The White House

Today was picture day at Quinn\’s school.   So I got Quinn dressed in a spiffy outfit this morning and off we went.   He is still a little bit reluctant to leave my side and usually asks me to pick him up.  But I challenge him to a race to see who can get to the classroom first.  He\’s still falling for it and it still works.  Today he didn\’t seem too happy about staying but did say \’bye\’ and gave me a wave.

When I went to pick Quinn up from school, his teacher Miss Bunny said that Quinn gave them a run for their money during picture time.  It took quite a bit of cajoling to get him to agree to sit for a picture.  Hmmm, you think the poor kid is sick of having a camera in his face?  But, I can\’t wait to see the pictures and will definitely share with you.    Right before they dismiss class, all the kids gather in the auditorium for some singing and dancing (usually with the school\’s director).  Today they were signing \”If You\’re Happy and You Know It\”.  I love to peak in and see Quinn participating and having a great time.  School has been very, very good for/to him.

I thought I would give you a preview of some of his finest artistic moments.  The school laminated this his first school picture for us.

 Each week, the whole school learns/concentrates on one letter in the alphabet.  As you can see, \’A\’ was the letter this week.  They used apples that were cut in half to make this piece of art.

I\’m not sure exactly how they created this fish because it\’s looking a little too good for a 3 year old creation.  But \’F\’ was the letter of the week.

Can you guess what the letter of the week is this week?  I was pretty surprised to see this animal in the parking lot when I pulled in to pick up Quinn.

A quick little post to show you our handsome blue eyed boy. Blogger has recently updated their functionality so that it is much easier to post large pictures. so here you go 🙂

**This was supposed to be posted yesterday, so backdate it one day for me please :)**
I got up early this morning and saw Don off to work.  Quinn is still sleeping so the house is quiet and I’m having a couple of hours to myself.  I was thinking back to birthday’s past and thought I would look for pictures from previous birthdays.
My 9 months of pregnancy were some of the happiest of my life.  The amazing feeling of the little baby growing inside me.  On my birthday in 2007 I had already been on bedrest for 4+ weeks with a kitchen and two bathrooms being demolished.  Barbara answered our emergency rescue call and took care of us for the first couple of weeks and then my mom came for the next couple of weeks.  We decided to take a risk and get me out of the house for my birthday.  I think it was my first time out for quite some time, other than visits to the doctor.  Looking back at those innocent faces, we had no idea how our lives were about to change.   Remember this great backyard in California?

In 2008 we decided to risk taking our 11 month old Mighty Quinn out to dinner with us at a great French-Korean restaurant in Seattle.  I remember blogging about our dinner out.   Quinn eating kim chee was quite a treat for us, although I know he would turn his nose up to it now.  What happened to that very agreeable little man?  We had only been living in Seattle for about 6 months and had already gotten the news that we would probably be moving again.  I remember that we put all that aside that night and had a really fun night out in one of Seattle’s funky neighborhoods and enjoyed some really great, unique food. 

Hmmm..wish I could remember my birthday last year but I’m sure it was great!  This is how our little man looked on my birthday 🙂

I meant to take a picture of Quinn and I on my birthday but I never made it happen.  We got a babysitter so Don and I could enjoy a dinner out at our favorite local restaurant A Toute Heurre.  It was a nice evening out and we came home to a sleeping baby.  Happy Birthday Mama!