Another One!

I was eating dinner with Quinn last night. She had salmon, linguini noodles and veggies. As she was picking up her noodles with her fingers and playing with them, I started to lose my temper a little. I sternly told her, "STOP playing with your noodles, please, and EAT them."

She looked at me, with a big smile widening across that sweet face of hers, and retorted, "Look, there's a dancing noodle in the house!!!"

Needless to say, I was no longer irritated and was rather belly laughing at that comment!

The Best Gift

Need I say more?

Pout and all, this girl owns my heart.

First Snow!

What a way to kick off the winter time! On Saturday we got about 4 inches of nice wet snowman-rolling, snow fort-building, snow angel-making snow! After Quinn's dance and tennis classes, we came home, changed into our winter gear and went outside for 2 1/2 hours to play in the beautiful snow! Ok, it was pretty wet and sloppy, but that is the best kind for a 3-year-old!

This stuff is great!

Frosty at his best!

My first snowman!

We did just about everything we could think of except go sledding. We built Quinn's first snowman, we made a fort, we hid toys and played treasure hunt, we made snow angels, and we got WET!!!! After all that time outside, Quinn didn't even put up a fuss to come inside to have hot chocolate and... jello? Ok, ok, I didn't have any cookies so I had to compromise. Strange, I know - but I was desperate to keep the "Awesome Mom" status, so I made do with what I had!

Making a snow angel

She is very much hoping for more snow when we go to Michigan for 2 weeks over Christmas. Come on, Midwest, don't let us down!

Last Dance

This past Saturday was Quinn's last dance class of 2009. She was as showoff-y as ever, posing and strutting for the whole audience to see. She loves Miss Maya, but is very excited to start tap dancing lessons in the spring time!

Aren't I just too cute matching my sitting mat?

For now, I enjoyed all of her little costume changes through the 10 week course. She never ceases to be a real girly-girl for dance class!

Striving to be a professional hula hooper!

Strike that pose, girlfriend!

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. Our 4th with Q-Bug! We spent Thanksgiving Day at Paula's and she cooked yet another awesome dinner. The weather didn't cooperate with us this year, so we spent most of our time inside. It was nice to see Bob and Teresa, and to have Quinn interact with them again. It's not terribly often we get to hang out with them, but I keep promising myself to talk to Kirch to see when we can go to Delaware for a weekend and really spend some quality time with them!

I think the highlight of the evening was when Quinn put on an old "The Name" t-shirt and modeled it for everyone to see. Check it out for yourself!

I rock! I know it!

I'm thankful for my Mommy! Oh, and my new outfit...

On Saturday we got up early and headed to Grandpa and Dorothy's to begin yet another feast fest. The beef tenderloin was outstanding as usual and this year there were not many leftovers leftover! The weather was better so we were able to get outside a little and enjoy the crisp cold fall day.

Woah, that's quite a view, Daddy!

Uncle Mike, you're so silly!

I was another wonderful holiday with the Kircher family. I guess now is as good a time as any to say that I'm very thankful for the people that surround me in my life!

A Visit To See Santa

I am a big believer in going to see Santa VERY early in the season. I don't know how parents have the patience, especially with even more impatient children, to stand in line to see Santa Clause just days before Christmas. This year I took Quinn to Columbia Mall to sit on Santa's lap. There was no line and it was a beautiful sight! They had a Naughty-Nice Meter, a mailbox that blew out snow (bubbles) when opened and the letter dropped in, and the Grand Finale - Santa Clause. Quinn loves Santa Clause - she isn't the least bit scared (which is more than I can say for myself when I was her age), which makes it a delight to see and snap some pictures while she rattles off her list to the man in red. This year she asked for a pair of roller skates with a helmet and a fishing pole. Santa busted out laughing when he heard that one! His exact quote was, "This girl wants a fishing pole for Christmas!" I had to explain to him that Daddy is a fisherman and she's been looking forward to going with him!

Santa believes in me? Whew!

We had a good day together - after visiting Columbia Mall, we headed over to Arundel Mills Mall and had lunch, took pictures in one of those silly booths, and watched the huge fish swim in the Bass Pro Shops fish tank. All done a week before Thanksgiving!

We mus ALWAYS stop at the Disney Store!

Love the Holiday outfit!

Quinn-isms

So we were at Paula's yesterday for Thanksgiving (I'll blog about that when the weekend is over and the traveling is through) and Matt was holding a wine corkscrew when Quinn came over to him and asked him what it was and what it was for. The following conversation ensued:

Quinn: "What's that?"
Matt: "It's a corkscrew."
Quinn: "What's it for?"
Matt: "You pull the cork out of a wine bottle with it."
Quinn: "Matt, will you hurt yourself with that?"
Matt: "No."
Quinn: "Well I would!"

Tonight Kirch and I were sitting down to eat our Subway subs when Quinn came running into the living room and proceeded to put a hand under each foot and then try to stand up while stepping on her hands. Kirch and I looked at each other, perplexed, and this was the following short conversation:

Kirch: "Quinn, what are you doing?
Quinn: "I'm trying to pick myself up!!!"

I can't be THAT heavy!!!

I swear, these never ever get old. I only wish I could remember all of them!