The following discourse occurred while we were getting ready for work & preschool this morning.
Q: "Look Mommy at how high I'm jumping!" as you jump up & down on our bed flapping your "wings"
Me: "Holy cow, BabyLady, you are going to fly into outer space. What we do then??"
Q: "Get a rocket!"
Me: "But who will drive the rocket?"
Q: "We need an 'octanaut'. They dress in white clothes & have a big circle around their heads!"
... Hmm,are we talking astronauts or angels? Either way, I just LOVE your imagination, BabyLady!
all my love,
Mommy =)
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Soccer Star??
Dearest Quinn -
You are playing soccer for ROYSA Lil Renegades this fall with your little friend Anna & new friend Mira. Anna & Mira both live in our neighborhood. The team is all 3 & 4YOs. The first half of each Saturday session is instruction & the second half is a scrimmage. You're really enjoying it ... maybe more so the socialization than the soccer ... maybe the same for the parents. =p It is so sweet to watch you learn & experience an organized sport: you just don't 'get' that you don't stop mid game for a snack or to say hi. You had no idea that when you play the scrimmage you use only one ball for both sides. At the first game you came running over to Mommy & asked for your ball for the game. So sweet & innocent ! You just don't have any frame of reference. You are just wondrous to witness experience life!
All my love for always,
Mommy
Monday, September 10, 2012
The Sweet Things You Say
To Mommy on a number of occasions:
Q: "Mommy, I want to tell you a secret. (Whispering in my ear) Want to know how much I love you? I love you since the day you were born."
... And then I kiss you all over & melt all over the place. (That phrase comes from one of your books.)
Q: "Mommy you are so sweet."
That's something I often tell you, BabyLady.
You are also VERY into asking Why lately. And I must admit, I am puh-retty good with answering those. Eventually I might hit a wall & have to respond with something obtuse like, "I'm not sure" or "Because that is just how God made it" or something along those lines, but I really do my best to explain why!
I love you, your very inquisitive mind, & your heart of gold, BabyLady.
All my love for always,
Mommy
Q: "Mommy, I want to tell you a secret. (Whispering in my ear) Want to know how much I love you? I love you since the day you were born."
... And then I kiss you all over & melt all over the place. (That phrase comes from one of your books.)
Q: "Mommy you are so sweet."
That's something I often tell you, BabyLady.
You are also VERY into asking Why lately. And I must admit, I am puh-retty good with answering those. Eventually I might hit a wall & have to respond with something obtuse like, "I'm not sure" or "Because that is just how God made it" or something along those lines, but I really do my best to explain why!
I love you, your very inquisitive mind, & your heart of gold, BabyLady.
All my love for always,
Mommy
Monday, September 3, 2012
You are a blank canvas ...
I know I have said this a number of times, BabyLady, but I love your innocence. Last night you & I played CandyLand before bed, sitting on your bedroom floor. When I opened the board, you exclaimed with a gasp, "It's beautiful!." Later, as we were playing ... You caught on QUICK! ... You asked me how to get to the places on the board. So sweet & innocent, you thought that the places on the board were real. I really hated to tell you otherwise ...
I love you, LadyBabes,
Mommy
I love you, LadyBabes,
Mommy
Friday, August 31, 2012
First Day(s) of "Pwee-scoo"
Well, BabyLady, you have now crossed the threshold into your academic career. You are attending Shrine (National Shrine of the Little Flower - where we attend church) 3YO pre-school. You go Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8.05AM to 11.05AM. And so far? So good! The only tears that were shed were Mommy's. You are such a brave girl.
On Tuesday Daddy & I took you for orientation from 8 to 9AM. Your teacher, Mrs. Oldani, told us no less than 6 times how excited she is to be teaching preschool. She taught kindergarten for many years previously. She was also an art teacher so she is very into arts & crafts! Your building is a double-wide portable classroom directly across from the "big school" AKA the grade school. It's really cute with a fine-motor skill room & large-motor skill room. Mommy took scrupulous notes, as always. =) (Daddy says I was the only one taking notes. =p ). You played while we sat & listened (& took notes). They have a big Little Tikes castle to play on - you said that was your favorite & that you shared it with the other kids. You're so sweet! I got choked up a couple times Tuesday but managed to power through without any tears.
Thursday, however? Not so much. We both dropped you off together again. This time Mommy got teary because our baby girl is growing up. So. Fast. Sigh. There was a little boy at the table where we sat you down. He had BIG crocodile tears rolling down his cheeks, the poor baby. His mommy had already left. I told you that he looked sad & you should talk to him & be his friend. I just wanted to hug him, but I think some random Mommy hugging him might have just freaked him out. Seeing how upset he was & wondering you'd react the same way really set me off. As we left, I hugged you, kissed you, & told you I'd miss you a half dozen times. I couldn't stop saying goodbye. After all, this WAS the very first time I'd ever left you anywhere without family (or someone as close as family). Wow, that was tough. I needed a REALLLLLLY big hug from your daddy so I could get in my car & head to work.
When I picked you up, Mrs. Oldani said you had lots of smiles. Hooray!! You did well! You told me that you drew a picture "for the big kids", played outside, read stories about teachers, & sang songs about cleaning up. How perfect!! You said you liked making pictures "for the big kids" the best. I asked you if you were glad that we enrolled you in preschool. You told me that you were! And Mommy breathes a sigh of relief.
So glad you like it, our sweet angel.
We are so proud of you. So, so proud.
All my love for always,
Mommy
On Tuesday Daddy & I took you for orientation from 8 to 9AM. Your teacher, Mrs. Oldani, told us no less than 6 times how excited she is to be teaching preschool. She taught kindergarten for many years previously. She was also an art teacher so she is very into arts & crafts! Your building is a double-wide portable classroom directly across from the "big school" AKA the grade school. It's really cute with a fine-motor skill room & large-motor skill room. Mommy took scrupulous notes, as always. =) (Daddy says I was the only one taking notes. =p ). You played while we sat & listened (& took notes). They have a big Little Tikes castle to play on - you said that was your favorite & that you shared it with the other kids. You're so sweet! I got choked up a couple times Tuesday but managed to power through without any tears.
Thursday, however? Not so much. We both dropped you off together again. This time Mommy got teary because our baby girl is growing up. So. Fast. Sigh. There was a little boy at the table where we sat you down. He had BIG crocodile tears rolling down his cheeks, the poor baby. His mommy had already left. I told you that he looked sad & you should talk to him & be his friend. I just wanted to hug him, but I think some random Mommy hugging him might have just freaked him out. Seeing how upset he was & wondering you'd react the same way really set me off. As we left, I hugged you, kissed you, & told you I'd miss you a half dozen times. I couldn't stop saying goodbye. After all, this WAS the very first time I'd ever left you anywhere without family (or someone as close as family). Wow, that was tough. I needed a REALLLLLLY big hug from your daddy so I could get in my car & head to work.
When I picked you up, Mrs. Oldani said you had lots of smiles. Hooray!! You did well! You told me that you drew a picture "for the big kids", played outside, read stories about teachers, & sang songs about cleaning up. How perfect!! You said you liked making pictures "for the big kids" the best. I asked you if you were glad that we enrolled you in preschool. You told me that you were! And Mommy breathes a sigh of relief.
So glad you like it, our sweet angel.
We are so proud of you. So, so proud.
All my love for always,
Mommy
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Just a few of many occasions where you melt Mommy's heart ...
Quinn to Mommy as we sat on your bed together at bedtime, nuzzling up to me, straddled on my lap with Blankie over my shoulder: "I just love to cuddle you!" <3
The other night I told you that "you are SO sweet." Your reply? "Mommy, YOU are so sweet." And you kissed me.
Just about every night the last thing you want to do before I turn the fan on & close the door is to give Mommy a kiss on the cheek & to get one in return. "I just wanna give you a kiss. on. the cheek." you say, very deliberately with finality & conviction. I will take alllllllll the kisses I can get from my BabyLady!
You often tell me "Mommy, I just love you so much!" I say the same to you lots. It's amazing, gratifying, & terrifying the impact my words have on you.
Just head over heels for my BabyLady!!
All my love for always,
Mumma
The other night I told you that "you are SO sweet." Your reply? "Mommy, YOU are so sweet." And you kissed me.
Just about every night the last thing you want to do before I turn the fan on & close the door is to give Mommy a kiss on the cheek & to get one in return. "I just wanna give you a kiss. on. the cheek." you say, very deliberately with finality & conviction. I will take alllllllll the kisses I can get from my BabyLady!
You often tell me "Mommy, I just love you so much!" I say the same to you lots. It's amazing, gratifying, & terrifying the impact my words have on you.
Just head over heels for my BabyLady!!
All my love for always,
Mumma
Sunday, July 22, 2012
July Quotes from our Sweet, Sweet Angel
"You better feed that parking meter, Mommy. It's HUNnnnnnngry!" in the parking lot downtown Royal Oak before headed to the farmers' market.
"I kinda like having a baby brudder." (Swooooon!) exiting the car after church.
"Minnie, you can't talk to your daddy like that. You get a time out behind the dinosaur." As you were playing with your new Minnie's Bow-tique toys from your birthday party.
"Mommy, your dress is boo-tee-ful." after I got dressed for your birthday party.
"I kinda like having a baby brudder." (Swooooon!) exiting the car after church.
"Minnie, you can't talk to your daddy like that. You get a time out behind the dinosaur." As you were playing with your new Minnie's Bow-tique toys from your birthday party.
"Mommy, your dress is boo-tee-ful." after I got dressed for your birthday party.
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