parents

When at the rodeo, and there is something desirable, like pony rides... It should be last and not first. Otherwise it is very difficult to do anything else.

More cooking with Quinn

We made banana bread again last night. This time Quinn helped with everything. She mashed the bananas, and with help, dumped in all of the pre-measured ingredients, stirred, and portioned the batter into the muffin tins.

The concept of the portioning didn't really get across, as she was having fun moving the batter from the big bowl to the muffin tins and back again - but we eventually got all of the batter in (around, and near) the muffin tins. Some of the muffins were obviously a little shorter then others :)

SOUUSes

As Quinn is literally using only her arms to climb up the ladders at the playground at the Texas State Aquarium, Pam says "Yup, she is an S-O-U-U-S." Shefman - Of - Unusual -Upper -Strength. (Also a reference to the 1987 cult classic "Princess Bride" which had R-O-U-Ses (Rodents Of Unusual Size.)

Dolphins

Quinn was totally entranced by the dolphin show at the Texas aquarium at corpus christi

Bizzare dinner, but great

Tonight we had very spicy green salsa and chips, over half a lemon (Imrana would be proud) and broccoli. Actually all she wanted was the broccoli and was very upset that a large piece fell on the ground. So upset that I had to give it to her minus that part actually laying on the ground. That upset her too, that she wasn't getting the whole thing. Btw- it was only the flowers not the stems.

Quinn and Grace!

Today Quinn wanted to play with Grace so we went to her house. They play everywhere! They have a great time together. Quinn ate the left over vegetables from Grace's Mommy Crock Pot Garlic Roast:
* (3 1/2-lb.) boneless pork loin roast *1 T. vegetable oil *1 t. salt 1/2 t. pepper *1 med. onion, sliced * 3 carrots sliced, *1 potatoes sliced, *3 cloves garlic, peeled *1 C. chicken broth or water Trim excess fat from pork. Heat oil in a 10-in. skillet over medium-high heat. Cook pork in oil about 10 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown on all sides. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place onion and garlic in 3 1/2 to 6 qt. slow cooker. Place pork on top of onion, carrots, potatoes, and garlic. Pour broth over pork. Cover and cook on LOW heat setting 8-10 hours or until pork is tender.

Pump it up!

This morning Quinn and Sabrina went to Pump it up (6030 S Rice Avenue), it is an inflatably boucing place. We had a great time jumping, climbing, playing all over the place. Quinn loved a little red and yellow car, she drove it everywere. We went down the gigantic slide about 20 times...nothing for Quinn, big work out for Sabrina. We are looking foward to go back soon!!

Te amo

Wow, as I was going to work, Quinn gave me an unprompted te amo.

Future Tennis Player

This Thursday morning Quinn and Sabrina went to the park. Quinn found one new friend who sheared with her the pink racket ball set. Quinn is great in holding the racket and gets very excited when the ball hit the net. I can see the future little girl playing tennis! She loves to go to the park, make new friends, try new sports.

Ah ha! Protein is not surprising!

Pam says, "it's not surprising she is a protein baby--the only thing I craved during pregnancy was a hamburger with a fried egg on top."

Cooking with Quinn

We started included Quinn in the cooking this weekend. She stirred the eggs for our omelet on Saturday. (Although she didn't eat any of it once it was made.)

She also mashed the bananas for her banana muffins. It is a good thing that the muffins were for her... Because as she mashed , she would lick the banana off the masher. She also tried to "drink" the bananas, but that was unsuccessful.

Dinner

Well tonight at dinner, Quinn had Veracruz red snapper, Pam had the remaining rice and grilled veggies and Drew finished off the untouched child's ground beef enchiliada. :)

Comprehension and Unstanding

Okay, so Quinn's hair is long enough that we need to put it into ponytails... We have been doing this for a while, and occasionally we'd pull her hair - and she'd yell about it. We'd (unstandably) say sorry, and stop pulling. Well she was then convinced that "sorry" ment "ow" or "pain". She would say "sorry" everytime that we pulled her hair. I told her today, while Pam was doing her her, "that when we accidentally pull her hair - she should say 'ow" and we would say 'sorry'. " She incorporated it immediatly, and said "ow" for the rest of the struggle of getting her hair into a ponytail. Of couse, we still said sorry each time.

Parental achievement

Quinn ate roasted ratatouille moussaka at 7pm. SCORE!

Thy cup runneth over

Even though at almost 19 months, Quinn thinks of herself as nearly 3 years old -- it is nice to see that she is still seems small when wearing our clothes. She is obsessed with Pam's bras, especially the purple one. She parades around the bathroom in it frequently!

Yesterday, morning she was very adamant about not wearing her pants, but wearing Daddy's. It was fun to see the contrast between the sizes. She was throughly entertained by me trying to get into her jeans (making all sorts of goofy faces) while she was sitting in mine.

GIRLFRIENDS

Quinn and Grace had a great time together this morning.They played indoors and outside Grace's house.They love each other a lot.They shared snacks, water cups and toys, off course!Quinn likes to tell Grace how to draw and read books. Grace likes to push Quinn in Cole's(Grace's big brother) wagon.Quinn and Sabrina have been teaching Grace some words in Spanish like auto, carro, bicicleta, libros, luna y sol.

Stomping Ground!!

Sabrina and Quinn went to Stomping and Ground (15415 SW Freeway Sugar Land, 77478). She loved it, she climbed, jumped, slid, crawled and laughed with her friend Grace who also was there. Quinn is a professional player in the area that is suposed to be for kids 3 years old and up . She used her "excuseme" a lot when she try to pass some other kids.
Sabrina es muy feliz los martes y jueves porque pasa el dia completo con Quinn la nena mas inteligente, divertida y linda.

Hangin' with Quinn - literally!

Miss Independent loves gymnastics. She goes on Fridays with Grandma PoPo. She wants to hang from the trapeze bar by herself. And she's quite adamant that it's "self". After watching a demonstration from Coach Laura, Quinn straightened her arms, lifted her knees up and supported herself on the parallel bars! (These are parallel bars made for her size, not the ones the Olympians use! :-))

1/30/09 Apparently life is too bland

Before bed, Quinn was exploring the spice cabinent. We usually let her smell the different spices, and try them in small amounts if she is interested. She ate more then a teaspoon of seasoning blend (salt, black pepper, sugar, onion, and other spices) - straight.

1/29/09 Wow, sentences

This morning, Quinn tells Zoe, the dog "Zoe, go find the squirrel."
(Zoe has a squirrel that squeaks that she likes to play fetch with.)
This was an amazing sentence for Quinn to say, and we very clear and understandable.

1/27/09 2 and 3 word sentences

Quinn is saying sentences like "Daddy move", "Daddy sit", "Daddy food".
The last one is referring to the fact that I should be eating with her.

1/27/09 Creative Limit Testing

What a creative solution! Quinn was told "no banging the fork, only stabbing [the food]." So she stabs a pear and proceeds to bang the pear.

1/25/09: Testing Limits

Today, we actively started testing limits. Pointed to forbidden item - said "no" - then proceeded to grab it while looking directly at me while smiling.

1/09/09 Dinner Discovery

Quinn ate cauliflower and cheddar soup, spicy salsa, General Tsos, and egg and spinich cassorle this weekend. All because we started dinner at 5:15 instead of 6:30

12/25/08 Days of the Week

Asked Quinn if she knew what today was (Christmas). She said Wednesday (happened to be Thursday)... When did she learn the days of the week? 12/25/08: 17 months old

12/14/08 Pounce!

If Quinn sees someone sleeping, she'll say "shhhhhh". If that happens to be mom or dad, they get jumped on immediately after the shush. 12/14/08: 17 months

12/14/08 started potty training

Quinn said potty and successfully eliminated in the potty for the first time. 12/14/08

Doctors and weird "rash"

what a day! 2 doctors, 3 perscriptions later…
school said no go, so mom did not work
janet was stumped, dematologist visit
papular urticaria, bug bite that reaction spreads
med/cream in the morning and at night
she is same happy baby, no effect for her!