It's been about a month since my last blog (Gasp!). Therefore, I have taken it upon myself to make a summary blog post (pun intended). Here's what we've been up to! (Make sure to go all the way to the end! There's lots of fun stuff, and cute videos and pics of Quinn).
Josh's 24th Birthday! He got his favorite spice cake, and Quinn even helped him blow out the candles.
And then he got his long-awaited present: Starcraft II! I didn't see him the rest of that evening, or much of the next day. In fact, he stayed up literally ALL NIGHT LONG playing it. Boys...
We've been workin' hard. Helping our garden grow, cooking, cleaning, the normal routine. But there is now a new twist: Quinn HAS to help us. He helps us load and unload the dishwasher (by pulling out the spoons and playing with them on the floor or trying to eat them). He helps me cook. In fact, if he sees me stirring or something in the kitchen without him on my hip, I get in trouble.
Helping Daddy do the dishes:
My most recent adventure: bread for the umpteenth time. Each time I try to make bread, something goes drastically wrong. It's so frustrating! I'm just trying to save money, but it doesn't work. This time, I'm not sure what happened, but I had the loaves in the oven rising, and I went to check on them and found out they had exploded and were dripping... *sigh* One of these days I will succeed.
Our loverly produce from our amazing garden. We had raspberries and strawberries (though the strawberries were eaten by birds before we could get to them). They were the sweetest, juiciest berries I've ever tasted! Then our peas and beans came up. Our peas were so yummy! Reed and Marian (Josh's niece and nephew) helped us eat them straight from the pods. And now our corn and tomatoes are ripening. I love this garden idea. Next year, we're making it twice as big, and growing more stuff :)
We've had lots of fun in the water these past couple weeks, too. Between our backyard, the pools, and the rain, Quinn has gotten wet a lot!
Reed, Marian, and Dani came over while Aliesha was at work. We got out Quinn's kiddy pool for them to play with. They had a blast! Josh came home and laid down next to Dani on the blanket.
We also went to a regular pool a couple times. Quinn doesn't like pools, though. I guess they are too cold for him. He just clung to me the entire time.
At the park
Quinn trying to get up the nerve to play in the rain
Quinn's new favorite thing: climbing our coffee table. I can't get him to stop. I even tried piling stuff on it - he just throws them off and climbs back up.
One of his attempts didn't work out so well:
Josh's 24th Birthday! He got his favorite spice cake, and Quinn even helped him blow out the candles.
And then he got his long-awaited present: Starcraft II! I didn't see him the rest of that evening, or much of the next day. In fact, he stayed up literally ALL NIGHT LONG playing it. Boys...
We've been workin' hard. Helping our garden grow, cooking, cleaning, the normal routine. But there is now a new twist: Quinn HAS to help us. He helps us load and unload the dishwasher (by pulling out the spoons and playing with them on the floor or trying to eat them). He helps me cook. In fact, if he sees me stirring or something in the kitchen without him on my hip, I get in trouble.
Helping Daddy do the dishes:
My most recent adventure: bread for the umpteenth time. Each time I try to make bread, something goes drastically wrong. It's so frustrating! I'm just trying to save money, but it doesn't work. This time, I'm not sure what happened, but I had the loaves in the oven rising, and I went to check on them and found out they had exploded and were dripping... *sigh* One of these days I will succeed.
Our loverly produce from our amazing garden. We had raspberries and strawberries (though the strawberries were eaten by birds before we could get to them). They were the sweetest, juiciest berries I've ever tasted! Then our peas and beans came up. Our peas were so yummy! Reed and Marian (Josh's niece and nephew) helped us eat them straight from the pods. And now our corn and tomatoes are ripening. I love this garden idea. Next year, we're making it twice as big, and growing more stuff :)
We've had lots of fun in the water these past couple weeks, too. Between our backyard, the pools, and the rain, Quinn has gotten wet a lot!Reed, Marian, and Dani came over while Aliesha was at work. We got out Quinn's kiddy pool for them to play with. They had a blast! Josh came home and laid down next to Dani on the blanket.
We also went to a regular pool a couple times. Quinn doesn't like pools, though. I guess they are too cold for him. He just clung to me the entire time.
At the park
Quinn trying to get up the nerve to play in the rain
Quinn's new favorite thing: climbing our coffee table. I can't get him to stop. I even tried piling stuff on it - he just throws them off and climbs back up.
One of his attempts didn't work out so well:
And lastly, but cutely, Quinn learned to play the drums! (He even plays them on Mommy... owie)
