Q put her own laundry on the line today....

with no help from me (bottom clothesline). Bet you never would have guessed! ;)

Just Walking.....

Went on a little walk to check out a location for a photo shoot I'm doing this weekend, and I couldn't refuse a few snaps with my p/s of my shaggy-haired girl (hair clip was long lost by 7pm) and her daddy.....



She kept wanting Daddy to run with her. She'd say, "Daddy when we're running you hold my hand."

Beach Baby

Recently daddy was gone for a couple days so us girls took a quick beach trip with a friend and her baby. Q LOVES everything about the beach. She had no problem running straight into the cold waves and jumping around in them....even when they hit her in the face and she choked on water and puked....didn't deter her! :) One of her favorite things is putting sand all over herself. She did that for the longest time. She also loved helping herself to food in the picnic bag and eating "sammies." And hallelujah--our first beach trip where I didn't have to fight her to leave her hat on the entire day! I explained why she had to wear it and she had no problem at all!

This big log filled with all sorts of sea creatures washed in near our blanket on the sand. Everyone around on the beach went to check it out. They were all poking that big worm thing with sticks and beach trash. Of course my girl just reaches out and touches it with her bare finger.
We're already ready for another trip back!

Good news. Alie's been good in Motor.

21 weeks....and SOMEBODY is obstructing the view of my feet these days!

Quinnisms

Q and I were taking a shower the other night. She looks up at me and says, "Mommy, you have grubby ears."

We check out cd's from the library frequently, and they always have some part that skips because they are "well-loved" and pretty scratchy. So Q is familiar with them messing up because they skip. The other day she informs me she's gonna sing a song:
Q: "I may never march in the infantry, blah, blub, blee, bluh.....it skipped!"

At dinner the other night Matt said the prayer before we ate and Q sternly told him:
"Daddy, TELL JESUS THANK YOU FOR HIS BLOOD." And of course Matt added a postscript to his prayer, because how can you refuse a request like that? :)

Taking a break from walking Caterpillar and Pink Baby to pick some flowers.

Just one of the many things I love about my girl! She never overlooks a chance to stop and pick some wildflowers (ahem...weeds).

Saturday Morning.....

Can't beat a Saturday morning that starts off with homemade pumpkin pancakes eaten on the patio.....

Followed up by catching a snake in your jammies!!

Two for Tea

Every night Q hosts a tea party during her bathtime. Her faithful customers are Alie and Beaux, who know the sound of the tub running means they'll be served their "tea" very shortly!
Q fills the little teacups with water, lets the animals drink for a minute, dumps the leftovers out, and refreshes the "tea." Alie and Beaux love it. Beaux even comes for an extra round in the mornings when we are brushing teeth and getting dressed, and he can count on Q to give him a fresh cup of water run from the tub faucet.

Little Stamper

At Q's school they have 3 special classes they go to once a week--Motor (kind of like PE), Music, and Chapel. Apparently if they are good in Motor the teacher gives them a stamp on their hand....same thing in Music. So yesterday I was working on the computer and Matt was doing something and Q was at the table with her markers. I hear her say, "Pink Baby, you were soooo good in motor!" (motor is said with a bit of a Brittish accent for some reason...) and then a few minutes later, "I'm the new music teacher. Here's a stamp." Suddenly I feel something wet on my arm....I look up, and Q has gotten out her markers that have a stamp at one end and given Pink Baby quite a few stamps on her leg, and Q has quite a collection on her arm, as well, and now I have one, too, as she tells me, "You were good in motor, Daicia!"

About this time she heard Grandbob pull up to talk to Daddy outside and went running out to give him a stamp, too.

20 Weeks and 1 Snake around!

According to our very conventional measurement system (Opa says it's a 'snake measure'), Bacon Bit is 1 snake "big!"

St. Patrick's Crowns

We spent several days with pipecleaners, glitter, glue, and scissors working on our crowns for St. Patrick's Day. We added a little something each day. Here we are modeling:

And again:

Giving Pink Baby her bath....

Someone's gonna be SUCH a good big sister!

Redbud Season

Matt and I have a special love for redbuds because they remind us of Spring in Oklahoma....where we fell in love. Awwwww.

There's a great redbud at G &G's "farm" and we had to snap some shots. I am such a sucker for spring photos with blooming things in them.

Quinnisms

Quinn has developed a liking for the Brad Paisley song "This is Country Music." Whenever it comes on she exclaims, "It's country mumik!"

Whenever a Pat Green song comes on the radio I turn it up really loud and I taught Q to say, "Sing it, Pat!" at the top of her lungs. Today a song came on the radio and Q asked, "Is this Pat?" It wasn't, but it was at least his style.

My girl and country "mumik." Be still my heart.

Q loves for us to point out her hospital (Memorial Hermann-where she was born). She knows we see it on the freeway and she knows there's a big boom crane over it right now. Then she asks to see Lukey's hospital as we go further north. Last weekend we went to Grandbob/Grandsue's and were driving back south, so we came to Luke's Hospital first. Q asked what it said next to the cross (up on the building) and I read, "St. Luke's." She considered this for a minute and then asked, "Where's St. Quinn's?"

19 Weeks and (officially) busting the button....

I've moved fulltime into "poneytail holder-pant-button-extender" status......

Priorities

So thankful for slow days like today, when my little one can check on her spider on the back porch in her jammies....followed by breakfast on the patio....in our jammies. Mmmmm......

Last week we had a playdate at Borrough's Park with some friends and Aunt Meg. It was a gorgeous day and we enjoyed trying out the many playgrounds (that place is HUGE), took a nature walk, looked for bugs, and then Q and I had a picnic. We tried feeding the ducks, but they were too sophisticated for our Cheerios. Q chased some geese around and got hissed at. They were as tall as she was and I didn't want to have to visit Daddy because a goose had pecked her eye, so I made her watch from afar. The above photo is her watching "those grouchies," as she has now nicknamed all geese. So far she's only been proven correctly in our geese experience. We met another flock at Meyer Park yesterday with the same results......

Making her own obstacle course...she insisted on walking the path with one foot on the gravel. Makes for a slow journey, but she was very intent. I love days when I can just slow up and let her do her thing.....

She found this walking stick, and when she put it on her shoulders she said, "Like Jesus." Then a few minutes later she was swinging it at me to whack me. So she doesn't TOTALLY have the like Jesus part down..... :)

And one more slow walk to the truck, making sure her walking stick hits the ground on every step. Love these springy "Golden Sunshine" days when we get to be outside...even if we're sneezing the whole time. Gotta love Houston!

Our garden

Here's a pic of the vegetable garden. You can click for the bigger version to see what all is planted. I need to snap a pic of the tomato/pepper bed, too! If anyone needs some fresh parsley, lemme know! As you can see, ours is prolific. Everything else--teeny tiny sprouts!

And my favorite girl next to my favorite flower--the Indian Paintbrush, conveniently the state flower of Wyoming, and one which grows in the ditches of BOTH Wyoming AND Texas! How about that! Our baby strawberries are in the front of this bed.