Happy Birthday to Quinn!

Guess what?

Quinn is 4!
He had a great birthday yesterday. At breakfast he got to open lots of great presents from great people who love him.

He kept saying "Whoa!"

He got lots of camping gear from Grandma and Grandpa Steve. I hope he and Daddy will take me camping with them sometime!


I sat back and enjoyed Quinn's birthday muffins that he was too busy to eat.

The biggest present was this superhero hideout Mommy and Daddy made from some old cardboard.

There's a little house in the front (Park Manor) with a mailbox

 

 Quinn checked his mail this morning and found lots of cards to help him celebrate his birthday.

A secret door in the house leads to a superhero hideout!

with festive lighting, even.


There are bookshelves for Quinn's Batman and Superman and Spider-man toys and books and even a closet to hide his superhero costumes.

Our favorite part might be this nice fireplace...

that opens to reveal an escape tunnel we can crawl out of if our super powers are needed in a hurry. 

This tunnel has seen lots of action already.

Here's a video of our hideout in action.
The windows are pretty fun, too.

After breakfast, we went downtown to the Children's Museum. Thanks to Great-Grandma Maggie, we have a year's membership and we get to go back any time we want! (Sorry about the bad pictures, Mommy only had her phone with us.)

Quinn ran around and around trying out all the exhibits. I was entranced by the ball contraption. That's me in the middle in the blue and white striped outfit.

 

 Quinn figured out how to work the crane. I carried a ball around all morning.

Boys always like a good train set.

We each tried out the tractor.

Here's Quinn at the Children's Museum now and back when he was not quite two. He sure has changed! I barely recognize my big brother.

 After we got back, Quinn got to open some MORE presents! These were from Mommy and Daddy.

 

This pirate book has already been read a few times.

And a Spider-Man watch. Did you know Quinn is obsessed with knowing what time it is?

His other current obsession is knights. So he was pretty pleased with this knight costume. It came with a sword and a shield.

And a bow and arrow. The bow is a little hard to work, but the arrows are fun.

 Next on our busy agenda was Quinn's first swim lesson. (Again, sorry for the bad phone picture.)

Quinn sort of had a meltdown at the beginning of class, but he did really well and was actually smiling by the end! Thanks, Grandpa George for the swim lessons!

After swimming, Quinn opened this awesome Batcave toy from Uncle B and Aunt Elissha.

He put Daddy straight to work putting it together.

 Thanks to everybody who made Quinn's birthday so great!

The End

My 4th Birthday Party!

It's my birthday! Almost. Today was my birthday party. For my 4th birthday on June 4th, I invited 4 friends and their families to celebrate with us for some pizza and cake at our house.

Once my friends got here, we ran around and played and played.

Here are my friends from school, Catherine, Sophia and William.

And played with the sand

And balloons

And pool noodles/swords

The kids' tables

The daddies' corner

I asked Mommy to make me a Lightning McQueen cake and she did not disappoint.

Everyone sung "Happy Birthday" to me

And I huffed and puffed and blew my candle out

Logan was a bit of a mess, but he seemed to entertain himself

Then I got to open presents

I got some cool stuff- Iron Man, Transformers, Lion King, rocket ships, Hungry Hungry Hippos. All right up my alley.

Can't wait for my real birthday tomorrow!

Mommy and Me

We've been very busy lately taking Mommy to all sorts of places.

First, Mommy and I went to an air show. We got to take a school bus from the parking to the air force base. That part was awesome.

There were a lot of airplanes.

We went with my friend Art. Here we are by a helicopter.

The highlight of the show was the Blue Angels. They did all sorts of tricks.

The Blue Angels were really cool but playing with the earplugs came in a close second. They were squishy and bouncy and not just for ears!

Another day we took Mommy to the zoo with our friends, the Flakes. Here we are feeding the parakeets.

Owen and I

Logan and Violet

When we got home from the zoo I didn't want to take a nap. I wasn't tired.

We also had Mothers' Night at my school recently. My teacher asked us kids some questions about our mommies and she shared them with everyone. Here's what I said about Mommy:

"My mommy's favorite color is purple. When I am at school, my mom likes to go somewhere. My mom likes to play with me when she's at home. Her favorite food is sandwiches. She is 24 years old. My mommy loves to look through binoculars with me!"

I love my mommy!

Just Pictures

 We've got nothing to say (been sick a lot lately), but look how cute we are!
 

And sometimes not so photogenic:

I See You

Did I mention I like to play Peek-a-Boo?