Fiesta & SeaWorld

What a crazy weekend! Frontier Fiesta with a 4 variety shows (including Alice in Wonderland) on Saturday. The road trip to San Antonio.

We got to SA around 11, and Quinn was still awake! and wanted to jump on the bed at the hotel.

Then we spent most of Sunday at the Bay Of Play in Seaworld. Followed by Kiddie Park and then Magic Time Machine.

What a whirlwind of a weekend.

Beetle juice

Quinn got the 2nd round of blister beetle juice for her molluscum. It looks like it is working, but the blisters also seem irritated so Quinn is complaining about the hurting. I hope she is able to sleep soundly tonight.

Darn Purim nightmares

Quinn had a nightmare about Haman, the bad guy in the Purim story.

It really freaked her out, because normally she goes right back to sleep... But not this time... She was up for a couple of hours.

Daddy hero

Daddy got to save the day when he rushed home to get costumes for Quinn when we forgot it was dress up day at school.

Alexandar and the terrible horrible no good very bad day

Took Quinn to see this show today. She loved it. It is too bad that there were lots of negative messages... Teasing, dentists hurt, hurting peoples feelings..

Lots of teaching points, but it is hard to do in the middle of show.

Mac too flat

Apparently the mac and cheese was too "flat" for human consumption

Thoughtful art project

Quinn made a "book" art project tonight that she then told Pam that she could read it in case she got a headache. Then she ran to leave it next to her bed...

How insiteful

"Facing" frustration

If I can only figure out how to clamly get Quinn to see that grabbing Brock's face is a bad idea and not to to constantly be frustrated and mad at her when she does it.

Signs of Intelligence

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Quinn says tonight that one is big and small. Brock is one and he is becoming a big boy, yet he is still small. He is both, or maybe medium.

Guitar Pickin'

This morning, a folk song came on the ipod, Quinn ran to grab her guitar and was playing along with the song. It was great!

Which Outfit

Quinn, most certainly is a girl, as she had gone through 3 outfits this morning before we even left for school

Dinner tantrum

Not sure why, but having a spaghetti pizza (which was quite well received previously) resulted in a hug tantrum... but we came up with a good new dinner policy. You can have fruits and vegetables now, but if you want something else - you have to wait until everyone else is done eating...

Then at least she has to calmly wait while she is starving, or at least eat something healthy.

First haircut

Can't believe that it took 3.5 years to cut quinn's hair.

To young to be a teenager

So when we asked Quinn what all she did at her sleepover, knowing full well that they went to Stomping Grounds, Lupe Tortillia's and played at Adrian's house, all she said was "I don't know"

Sleepover

Quinn just left for her first sleepover with Adrian! Yeah!

Best quote

Quinn, denying that she took a nap in the car, quite confidentally proclaimed "I wasn't sleeping when you woke me up!"

Not feeling well

Quinn complained today that her brain hurt (headache) and she was limping because of her staph infection. :( :(

Staph infection round two

Well looks like Quinn's staph infection on her molluscum came back

Pouty

"Quinn, why are you so pouty?"
"Because I'm the princess and I miss my king [Colin]"

Kisses

Quinn was quite pleased with the kiss she gave Collin while leaving class today.

Taking particularly yucky medicine

Child Medicine Follow up: Added Flavoring - worked once; added hersey's syrup - bubble gum medicine and chocolate = super yuk; mixed with food - massive battle over finishing food.... Final solution: Tell Quinn I have a super big problem and I need her help to solve it. Asked her what solutions that she could think to allow us to take the medicine. She said, Daddy, I'll just take it really fast and drink mango juice afterwards (sure this method was already tried, but since it was now her idea - no issue).... Three cheers for communication!

Mental Madlibs

So, I (Drew) have this "condition", where, based on my own belief, that my brain moves faster then my mouth, resulting in what I call Mental Madlibs... this is where I substitute other words that a similar to what I was intending to say.

Things, like I would need to say January, but would say July, as my mouth just fills in a "month that starts with J", or other similar style replacements.

Apparently Quinn "inherited" this condition from me. She is constantly calling me, mommy, and Pam, daddy, when she is excited as her mouth fills in "one of my parents"...

I'm just going to assume that that means that she is a fast thinker :)

What's in Arizona

When Quinn awoke from the plane trip, she asked if we were still in Arizona... I said you tell me... she said, well there are no catcus and no mountains, so we must be back in Houston....

Perfect!

Making Ice Cream

Quinn made chocolate ice cream tonight... it came out a little salty because the inner bag with the milk leaked a little and mixed with the salted ice.

Plane deliemma

So on the flight back from Arizona, Quinn negotiated to get a gourmet lollipop for the plane ride. She was super well behaved, and certainly earned it... but it was a super sticky mess everywhere.... was it worth it? probably for the good behavior.

First wedding

Quinn went to her first wedding today... She did fantastic through the whole thing.... And boy did we wear her out. She fell asleep in the restaurant during dinner. All of the running and dancing really did a number on her.

Excited for Arizona

Quinn was so super excited to go to Arizona today... Hard to describe her excitement, but it involved lots of jumping and running:)

Full time

We've moved Quinn to full time at school today.... This is to give Brock more one on one time with Sabrina now that he is walking.... Plus Quinn says that she misses her friends when she isn't at school.

Impressed

Collin has a "tree swing" that is hung from the patio awning. It is about 4 feet in the air. Quinn, standing on an outside coffee table, is at eye level with the swing. She grabs the ropes, throws a leg over, and manages to get into and out of this swing on her own. Multiple times.

I was thoroughly impressed.

Hot tubbin

At the new years party for the kids... Quinn, Jonah, Moriah, Collin, and Adrian decided, without parental supervision, to all take a bath together.

And well it is so hard to get them to bathe anyways....we let them:)