Dear Quinn,
Wow! You turned five this week. FIVE! That is a pretty big deal. I mean you are now old enough to go to Kindergarten and your age takes up one whole hand. Official big kid status around here these days. I have to admit, while I do sometimes miss having a sweet squishy baby around, I really love this stage in our lives. You are pretty agreeable and we can basically do anything we want at anytime with little notice. It is pretty awesome. You are pretty awesome!
Here is a snapshot of FIVE year old Quinn.
- You are super smart. You can basically read anything with little effort. Example- at Costco, you read a sign that says, "Get cash back" while eating your hotdog, and instantly want to know how you can get cash back! I think you were just born with the code for reading in your brain. It is amazing. You are also working on your number sense and are doing a great job with adding and subtracting numbers, as well as, counting in different ways (by tens, fives, twos, etc.) You can write your name like a champ and you are branching out to other words as well.
- You love babies. We added two new babies to our family over the last year, and you are totally smitten with both of them. You love to tickle them and play peak-a-boo. And you love to try to comfort Olive and breast feed her. You will probably be really embarrassed about that one day, but you shouldn't be. It's sweet and natural and so loving.
- You have never met a stranger. You make friends everywhere we go. I can send you into any new situation and you will come out with a friend, and possibly trying to arrange a play date. You are the queen of hugs!
- You are creative and imaginative. You have an imaginary friend named Megamort, and he is pregnant/has a baby named Susan. And while, Megamort drives me a little nuts, I love to see you using your imagination. You asked for and received an Animal costume and a set of drums for your birthday! That is pretty cool.
- You love preschool and you are a big helper to your teacher and classmates. You have grown and learned so much this year in school. We are really going to miss your preschool teachers, but we are so excited for you to start Kindergarten.
- You love to draw rainbows and suns. I truly don't think you have one favorite color (and that is why it changes all the time), but rather you love the rainbow of colors. And you almost always put it in ROYGBIV order. I told you- you are smart!
- You weigh 30 lbs and are 40 inches tall.
- You love all things Disney. You love princesses. You love villains more. I think The Little Mermaid is still your ultimate favorite, but it changes from time to time. \
- You love Legos. You especially love building The Simpson Legos with Dad.
- You are still a picky eater. You do LOVE tuna though. It is your lunch of choice.
- You love your dance class, and we are excited to see you preform at your recital in a couple of weeks.
- You are funny. You are kind, You are bossy. You are caring. You are nurturing. You are silly. . You are easy going. You are smart. You are hilarious. You are friendly. You are helpful. You are beautiful inside and out!
love you!
-
Sunday, May 17, 2015
20/52
I have a lot of posts to write, but for now, my weekly pic. Quinn turned 5 this week! We had a great week celebrating our little bug.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Olive Mae
On April 27, we welcomed our new niece/cousin into the world after 41 weeks of pregnancy and nearly 40 hours of labor for Ali. Whew! It was a lot, but worth every minute.
Ali was induced early morning on Subday, April 26 and spent the day with McKay up at the hospital, my mom and I joined them about 12 hours later expecting it ti be closer to baby time, however, after hours upon hours of contractions, but little action. It was determined that Olive was in the wrong position to be born vaginally and she was born via csection in Monday night.
All I can say is Ali rocks and was so strong. And she and McKay make such a kick ass team.
Olive weighed 7 lbs and 4 ounces, and was 19 inches long. She has strawberry blonde hair and was born less than an hour from her Meier cousin Rhett in the same hospital.
Quinn was so excited to meet Olive. She as instantly smitten with her.
We love you guys so much!!!!!
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Quinn, age 5
Quinn's Favorites:
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Meat
Favorite Sport: Soccer
Favorite Book: Super Adventure
Favorite Song: Blank Space
Best Friend: Megamort, and Alice
Favorite Drink: Capri Sun
Favorite Show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Super Adventure
Favorite Movie: Toy Story 3
Favorite Toy: Elsa Barbie
Favorite Animal: A dog
Favorite Family Activity: Do crafts
Some Questions:
What do you want to be when you grow up? Kindergartner
What job do you want when you grow up? Ear piercer
What does Dad like to do? Put privacy (Quinn's word for deodorant) on.
What does Mom like to do? Type and tell bad stories.
How can you make the world a better place? By cleaning the house.
If you had one wish, what would it be? I wish Megamort was here.
What makes you happy? When I go to school.
What makes you sad? When Max (at school) keeps saying stop.
What is the silliest thing you have ever done? Make up silly names, like Jono. (She spelled that for me.)
What are you an expert at? Painting and hiding.
What time do you go to bed? like eight o' clock.Sunday, May 10, 2015
19/52
Yesterday, we had Quinn's birthday party with her friends (and that will get a post of it's own), But it was also the 5th anniversary of me being hospitalized "until the baby or I got sick enough" to have to deliver her. And today is Mother's Day!
So I am going to post a photo of that little monkey who is almost 5 years old, who made me a mom, and who had the most kick ass villains birthday party yesterday. I love being her mom more than anything and I am so excited for her to start her journey to being a school- aged big kid! Turning five years old is a really big deal and we had a blast celebrating yesterday!
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
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