Bath Time!

When Quinn was brand new I was always so on top of documenting every little event through pictures and video. With Miles... not so much! In fact tonight was the first time I ever even grabbed a camera for bath time! (We joke that it is good that they look so alike... we can write Miles' name on the back of some of Quinn's baby pictures!) Miles has recently started joining Quinn in the big tub and they have a lot of fun together! These two love their baths!

A good lesson!

I haven't kept it a secret that I am fed up with the thieving young vandals who live all around us in our apartment grouping. Quinn's toys constantly disappearing or mysteriously breaking, my flowers all being thrashed, my garden decorations going missing, etc. really adds up and drives me nuts! So when we went to McDonald's last night so that Quinn could play in the Playland I was disappointed to see that the place was crowded with kids of "that age" (8, 9, 10, 11-ish). I watched everyone like a hawk. I was ready to stand up for Quinn if an older kid so much as bumped into him (okay, I am being a little bit dramatic here, but you get the idea... I was on edge).

Quinn did fantastic climbing the tubes until about half way. He came out into the opening and then didn't know which way to go. From the ground I was trying to guide him which way to go and he was starting to panic. I was helpless! Then one of the little boys -who I had figured was a heathen- said, "Don't worry, I'll help him!" and took off up the tubes. He took Quinn's hand and helped him up the rest of the way. Quinn squealed and laughed all the way down the slide and came out at the bottom sitting on that little boys lap! As soon as he was standing up he took off right back up the tubes! The boy was right behind him, asking if he wanted help. They rode down the slide together again. The sweet little boy, whom I'd been so quick to dismiss, came over to me to tell me how good Quinn did that time, and that "he learned a lot and was good at climbing." That first boy, along with a second one, helped Quinn and played with him the whole time, not even once trying to escape little Quinn who slowed them down so much!

Those sweet little boys almost brought tears to my eyes; it was a fantastic lesson for me! It was so reassuring to see boys of "that age" being such awesome kids!

5 Months Old!

I am a little late with this post, but as of last Wednesday (May 20th), Miles is five-months-old... and SO CUTE! I love this little guy so MUCH!

I Heart Faces Contest

It is time for another contest at iheartfaces.blogspot.com. This is a picture I took of Quinn on Easter. It might already be here in a blog entry, but since it is the best picture I have ever got of Quinn I chose to use it anyway! Take a look at iheartfaces, or even enter your own picture! I love looking at all of the amazing entries every week!
This has to be included for this weeks entry:
"I am submitting this photo into the http://www.iheartfaces.com/ Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites."

More coffee, pleeease!

Travis is constantly drinking coffee, and Quinn is constantly curious about coffee. Quinn always pretends to be drinking coffee and talks about how much he likes it. Today he was having a little meltdown because we told him he couldn't have coffee... so Travis decided to let him try some! He got a spoonful of straight black coffee (and Travis drinks it STRONG) and blew on it for a moment. Quinn was SO excited! We watched, anticipating a horrified reaction. Quinn put the whole spoonful in his mouth and got a strange look in his eye. We waited for him to spit it out, or cry, or something else dramatic. Instead, his eyes lit up! "MMMmmm! Coffee taste good! More coffee, pleeease!" It backfired.

MMMmmmm!

Miles ate (well, attempted to eat) baby rice cereal for the first time the other day. He was not sure what to think... he looks a little crazed, doesn't he!?

Also, it has been a while since I have written anything about Dalton. Here is an update: He got BIG! He will be eight in just a couple of months and he is as sweet as ever. Here are a couple of pictures I took of him yesterday.

I Heart Faces Contest

I took a picture of Miles this weekend that I am particularly proud of... and it just happens to correspond with the contest theme on my new obsession, http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/! To enter you have to link back to your own page, so here it is!