Quinn's first visit to the Please Touch Museum
Monday, July 28, 2014
Friday, July 25, 2014
Warning: Proud Mom Bragging
Dear Quinn,
I have just gotten off the phone with your teacher, who called to provide an update on your progress at school. I have tears in my eyes because I am so proud of you.
Your teacher said that you are the brightest child in your class, and that you have excelled far beyond the curriculum. They developed special flash cards just for you, and have had to continually update them as you learn new words. To keep you engaged, you are given important tasks relating to your classroom's routine. It is your job to select the books for story time, the colors for art projects, and which songs to sing during circle time. You are a little leader among your peers!
While your classmates are learning to count to five, you have one-on-one time with another teacher to do activities typically reserved for the 2-and-a-half-year-olds. You just turned 21 months on Wednesday!
Finally, she asked if your Daddy and I could come in to have a meeting with your teachers and the principal to discuss the best course of action for you moving forward. We all want you to keep learning, growing and excelling in school, so all signs point to you moving up to the two-year old class a couple months early. I will try not to embarrass you by crying throughout the entire meeting.
I hope that this is only the beginning of your being an exceptional student, and that your love of learning continues throughout your whole life. Thank you for being such a great kid, and for making us so proud. Go, Quinn, Go! We love you so much!
I have just gotten off the phone with your teacher, who called to provide an update on your progress at school. I have tears in my eyes because I am so proud of you.
Your teacher said that you are the brightest child in your class, and that you have excelled far beyond the curriculum. They developed special flash cards just for you, and have had to continually update them as you learn new words. To keep you engaged, you are given important tasks relating to your classroom's routine. It is your job to select the books for story time, the colors for art projects, and which songs to sing during circle time. You are a little leader among your peers!
While your classmates are learning to count to five, you have one-on-one time with another teacher to do activities typically reserved for the 2-and-a-half-year-olds. You just turned 21 months on Wednesday!
Finally, she asked if your Daddy and I could come in to have a meeting with your teachers and the principal to discuss the best course of action for you moving forward. We all want you to keep learning, growing and excelling in school, so all signs point to you moving up to the two-year old class a couple months early. I will try not to embarrass you by crying throughout the entire meeting.
I hope that this is only the beginning of your being an exceptional student, and that your love of learning continues throughout your whole life. Thank you for being such a great kid, and for making us so proud. Go, Quinn, Go! We love you so much!
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| This is how a genius eats a well-deserved ice cream cone! |
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Dear Quinn,
Your little personality emerges more and more with each passing day. Every morning, you wake up and immediately greet us with smiles and excitement when we walk into your room. Sometimes you flop back down into your crib and pretend to be asleep, but you always insist on having a few minutes of quiet time to read in your crib before you get changed and dressed.
On school days you get home around 6 and take long walks around the neighborhood with Daddy, sometimes all the way down to the river and back, while I make dinner. After you enthusiastically eat your meal, you play until it's time for bath, books and bed. You now stay up until about 8:30 p.m.
Your language skills have exploded in the past couple of weeks. You now speak in crude sentences that make sense (most of the time).
You are already learning to outsmart us. After school yesterday, you were taking your sweet time getting into the house. It was hot so I asked if you would like to go inside and get some some juice - you didn't answer. I offered you raisins - again, no reply. Finally, I brought out the big guns, "How about we go get a banana?" You considered for a moment and then said, "Ok, juice, raisins, and banana!"
You have become a little mother to you baby doll, which you have creatively named, "baby." You ask for her as soon as you wake up, stroll her around on your princess scooter, share your milk and food with her, and even put her on the potty seat. The scary part is when we hear echoes of ourselves when you discipline her, because she isn't allowed to jump on the couch either. "Sit down, baby!"
Now that you have mastered the letters of the alphabet, you have begun teaching them to your baby. You put her in the yellow chair and then hold up the foam letters one by one, telling her, "This is S!" "This is H!"
As soon as I saw this happening, I ran to get the video camera, but you had already become frustrated by your baby's stupidity. You overturned the bucket of letters, picked her up by her hair and flung her across the room. Now that - you did NOT learn from us.
Here are some photos from our great summer so far:
Your little personality emerges more and more with each passing day. Every morning, you wake up and immediately greet us with smiles and excitement when we walk into your room. Sometimes you flop back down into your crib and pretend to be asleep, but you always insist on having a few minutes of quiet time to read in your crib before you get changed and dressed.
On school days you get home around 6 and take long walks around the neighborhood with Daddy, sometimes all the way down to the river and back, while I make dinner. After you enthusiastically eat your meal, you play until it's time for bath, books and bed. You now stay up until about 8:30 p.m.
Your language skills have exploded in the past couple of weeks. You now speak in crude sentences that make sense (most of the time).
You are already learning to outsmart us. After school yesterday, you were taking your sweet time getting into the house. It was hot so I asked if you would like to go inside and get some some juice - you didn't answer. I offered you raisins - again, no reply. Finally, I brought out the big guns, "How about we go get a banana?" You considered for a moment and then said, "Ok, juice, raisins, and banana!"
You have become a little mother to you baby doll, which you have creatively named, "baby." You ask for her as soon as you wake up, stroll her around on your princess scooter, share your milk and food with her, and even put her on the potty seat. The scary part is when we hear echoes of ourselves when you discipline her, because she isn't allowed to jump on the couch either. "Sit down, baby!"
Now that you have mastered the letters of the alphabet, you have begun teaching them to your baby. You put her in the yellow chair and then hold up the foam letters one by one, telling her, "This is S!" "This is H!"
As soon as I saw this happening, I ran to get the video camera, but you had already become frustrated by your baby's stupidity. You overturned the bucket of letters, picked her up by her hair and flung her across the room. Now that - you did NOT learn from us.
Here are some photos from our great summer so far:
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| At Uncle TJ's engagement party (in a replacement outfit) |
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| I barfed on my pretty dress |
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| Headhouse Square splash fountain |
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| Baby has to go "poo poo potty!" |
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| Discovering Thomas the Tank Engine |
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| Choo Choo Train!!! Uncle Mike was right - this is awesome |
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| Changing the baby's diaper |
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| "I slide!!" |
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| "I swing!" (Weccacoe Playground) |
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| Splash Fountain after the Hot Dog Festival |
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| Mmm... hot dog! |
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| Three Bears Park |
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Fourth of July
Dear Quinn,
Even though you are the smartest baby in the whole world, you still have a number of not-so-brilliant habits. You lick sunscreen off your arms. You drink bathwater and eat bubbles. You think the toilet is the most fascinating thing in the house. The other day, I noticed you chewing in the living room and asked you what you were eating. You said, "Green!" and flashed me a smile flecked with green crayon chunks.
Even though you are the smartest baby in the whole world, you still have a number of not-so-brilliant habits. You lick sunscreen off your arms. You drink bathwater and eat bubbles. You think the toilet is the most fascinating thing in the house. The other day, I noticed you chewing in the living room and asked you what you were eating. You said, "Green!" and flashed me a smile flecked with green crayon chunks.
You mimic us constantly, and by doing so have made us aware of so many things that we do without even noticing it. Every time you pick up your babydoll you say, "Urgh! heavy!" You have also been known to say a certain bad word that starts with s if you drop or spill something... whoops!
Yesterday, as we were watching Jeopardy, your Daddy and I both shouted, "sombrero," which was an answer to a clue in the hat category. You then yelled out, "sombrero!" for every single clue thereafter.
You make us laugh so much that it is hard to discipline you, but we have recently been forced to designate a "time out" corner for you. You think it's a fun game, and will purposely jump on the couch so that you can happily sit in your corner for a few seconds before the process repeats. We'll all get the hang of it someday.
Here are some photos from our wonderful Fourth of July!
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| Daddy and Quinn at Independence Hall |
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| Great parade spot! |
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| You caught these smoothies from the Wawa float |
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| 5th of July BBQ - big girl swing! |
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| There you are being very uncooperative while we were trying to get a shot of all the kids... |
We love you, Quinn!
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