Little Gym Little Gym, let me in...

Two weeks ago, we went to our friend, Ethan's 3rd birthday party. It was held at the Little Gym. This was Quinn's first time to this kind of place. He had a lot of fun, and was even surprised by two of his daycare friends being in attendance. Joey and Dean were there.

Quinn just tore around the room, climbing and crawling and flailing about with abandon. Unfortunately, we forgot to bring a camera to document this fun.

We did get some pictures of his next trip to Little Gym, this time for Maddie's party.

Let's take a look:

Sittin on the squishy things


There's the birthday girl and her mommy!


Walking on the parallel bars


Hanging out with John Paul


When I wasn't playing my hiney off, I was standing against the window, trying to get all the grownups' attention.


And I hung from the high bar
(video of this: http://picasaweb.google.com/ginnyjuice/April2008/photo#5187683385786458210)

After Maddie's party at the Little Gym, everyone continued over to Maddies' parents house. They had lots of toys there for Quinn to try out! It was a very busy day.

Quinn enjoying the warm weather...

Partying like a regular guy...

Quinn's becoming quite the mini socialite lately with a constant stream of party invitations. I wish I were so popular!

On March 29, he went to his buddy Marcos' party. It was at Dave and Busters, but I learned that Quinn can't play pool. Well, I didn't want to risk having him beat me so we never tried. How embarrassing would that be?

These two met at daycare and were the 2 littlest guys in the room when Quinn first got there. Once they were both crawling, they became inseparable, wreaking havoc on all those immobile babies.

Unfortunately, Marcos moved on to a new daycare, but we managed to get them both back in touch.

Here's how it all looked:

Marcos and Quinn


The Birthday Boy


Graham, another daycare friend


Just Quinn


Quinn and Marcos, doing their usual toy "sharing" routine with a balloon

Bubbles don't taste good.

Quinn has been experimenting with drinking bathrwater lately. I tried to show him how to blow bubbles when he decides to randomly stick his face in the water (I used to teach swim lessons as a summer job) but he doesn't always get it right. Usually he just sticks his face in, inhales a bunch of soapy water, gets pissed off, then tries it again. About every tenth time does he actually blow out instead of suck in. He'll get it. Someday. Until then, he's making for some totally cute and funny pictures of bubble beards:

Easter Sunday

Eric was not as frightened by Quinn's stylish ensemble once he was dressed:



With Daddy:


With Mommy:


With poptop:


With poptop, Uncle Mike, and cousin James:


Here's cousin Kate:


We couldn't get Sophie or Brian to sit still long enough for a picture.

Just chillin with a bunny hat:

Wearing the green (for St Patrick's Day)

Quinn before school on St Paddy's Day:

The New House

I'm an idiot and somehow for got to take a picture of the exterior of the main house. but I'll get that up and I also kind of don't mind waiting until there are flowers and leaves and stuff after the winter gloom.

So here's what I've got:

Kitchen


Living room (sorry for the toy mess. It's just how it is.)


Powder room (very exciting)



Dining Room


Back steps


the "Barn" exterior


The Barn downstairs


The Barn upstairs (sorry it's so dark)

There would be some bedroom and office pictures but we haven't quite finished unpacking those rooms yet since we are dedicating much of our free time to getting the old house emptied and cleaned out.

Some moving day pictures:




Our movers:

Quinn's first Kiss:

That's Maddie

And the aftermath:

Game Theorist

I have always had a secret lust for economics.

However, the math can be a bit intimidating to a numero-phobe like myself and other people who are econ-erds also intimidate me with their eloquence in the subject matter, so I often back off. But I still thirst for that knowledge so I get kind of hooked on the opioid flood that comes from absorbing the information related to it.

Today, I came across a site that is dedicated to the intersect of parenting and economics. Having that practical application makes the concepts a lot more accessible and I enjoy reading this stuff, so I thought I'd share:

http://gametheorist.blogspot.com/

screws are loose

A bunch of screws have popped out of my laptop, the vehicle by which I process all the lovely photographs. I need to take it in for service before I further damage it (I have determined that this is not a DIY fix it job)

I have some move-in photos ready to go as well as a picture of Quinn's first kiss (Maddie) and the crying that ensued.

Quinn was all decked out in green yesterday for the big holiday, and we'll be sure to catch him looking cute in his totally awesome easter outfit this weekend. I don't think Eric likes the outfit much, but I think he would only be pleased with a bunny suit. Maybe next year. Maybe it can be a matching Daddy-Quinn set. I'll have to start on that now.