Growing Up

It would appear that as much as I want to keep Quin my baby forever, he is growing up. This whole growing up thing seems to be happening at an alarming rate! Today he started preschool, next week I suppose he will be graduating college.

As it was our first day of preschool, he did not go alone. We spent an hour getting to know his teacher and classmates. Next week, Quin goes from 9-10:30 on M/W and on Friday starts his regular schedule of 9-11:25; all of this by himself! Today I am guessing he thought that we were just there to play at a new place. I think he is going to be in for a little bit of a shock when I leave him on Monday. Overall, we are really excited about him starting preschool this year. I think he is going to do really well!

Over the past few days I have really been thinking about how fast time is flying by. We have known for a while that Quin would be starting preschool this year, but the actual day crept up on us. I wasn't able to prepare myself and I didn't even get Quin a backpack!

Quin will be attending a Co-op preschool in Loveland and will be in the same class as one of his friends, Ian. Here they are before their first day:

Quin seemed to have a lot of fun today. He played with blocks, Mr Potato Head, playdough, magnets, and dress-up. What a fun morning! We shall see how he does next week!

Quinsaurus

Quin just loves his new Halloween costume. He's going to be a dinosaur. Or should I say, he IS a dinosaur. His new costume is going to be well worn out by the time October 31st comes.

Two weeks ago, we quickly packed up and hit the road heading for Carson City, NV. We were trying to get there before my grandpa passed (miss ya grampa). As we spent an hour packing up, we stopped to grab a few things to keep Quin occupied for the 18 hour drive (each way) and the time away from home. First to come with us was his new costume.

And boy am I glad we brought it. For nearly three days Quin was the trooper of all troopers as we hung out in the hospital room. I thought it was impossible to keep a toddler locked up in a hospital room for days. But time and again Quin would put on his costume, run around the room, roar, tell family to pull his tail, and generally kept everyone in stitches. It was great comic relief.

Here's Quin in gramma and grampa's back yard, playing dinosaur and eating gramma's ornamental ducks. Thanks to Matt for taking this shot with your iPhone.

Camping

This past weekend we FINALLY got to explore Colorado a little. We have lived here for a year and half and really haven't seen much of the state. This is still more or less the case, but at least this past weekend we finally got to go camping. We met some friends of ours from Austin in Buena Vista and had a great time. If nothing else, it was a nice chance to get away for the weekend and not think about all the things that NEED to be done. Quin had a great time, as did Talisker. I can officially say that Quin loves to camp!

There is something about sleeping in our trailer that Quin loves. Two weeks ago we had to drive out to Carson City last minute and decided to bring the trailer with us (a portable bathroom is a good idea when 6 1/2 months pregnant). Ever since then, Quin can't stop talking about the trailer. Everything from "Can I go play in the trailer?" to "Can I sleep in the trailer tonight?" has been asked. When we do sleep in the trailer, he actually does a great job! We weren't sure how well he would sleep, considering it's a new place where his bed is separated from ours only by a curtain, but he sleeps in there just as well as he does at home.

Buena Vista isn't much of a town, but it is beautiful. It was great for Quin to see his old friend Sagan, and for us to see Mike and Alison. They ventured to Colorado for Mike to participate in the Transrockies race, a crazy run from Buena Vista to Beaver Creek that lasts six days.

Now that we are home, Quin has enthusiastically been asking "When we are going camping again". Since he excited to go again, I will make it happen soon! I am so happy that Quin loves to camp!

Sprinklers

I am curious how many kids like to play in the sprinklers by holding the sprinkler away from themselves (so as to make sure they don't get wet) and then proceed to water the plants. He doesn't dislike playing in water, in fact he loves to run through sprinklers in the neighborhood when the green space is getting watered; he also loves to play in the splash park at spring canyon park. He simply does not like to run through the sprinklers at home. What an oddball!