Feminine Hygiene

Quinn was pretending that an empty open band-aid package was feminie hygiene this morning. Oh Vay.

Chinese acrobats

I ventured out to a show by myself with the two kids... Met up with Quinn's friend Colin. Don't know how much the watched the show, but they were doing a pretty good job of renacting what was going on on stage with the running around and tackling each other and winding up in a prezel.

Hot air gymnastics

Quinn and Harrison were doing an airplane show and Kyle was talking about hot air balloons, while Kristen and I were having a side conversation about the "red hot" gymnastics class. She merged them together saying that she doesn't want hot air gymnastics... Who could blame her:)

Bangs

Quinn decided to cut some of her own hair today... Fortunately it was a small amount in front which resulted in some bangs.

Childs's perspective of tine

"When do you want to do that?"
"later"
"When is later?"
"now"

Lunch with 2

I went out to lunch with myself and the two kids... Wow is that challenging. Fortunately pat joined me (a little late) but was enough of a 2nd hand to make it work.

Although as I'm changing Brock's diaper, I was VERY thankful I didn't have to spend 1/2 hour convincing Quinn to come into the bathroom with me so I could do it.

Pat also had the experience of trying to eat with a grabby baby in his lap. I think it was a good learning moment for him

Smoothies

I introduced Quinn to smoothies today. She loved it.

I have no response to that

Uh, Quinn just bit her own boobie... Then she laughed....
I don't know how to respond?

Unmentioned problem with moving

A stressful thing about moving that nobody mentions, is that all of the anti-kid stuff that was high on a shelf, ends up in accessible box on the floor...

Recent thing discovered:
Anicent eygpt sex position playing cards
Bag full of large glass marbles
Toys that were meant for rainy days
Etc....

Fish Quinn

Been in the pool everyday this week. Quinn is touching the bottom with her hands and feet.... Floating....jumping in and swimming across the pool.... She loves the water.

Swimming

Quinn is doing fantastic at the pool. Coach said she can even move to a four year old class. While in the pool tonight daddy even got a couple of laps in- yeah for modicums of exercise.

Zoe enjoyed chasing us around the pool too.

Exhaustion

Nothing says tired like three times in the pool in one day.

New room hiding places

We moved. Quinn is excited by her new room. There are at least 7 places to hide: 2 closets, a storage bench, a under a couple of tables or the desk, and under the bed... She's loving it.

Jello

Says Quinn: "Jello (without fruit) just floats in my mouth. "

Modeling Child thought

Modeling the way a child thinks

////////////////////////////////////////////////
var parentsResponse = "no"
var wishlist = ["fruit snacks","drink yogurt", "goldfish", "ceral bars"]

for each item in wishlist
{

repeat random(50)
{ ask ("Can I have " + item)}

}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Notice that parentsResponse doesn't change

Playdate with Colin

Whew-ee lots of running and jumping with Colin tonight. I hope she sleeps in

Everything 3

Now that she is three, Quinn wants 3% milk

Measurement report

7/19/2010
Height: 37.25 in
Weight: 30lb 8oz

The consequence for hosting a 3 year old birthday party in our house...

is a house full of mosquitos....

3rd bday

Quinn had a great third birthday party. There was build your own muffins, there was plant your own seeds, there was create your own mayhem. Everyone had a good time

Swimming in the lake

Quinn's first time to swim in the lake off the boat happened today

Happy 3rd Birthday

First thing this morning, because it was her birthday, and because Quinn earned 50 stars (every 10 stars is 2 toes) on her start chart... we got to paint our toenails pink this morning. Everybody got painted toenails, including daddy

Best practices before engaging

If you have spent all day the zoo, you are sticky from sunscreen and facing a no-nap taking devil, take a shower first for yourself before putting the kids down.... It might delay there bedtime, and make one parent grumpy, but will give the other parent the tools to remain calm and get the job done.

How is a kid like a genie

You have to be very careful what you ask for. They are very tricky and will give you what you asked for, not what you intended...

Case in point, one of the items on her star chart is trying new food... So this morning at breakfast, she excitedly saw the donuts with sprinkles, and said "I want to try that as my new food today!!"

Damn, that's not what we ment!

Overstimulated

Thanks to our older cousins, samantha 8, Molly & Emily 8, Logan 7, and a couple of friends Quinn is officially overstimulated... She had to come out and take a break... Wow

Lost

Quinn's first lost experience happened this weekend. I was going to the bathroom and Quinn wanted to follow me, but she didn't tell anyone. The ladies restroom was out of order, but the men's wasn't. So Quinn thought that I went to the far away restroom, when I actually went to the close one... And she got trapped inside the men's restroom. Kinda freaked her out a little bit.

First enjoyable fireworks

The fireworks that were over a mile away were very much enjoyed by Quinn who could barely even hear them.

platform dancing

So this two story playhouse that we've built for Quinn has now become a stage for her to boogie... it started with Shaggy's "Shake Shake Shake", and then proceeded to be a whole slew of interpretives dances after that.

giant erector set

So we got a build your own playground kit for Quinn and had a "mansion" assembled for her this morning.

"Wow.......wow.......wow......wow.......wow" was all Quinn said this morning.

Bummed out

So we are at a going away party that the neighbors threw... and Quinn was appropriately shy around all of the older friends saying hi to her.... BUT she was shy, hanging on KYLE's pant legs, not DADDY's.

What a bum deal that is.