Month: October 2010

On Tuesday when I took Quinn to school, he gave me a wave, said \’Bye Mama\’, and went right in to his classroom.  Wow!  When the kids go in to the classroom, they go to a table that has cards with each of their names printed on it. They are to pick out their name and take it to another table.  Yesterday, I saw Miss Bunny (his teacher) do a happy dance after Quinn picked out his name card.  On the way home we always talk about his morning at school and I asked how to spell his name.  He said \”Q-U-I-N-N spells Quinn\”!   He repeated this little exercise a couple times later in the day to Don\’s delight!

I can really see the benefits of preschool carrying over in to other things too.  On Monday Don and I took Quinn to swim class.  Normally I would have to leave the pool area so that Quinn will stay focused on the class and not come running over to me.  This past Monday, Don and I sat in the pool area and Quinn listened to all the instructions from his teacher Miss Heather and never once tried to come over to us.  He was a little naughty and scared Miss Heather a couple of times, but that\’s exactly what we would expect of a 3 year old 😉

The Boy!

Where do you take a 3 year old for his birthday dinner?  We went to our local Japanese Hibachi restaurant called Fujiyama Mama!  The place was packed and there were flaming volcanoes everywhere.  Quinn got to scream and talk with his outside voice and we could barely hear him.  What a great night!

Saturday afternoon we ventured out for some pumpkin picking and apple cider drinking at Hackelbarney Cider Mill.  It was a beautiful setting and we knew we were going to have fun when there was a John Deere right out front for Quinn to hop on.

I was impressed with all of the photo opportunities that were set up around the farm.

We grabbed our wheelbarrow and ventured out in to the pumpkin patch. Hackelbarney is the kind of farm where the pumpkins are still attached to the vine so you really do need to pick them.  Quinn found quite a few that he liked and filled up the wheelbarrow.

The farm was filled with apple orchards with trees just right for a THREE year old to climb. (And maybe a 41 year old too.)

Don, Quinn, and I ventured in to the corn maze. Quinn started out blazing through the maze and ended up riding on Don\’s shoulders. Don taught Quinn and I that you ALWAYS turn right in a corn maze. He was right on because we found our way out.

Mom and Quinn hung out while we paid for the pumpkins.

Speaking of pumpkins…

We finished up our visit with many apple cider goodies, both savory and sweet.  What a great way to spend a birthday afternoon!