Happy Birthday Nana!!

We all love you and hope your day is great!!

Soccer and Cookies

Quinn started the Tri-Sports program at our local Y on Thursday. They do 3 weeks of soccer, 3 weeks of tee-ball, and 3 weeks of flag football(!). He had a few meltdowns, mostly based on some other kid taking the ball he deemed his, but once they started playing an actual "game" he really got into it. He was running after the ball, kicking it, all that good stuff. It wasn't really at the goal, but it was definitely something. Plus his friend Ellie was on his team, which he really liked. While I'm hoping for a soccer/tee-ball/football star, I'm just glad he likes it so far.

A few weeks ago I found some fall cookie cutters and sprinkles at Target and decided to make some cookies with Quinn yesterday. Making sugar cookies from scratch is no easy thing. Ok, making the actual dough is easy, its the rolling and cutting that kind of sucks. But we did the best we could and ended up with about 10 cookies. Quinn was very excited to help, especially the sprinkles part. And they ended up tasting pretty good!

The finished product!

Our "Vacation"

Last weekend we were able to go over to Disney for the weekend. As I've stated in the past, we are so lucky to be able to have passes and I do hope someday Quinn knows just how lucky he is to live here. We stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside, which was really nice. I definitely recommend it to anyone coming to Disney. We got there on Friday just in time for their nightly marshmellow roasting event! That made Quinn and Ross very happy!

We hung out there that night, eating and watching the end of the Lion King on an inflatable screen. Quinn thought that was cool.

The next day we continued just hanging out, going swimming and to the neat playground they had. Quinn even went down the waterslide with me. Just once though, since we got yelled at by the lifeguard because it was supposed to be one at a time. Oops, oh well.

After lunch we went back to the room and napped and then that night we went to Magic Kingdom. Even though we go fairly often, we always find new things to do. We went to the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor this time, which Quinn loved. He is going to be Mike Wazowski for Halloween, so this just made him crack up. He slept well that night!

The next day we checked out, but not before taking a picture of Quinn outside the first hotel room he ever stayed in.

Then we were off to Hollywood Studios for the Play and Dine breakfast at Hollywood & Vine. We got there late and they almost didn't let us in. But hopefully Quinn's cute face and Pluto hat helped, because we got in. Now most of the characters at this breakfast Quinn didn't care about. But he did care about Handy Manny. It took him a while to get to our table, but once he did, it was so wonderful. The waitress told him that Quinn was very eager to see him and Manny made sure to spend some extra time with him and pointed out how happy he was that Quinn had his Handy Manny doll. Then he came back with a special card for Quinn that said he was an awesome new friend. Then during the dance party Manny took Quinn by the hand and danced with him for the whole time. Quinn was just so happy. That made it all worthwhile.

After breakfast we went over to Epcot for Food and Wine and to meet some friends. We had a great time, as always. Quinn has recently started watching Finding Nemo and was really excited about the Nemo ride, which we went on twice. He especially loved the statues of the characters outside. Here is Quinn and Nemo together.

And here he is with Bruce!

I'm so happy with our weekend, we all had a great time. I'm definitely looking forward to doing it again soon.

Its The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Don't worry, I'm not in the Christmas spirit...yet. We made our first pilgrimage to Epcot's Food and Wine last night, and as always, it didn't disappoint. I know I'll be going at least 2 more times, hopefully more. Oh the sheer joy of the Season Pass. The waffle with berry compote in Belgium is worth the price of a pass alone! I just hope one day Quinn realizes how lucky he is!

Just a picture...

A few nights ago I was looking for stuff for a garage sale and I found this sleeping bag Quinn's Aunt Bridget gave him last year. He was so excited and decided he wanted to sleep on it that night. So he did. And no, it didn't go well. But he had fun and it was a nice something different for one night.

My little boy is growing up

I don't know why this struck me today, but for some reason it did. Quinn had his first accident report at school today. He fell while on the playground and scraped his forehead on the mulch. Its nothing big or horrible looking (I'll post a picture later), but for some reason it seems like such a grown-up thing. I'm sure other kids in his class had them earlier, even last year, but this is his first. He only has firsts once, so I'm just "enjoying" it as much as I can.

Labor Day Recap

We headed up to Tennessee last Wednesday to spend Labor Day with my family. After a pretty uneventful drive, we got there around 5:45 am. Quinn wouldn't go to bed, but luckily Nana and Papa were there to entertain him while Mommy and Daddy went to sleep. We spent the next few days hanging out, eating, having fun, and aside from one issue with our car key (involving a mysterious disappearance, a $50 spare overnighting, and its grand reappearance in TN once we got home), we had a fabulous time. Quinn definitely enjoyed all the catering Nana and Papa gave him, and we enjoyed the family time and just being away. Here are some pictures from the trip!

One day we went to the Creative Discovery Children's Museum in downtown Chattanooga (which is awesome by the way, check it out if you ever get the chance). It was really neat and Quinn had so much fun. Here he is playing in the piano....

...and dressing up like a dinosaur!

Not a bad shot for a self-portrait!

Daddy and Quinn enjoyed dressing up like bees in the bee exhibit. Cute, huh?

We also spent a lot of nice relaxing downtime at the house. Quinn and Mere enjoyed some quality bonding time doing some singing and dancing.

Quinn posing with GiGi at the Labor Day lunch at the Creekside.

I guess all the fun times caught up with them.

Posing with Nana before she left for work on our last day.

Quinn and Papa!

Thanks to my parents for the hospitality...we'll be back soon!