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This Big Guy

Published on February 12, 2013 by amyewhitelivecomLeave a comment

On Monday I had a Parent/Teacher Conference at Sundance with Quinn\’s teachers. His \”anchor teacher\” Ms. Kate stays with the class throughout the day as the kids go to different classrooms. His other core teachers are Ms. Denise for Language Arts and Ms. Liz for Math (aka Wizard Room).

The three of them had so many positive things to say about Quinn. Kind, enthusiastic, helpful, happy, etc, etc. They absolutely love him! And who wouldn\’t? And he is doing so well and has made big improvements in all his classes. They consider him ready for Sundance Kindergarden (where he will go next year).

He has also become much more social and usually pals up with his little buddies Aidan and Micah (you might remember that the three of them were mice in the last Sundance production).

Don and I know that we chose the right school for Quinn and it\’s wonderful to see him flourishing.

Oh Snowy Day!

Published on February 11, 2013 by amyewhitelivecomLeave a comment

On Friday night we had our first real snow in a couple of years. We ended up getting about 8 inches.

One good thing we can say about NJ is that they take care of business when it comes to snowy roads. Our road was plowed clean before we woke up Saturday morning and everyone was business as usual on Saturday.

On Saturday night we were scheduled to have a surprise birthday party at our house for my friend Danielle so we wanted to make sure our driveway and front walk were shoveled clean. Turns out Danielle got hit with a virus on Saturday so we had to cancel.

Don took care of the driveway and Quinn and I shoveled the front walk and stairs. I think Quinn\’s snow pants are from 2 years ago and are a size 4T…can you tell?

Don and Quinn went out again Sunday to build a snowman but the snow just wasn\’t sticking together. So they had some fun and built a tunnel instead.

Star Wars, Nothing but Star Wars

Published on February 9, 2013 by amyewhitelivecomLeave a comment

I know I haven\’t posted in a while. Sometimes those little things get in the way. Like the stomach virus that ran through our house and hit each of us on a different day. Quinn on Friday, Amy on Monday, and Don on Tuesday. For Don and I it was more of a sleeping virus. I think we may have slept 20 hours out of 24 and still felt exhausted.

It\’s been quite a sick January and February in our house. I think we may need some sun and rum!

Quinn is really in to Star Wars these days. We got him a Star Wars Character Encyclopedia for Christmas and that is his favorite bed time reading. Lately he\’s been bugging us for LEGO Jabba\’s Palace. Really?

We waited until he brought it up again and again. So many times he asks for something, plays with it for 5 minutes, and doesn\’t pick it up again. We were finally convinced.

We all agreed that Quinn would fill a Rubbermaid bin with toys to donate in return for Jabba\’s Palace.

I ordered the set from Amazon and it was scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday. Quinn must have checked the door every ten minutes on Tuesday until it arrived.

Oh Happy Boy!

Did you notice that it\’s for ages 9 – 14 and has 717 pieces? 8 separate bags of little Lego pieces! We got right to work. I helped guide Quinn through each step but he\’s a pretty good Lego putter-togetherer. We did a couple of bags at a time and took frequent breaks. Then Quinn would ask if we could work on the next bag. We finished up after dinner.

I have to admit it is pretty cool. Lots of moving parts and pieces. Even a Han Solo trapped in carbonite.

Quinn has a great imagination and likes to play with the characters. But it\’s \”just pretend\” he says.

We\’ve decided it\’s probably time to watch the first movie. Star Wars, Nothing but Star Wars!!