Just another day in paradise...

Grandma periodically sends Quinn old toy magazines, which sit on the back of the toilet until Quinn feels like she needs a "poop break," and then she sits on the toilet for anywhere between 30 and 45 minutes just looking at her magazine. This is how she spent her Saturday morning.

And this is how Mac spent his, playing with Daddy until somebody dropped.....

.... and it wasn't Mac.....

Tyson did his best to ignore us and catch some Z's, while Quinn wrote him love notes and piled them up in front him.

And the night ended with books, the way any good night should end....

You Give them an inch, and they'll swim all over you.....

Quinn recently started being afraid of the dark. Like really afraid. Like we'd find her hiding under her covers screaming "MOMMY, mommy, mommy!" at the top of her lungs. And when I'd pick her up she'd be shaking all over and her heart would be racing. So, we started putting one of her stuffed animals in the door, keeping it open about five inches, when we'd put her to bed. That seemed to fix the problem. She could hear Tyson and I talking and there was enough light so that she wouldn't be scared. But then, things started getting out of control.....


Instead of ONE stuffed animal in the door, there were two, and then three, and then four, and so on. And we would always just come back and remind her that the rule was one stuffed animal. But last night topped the cake. She started thinking BIG. As in, why use her 8" teddy bear in the door, when she could use her giant 3' teddy bear? and then, if I'm using ONE big one, why not three?

Let's just say, this girl thinks exactly like her father. Go big or go home.

Plethera

Tonight, I told Quinn we were going to get a movie. She immediately went to the movie cupboard to pick out a movie. Tyson said, I don't think she understood you. So, I said, "No, Quinn, I mean that we're going to the store to get a movie for tonight." She looked at the completely full movie cupboard. Then she looked back at me. Then, with a very puzzled look on her face, she asked, "Why?"

.....I was stumped.

Family pics

We had a one-hour photo shoot with a very skilled young lady, named Angela, from Peartree Photography. Quinn was dead tired and Mac was very upset about being out in the cold, but we got some good shots....