The White House

Quinn makes us laugh and smile every day! I thought I would share some funny/cute Quinn stories.

1. Don was travelling last week and Quinn talked to him on the phone a couple of times a day. Q loves to talk on the phone, especially with his papa. One morning Quinn and I were lounging in bed and Quinn said \”Don\” (which he likes to call his papa sometimes). He jumped off the bed, got the phone and brought it back to me so we could call his papa.

2. Quinn likes to drop the \”f\” bomb. Hmmm, not sure where he learned that one. The funny thing is that he always uses it in the appropriate context. Mama drops her keys, Q drops the f bomb. Quinn throws a ball but it doesn\’t got where he wants, he drops the f bomb. Mama\’s talking to Papa on her speaker phone in Target, Q yells the f bomb (ok, not sure where that one came from 😉 Needless to say, Don and I are cleaning up our language.

3. Quinn loves it when a car drives by with their music blasting. He will stop doing whatever he\’s doing and break out in to a dance. He loves \”Boom Boom Pow\” by the Black Eyed Peas and will say Boom Boom.

4. Quinn may be following in the steps of his cousin Ty with his affection for all things electronic. While travelling to Canada, I loaded my iphone with kids games and videos for Quinn. It definitely keeps him occupied and happy but he\’s becoming a little bit obsessed. Today he reached in to Don\’s junk drawer, pulled out his iphone, and found the videos. As you can see in this video, he\’s pretty entranced.

This is what happens when I try and take it away. You can see him doing the more sign (which now just means \”I want\”).

5. Quinn likes to laugh along with a joke. Don and I were just laughing about a funny Q story and Q started laughing along. It\’s so cute!

6. Another thing Quinn really loves these days is Thomas. When he says it, it sounds more like \”Nomas\”. It started with a Thomas book I bought at a yard sale. We noticed it was one of his favorite books. He also loves the little Thomas trains that mom got him from the thrift store and the big Thomas train that he pushes around the neighborhood.

These were some funny stories I could think of off the top of my head. There are so many, many more.

On PEI we had a great time staying with my father\’s brother, George and his wife Pauline. We got a little bit spoiled!!

Here\’s Quinn and I with George and Pauline.

George\’s son, Bill, and his wife Angela have 2 adorable kids who came for a visit. Quinn had a great time playing with his cousins. I think it may be the first time I\’ve seen Quinn actively play with other kids.

Here\’s Heidi, Quinn, and Max. Heidi is very sweet and would read books to Quinn.

I love this picture of Pauline and Heidi.

We took a drive by the farm where my grandfather grew up. Some of the land is still in the family. My cousin\’s step daughter bought the land with the house. It was great to see kids and a dog playing the yard. I have so many great memories of staying on the farm.

Mom and my dad\’s first cousin Grace.

We took the ferry back to Nova Scotia. Here\’s mom and Quinn in their matching outfits on the ferry.

After a few days on Nova Scotia, we headed to Prince Edward Island (PEI) for the wedding. My grandfather grew up on PEI and my father was great friends with his first cousin Aubrey. Aubrey and his wife Beverly have 6 kids and we had great times with them growing up. We made lots of visits to PEI and their family would pile in the car and drive down to Maryland. It was Aubrey & Beverly\’s granddaugher, Courtney, who was getting married.

Here are the bride and groom, Courtney and Graham. Courtney reminds me very much of her mother Cynthia in both her looks and mannerisms.

Here\’s the proud mom and Dad, Cynthia and Robbie.

This is Robbie and Cynthia\’s oldest daughter Candace who has a son about Q\’s age. Kinda funny that Cynthia is a little bit younger than me and has a grandson Q\’s age. She starter early and I started late 😉

Here is Robbie and Cynthia\’s third daughter (for the life of me I can\’t remember her name).

And the youngest daughter Chloe.

Barry and his partner Arnold.

Cynthia, Brenda, and Linda (also in the picture is David\’s little girl)

Frank and Tanya.

Mom and Beverly.