What do you think Mommy?

Quinn made every effort to yell for Paige today as Mommy picked him up from daycare. He ran next door to the doorway to the preschool room and put his hands up to his cherub like face and screamed, "PPPPPPPPPeeph!" Or some semblance of that as he tried to hail the big sister.
This little display by Quinn prompted Paige to ask Mommy on the ride home, "Mommy, Quinn can scream but not talk yet, so what do you think his voice will sound like when he does talk?"
Mom deferred to Dad on that, thanks Mom.

Big boy bed

On Thursday, December 31st we moved out the changing table and put up the toddler bed for Quinn. It is still weird to see two kids asleep in one room. Cute but weird.

Her own drummer

Paige asked me about whether or not I knew the shortcut to Grandma's and I told her I did not know any shortcut to Grandpa's house, believing that she had just not made the separation. She stated that she was talking about Grandma's and, of course, I did not know. She then said "It's a ladder straight up to heaven, silly"

where did all the toys go . .

You know Xmas is over when they fore go the new and relish the old. As Marsha reorganizes to make room for the loot Santa delivered, she placed all the balls in one toy bin. The kids promptly made a new game where they roll all the balls across the house and then run screaming after them. The best part is the repeated enthusiasm which they showed and Quinn's newly developed a war cry of BAAAALLLLLL in at least two octaves too high.

All I Want For Xmas

In the blurry days following the visit by the big red guy, Paige was asked what she got for Christmas, she replied, "Too much."