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January 08, 2008
3-year old gift rating system
1. Open It!!!
2. Can I open another one?
3. NOOOOO!!!!!
All in all I think he enjoyed all of his gifts. It was just his initial reaction that was so funny!
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January 07, 2008
Favorite color
Quinn, what's your favorite color? "Red"
Why? "Because it's sparkly and beautiful!"
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Hospital
Yia-Yia was in the hospital a couple of days during our Christmas visit. When I got back home the night she was admitted, Quinn asked where Yia-Yia was. I explained that she was going to have to stay in the hospital for a little while and would be sleeping there. In response all he had to say was "Oh, did her teeth fall out?". I have no clue where that came from, but I tried to expain simply what was really wrong. For some reason he was hung up on the fact that you go to the hospital when your teeth fall out. Try as I could to convince him otherwise, he was sure that was what it was all about.
We'll see what his observations are when it's time for him to visit me and his baby sister in the hospital...
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Innocent in the eyes of a 3 year old
During Christmas break I got into a minor car accident. The most unfortunate part was that it was my in-laws car that suffered the damage. When I got back to their house after the accident, Quinn was full of questions. "What happened?", "How come you hit that car?", "Were you wearing your seatbelt?",... I did a quick renactment with some matchbox cars (he even had one that gets a dented bumper when you crash it) and explained what had happened. His questions then turned to "Why did that girl stop and make you hit her?", "How come that girl wasn't a good driver?",...
In Quinn's mind there is always someone at fault for every unfortunate situation and it's usually pretty black and white to him. Oh, and things are never his fault either... If he trips on something someone gets blamed for putting it there. In most cases he was the one to leave the item but usually Jason or I get blamed first and when we deny it then it's usually the cleaning lady's fault. They take the hit for a lot of happenings in our house. So although it shouldn't have been suprising, I thought it was kind of funny how quickly I became the "victim" in the car accident...
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Spoiled?
Not that Quinn seems to ever be deprived of presents and "suprises", he tends to be particularily spoiled during the holidays. However, I do worry about all the excess and try to keep his perspective on the meaning of the holiday and to teach him to always be appreciative for all of his blessings. This was his last year as the only grandson/nephew (on both sides!) so I think he may be in for a shock next year.
So here's what Quinn's holidays looked like...
I'll start by admitting that I bribed him with treats just to get through some of my holiday shopping this year (a $5-$10 toy is a whole lot cheaper then a babysitter...). A couple of days before we left NC his present from Uncle Eric and Aunt Meredith arrived and then the day we left our neighbor suprised him with another Christmas present. When we arrived at Grandma's house, she let him open a present every day up to Christmas. During that time we also had a family party were he got some nice presents from his Great-Grandparents, Great Aunt, and cousin "A-little-bit" (aka: Elizabeth). Christmas Eve was the official start of the gift avalanche where his Grandparents and Auntie spoiled him. He awoke the next morning at Yia-Yia's house to a stuffed stocking and a couple of presents from Santa. He was then quickly buried by gifts from his Yia-Yia and Theos. Next came more gifts from Katie and his cousins Christopher, Penelope, Maria and Peter. After what seemed like a kids dream come true I was suprised by Quinn's confusion... Just after everyone left on Christmas day, Quinn turned to me and said when's Christmas? Confused, I'm sure I gave him a weird look when I answered that we had just had Christmas. He returned with a quizzical expression of his own and stated "but this was just our little Christmas"... Like I said, I think next year may be a bit of a shock for him :-)
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