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November 13, 2006

Priya is moving

Quinn got to spend a lot of time playing with Priya this weekend which was great since they are moving to Charlotte this week. Quinn is really going to miss her! We get together almost every weekend. They have fun playing at home, at the park, at the mall, and especially at the bowling alley.

This past weekend, we tried to go bowling on Saturday night but our dinner at Chili's turned into a 2 1/2 hour fiasco so it got to be too late. I have to give Chili's credit though - they listened attentively to our complaints, gave the kids some attention, and most importantly gave a nice comp on the bill. It was a far cry from Tony Roma's $4 "appeasement credit" (the Reardon's will understand). Anyway, we celebrated Priya's birthday early and the kids had fun blowing out the candles again and again. I'm not sure that we ever got them all (and we are only talking about three candles) lit at the same time before one kid would blow them out :-)

The next day we got together at the play area in the mall. It was really crowded so we didn't stay too long. We headed over to Build a Bear where Priya built a cute white doggie (Marcelle) and Quinn built a snow leopard. At first he wanted to name it hippo then switched to Lucky. Both got a nice cat/dog bed but Marcelle made out even better with a dog house, dish, leash, and I'm not sure what else. The kids had a lot of fun. Quinn has been taking very good care of Lucky. He covers him with a blanket and feeds him an interesting pretend diet (Chicken, Orange Juice, Pop, and Peas from what I saw). For some reason all of Quinn's pretend creatures seem to be high maintenance and Lucky appears to be no different. Lucky often meows for attention or food and is constantly pooping. He certainly keeps Quinn busy.

Anyway, after the Build a Bear Quinn and Priya split a bucket of Ms. Field's cookies... well split is relative, I think Quinn took and ate 2/3 of them. I begged for a cookie the whole time we were at the mall (he started with more then 10 mini-cookies) but he wouldn't share. That's not too unusual for Quinn but it still hurt my feelings, especially when we got home and after Jason asked for a cookie Quinn replied with "You want this one Daddy?".

Posted by terri at 02:18 PM | Comments (0)

"That boy is THIRSTY!"

We had some people in working this past weekend so I brought Quinn with me when I brought them in some lunch. He was excited to be back at my work. He remembered coming here for the Halloween party - he kept referring to him being Buzz Lightyear. We passed one of the conference rooms that was decorated for the party last time he was there and he turned to me and said "tricker treating OVER!".

We made our way up to one of our larger labs which I thought he would be excited to see. Instead of being amazed by all the hardware, he was fixated on two oranges cones near the entryway :-)

Quinn was a bit shy when we dropped off lunch to Jose and Kavitha but he was patient while I chatted with them about our status. As we were leaving the lab he turned to me and said "That boy is THIRSTY!". He knew we had drinks (I'm not sure the fact they are free has any relevance to him) so I asked him if he wanted to bring him one... So we went to the break room and he picked out a Mountain Dew for "the boy" and a bottle of water for "the girl". Of course he scored big points and they thought he was so cute... On the way out of the lab he seemed to snap out of his shyness and started talking loudly about all the things two year olds find interesting. We stopped by my office and he got a couple pieces of candy and then he picked an orange juice to take with him.

We headed over to the rec center where there is a playground and had our lunch outside. I didn't realize they closed at 1pm so a guy came over and told us we had to leave, that they were going to be closing the gate. Quinn became fixated on the whole situation. He would say "Hurry Mommy, the gate is CLOSING!" and then a second later he would look at me with a patient, tender tone and say "Don't worry Mommy, Daddy will rescue us!"

Anyway, I really enjoyed the afternoon with him. He's such a complex little guy, I just love him to pieces!

Posted by terri at 12:47 PM | Comments (0)

November 07, 2006

Get over it

Quinn was freaking out about sitting in his car seat because the seat was dirty (of course, that never stops him from eating in it...). It was raining and I was getting wet so I told him to just get over it. He turns to me and says with a serious, slightly peeved expression "I don't want to get over it.". I'm not sure he understood what he was saying but it was hilarious!

Posted by terri at 11:15 PM | Comments (0)

Shopping buddies

Quinn has always loved getting out of the house. Recently he's starting coming up to me, asking "Want to go shopping Mommy?" He especially plays it up on days he doesn't want to go to school. He'll sit there and try to negotiate with me, with a tempting tease in his voice... "Want to go shopping Mommy...?"

If you ask him where he wants to go, he typically says "Target" although I think Walmart is his favorite (they have the bikes out so he can "try" them out). Usually he has a shopping list... a ball or candy for him and them some other random household things. The other day he had "Green pop for Daddy" on his list. He mentioned it before we got there and several times while we were there but somehow we ended up at the checkout line without it. I didn't really think we needed it, but he was insistent that we go back and get it. I'm not sure how he knew, but we really were out of it when we got home so he got a lot of brownie points with Jason.

I'll admit, I love the company. We shop a lot slower but he's usually good and makes it more fun. My only hang up, is that he likes to pick things out and put them in the cart. Of course that doesn't usually agree with my minor OCD issue with taking the first item. Since I'm trying hard not to pass my idiosyncrasies on to him, I try to resist doing the secret replacement (well to be honest, I tried that a bunch but he's like a hawk - I got caught every time). So not only do we end up with the front package (the one that everyone has touched), it's typically the banged up package as well. Ah, what you do for your kids... lol

Posted by terri at 10:58 PM | Comments (0)

Everything relates back to a nursery rhyme...

Quinn was getting ready for bed the other night when Yia-Yia called. They were chatting about her upcoming visit and he said that she could sleep with him in his room. So I told him to tell her that she couldn't snore - well, he just turned to me with this condescending look and said "It isn't raining Mommy".

Get it... It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring... lol

Posted by terri at 10:52 PM | Comments (0)

Where are the cows?

It was already dark when Quinn and I were leaving his school so we looked up in the sky searching for the moon. Quinn pointed out some stars and airplanes but couldn't find the moon. I explained that it must be behind some clouds and that we should look again when we get home. We started walking to the car when he turned to me and asked "Where are the cows?. Confused, I asked him "What cows?". With a serious, curious look, he replied "The ones over the moon.".

Posted by terri at 10:49 PM | Comments (0)