Pgh trip

Well, we avoided near disaster when Popo brought our left toy backpack to the airport.

Everyone did great on the plane, but safety pops where quite messy for Brock.

Had a great time at the family reunion and then spent a couple of hours with Brian, Savanah, Conner, and Cadence.

On Sunday, had breakfast with Pappy and Cindy. Then a fantastic picnic at Tom and Jennifer's where we saw Maria, Peter, and the Foote gang again.

After several mishaps and misunderstandings around the rental car - we left three hours later than the we wanted (8pm instead of 5). Brock didn't fall asleep until near 10. It is a quarter to 11 and Quinn, Samantha, and Nathan are still awake watching videos.

Cautious bravery

I'm so proud of Quinn today.
First I'm proud of her for wanting to ride her bike down the big hill at Godwin park. Second, I'm proud of her for figuring out how
to drag her bike up the hill ( she ended up pulling the front handlebars while manually turning the front wheel). Finally I'm proud of her for deciding not to ride down the hill once she got to the top. Brave, creative, and cautious - what a fabulous combination.

Pineapple burns

After sucking on the core and having about fifteen pieces of pineapple, Quinn ended up "burning" her tongue from the bromelian (the enzyme in pineapple that causes that sensation... It is also used as a meat tenderizer)

Ski trainer

Quinn skied and stood up on the ski trainer today

Learning disappointment

Even though we missed our flight to San Jose, I'm quite pleased with our ability to tell Quinn "that what you are feeling right now is disappointment."

One point for emotional intelligence training. :)

Lost shoes

FYI, clear plastic jelly shoes disappear in the ocean instantaneously. Lesson learned - kids water shoes should be brightly colored

Dr Suess nightmares

Daddy screwed up. As customary on the weekends I let her watch a video... We were going to watch Sid the Science Kid, but on the home screen was a Dr Suess movie (I think it was a tv series), which Quinn wanted to see. I've like the other Dr Suess videos and stories we have seen, so we went ahead and watched it.... Now Quinn is having nightmares (and she has only been asleep for an hour). Crap!

Quinn's Spring 2011 Progress Report

It has been a delight to have Quinn in our class this year!! She is always proud of her ability to sign in daily.

Quinn is very creative when playing with her peers, both at centers in the classroom or outside. Occasionally we continue to remind Quinn she is not the "boss" or "teacher." She quickly re-approaches the situation and restates the comment. We are proud of Quinn's success.

We know next year will be a terrific year for Quinn in Pre-K!!! Thank you for sharing Quinn with us!!

I've got bad news quote

"I've got bad news.... Brock is following me." --Quinn

Sleeping at dinner

Yesterday, we somehow managed to exhaust Quinn so much that she fell asleep during dinner. Literally mid-bite.

Reading and words

I was reading, waiting for Quinn to go to sleep. I don't know if someone said this to her or if she made it up, but I loved it: She said, "You read in your imagination. Sometimes I talk in silent words."

Quinn wins

Quinn and I were trying to decide who was hungrier. I raised one hand and said I was hungrier. She raised one hand and said she was hungrier. I raised the other hand. She raised the other hand. I raised a leg. She raised a leg. I raised the other leg. So did she. I said we must both be equally hungry. She said she raised her head so she was the hungriest! It's tough when a 3 1/2 year old beats you at your own game. It was just the kind of argument Drew would have won at that age too. It's really fun to see him getting his own back. :-)

Sounding like mom

Well I've heard two quotes from Quinn that are straight from her mom:

What the hay!
Mother of god!

What's daddy's job

So, as we dropped off Quinn at school, a recent art project was hanging on the wall entitled "What does your daddy do at work?"

Quinn's project said: "He helps John" :)

This is referring to John Bennett, a co-worker and friend who has been over to dinner several times.

Thank you to myself

Quinn, who happened to help choose my new deodorant, said it smelled "Wonderful!" and that she needed to say thank you to herself, for choosing it.

"Thank you self.... hehe hehe hehe"

360Flex conference

Quinn loved meeting some of my friends from the conference. She also enjoyed learning about pool (billiards).

Role model

Teaching Quinn the word role model and what it means. I think she likes having that job

Denver

Trip to Denver for daddy's conference and to see Jee Sun and Leah.... Despite crappy customer service from United, a pretty good travel day overall

Spinach

Mild miracle tonight... Quinn says she does not like spinach but she does like leaves... So while she was munching on spinach leaves from our separated salad, I asked if she knew what spinach looked like. She confidently said yes.

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