Cute things, fun faces and the tale of the backpack

So the battery in our camera died and apparently the ease of taking out the battery and plugging it into the charger was too much for me. But I finally did it! Yay me, and so I have been trying to take some more pictures of the happenings around here. Which means your get to be bombarded with pictures of Quinn. But he is cute and fun so its all good.

We tried to go bowling on Saturday but had some troubles finding the Bowling Alley and ended up at East Rock park. We walked by the river, played on a turtle, swung on the swings and explored a little-Quinn found a rock and an acorn he was pretty focused on. Turtle Climbing

Papa helping Quinn walk on the turtle. Such a cute picture of them

Checking out the park

I love his studious face! Here he is thinking about the acorn

Lovin' the swings. I had such a hard time getting a picture with him looking up, he thought leaning over the seat and staring at the ground was more fun. He's right, remember doing that as a kid? And you would see the ground rush by and feel a little dizzy? :-)

Another favorite picture

The Tale of the Backpack.

So Quinn is really into imitating us right now. He loves to help clean, he wants to be the one who uses the keys to unlock things, he handed Peter a belt the other morning wanting when he saw Peter putting on another belt and wanted to help. He then wanted to wear the belt just like Daddy.

The other morning Quinn walks into our closet and sees an empty backpack sitting on top of the washer. He started pointing and grunting at the backpack and so I gave it to him. He immediately put it on and headed for the front door. I opened the door and he headed out down the hall.

(Sorry the picture is so blurry, this kid moves fast)

He made his way over to the elevator

He tried really hard to push the elevator button

And looked pretty disgruntled he couldn't reach it.

I'm guessing he wanted to head off to school just like Daddy does every morning.

Cute Faces

(Sorry that light is so bright)

Kissing himself in the mirror

Recent Favorites and New Things:

Quinn loves giving wide open mouth kisses, and it has to be right on the mouth too.

He gives high fives

Loves climbing on the couch

Is able to slide down the slide by himself (He usually climbs up the steps, holds onto the bar, swings himself forwarded onto the slide and lets go) Sometimes he goes down feet first but on his tummy.

Loves picking things up and putting them away

really enjoys playing with keys and putting them in a little hole in the bottom of the front door

Loves baths and playing with his letters- They stick to the bath and he usually always gets them facing the right way

Loves making Indian sounds

Loves being chased and tickled

Loves pulling his caterpillar, helicopter and other things behind him

Would rather see how something works than play with it- For example, he has a basketball hoop that has buttons you press to make the balls drop but he pushes the balls down and then loves playing with the latches on the inside.

Loves plugging wires into the speaker.

Blows on his food

Clasps his hands together for prayers

Knocks on doors when he wants to go in.

Says mmmm when he likes food

Loves it when Daddy comes home from school

Loves the laundry room

Tries to open the fridge when he is hungry

Grabs our hands and pulls us to where he wants to go

Follows and understands basic directions pretty well

Likes to sit and read books to himself, even upside down

Has a molar with more coming through- he now has a total of 9 teeth

Picks Daddy's nose during prayers

Likes to play with eyelashes

Loves animals, especially dogs and birds

Boy we love this kid!