Quinn's father is wonderful. Luke is the yin to my yang. Take for instance, his approach to bath time. Luke has taught Quinn how to pour water over his head to prep for washing his hair, how to scrub all his parts with soap and wash and rinse his hair. After Quinn's bath, Luke folded his little son into the towel and swung him around to the absolute delight of Quinn who then wanted to wrap me in a blanket and swing me. Not happening:) Though, Luke allowed him to try and we giggled at my lack of momentum. We all have our strengths and gifts and in Luke I see a person who is ready to teach his son new skills as often as Quinn is ready for them and I really like that. Goodness knows I have loads of patience for Quinn and oodles of love, as does Luke, but I must miss those windows when Quinn is ready to learn and grow up and Luke is keenly aware of them. Thank goodness we're a team!

It's been the first snowy week of the fall and Quinn needs new boots, new snow pants, essentially- the works. In some things, he's even sprouting into 4T clothes. Gracious.

I love storytime with Quinn. Even though I am sometimes exhausted from the day and ready to hit the sack I cannot resist him when he asks for more books. Plus, he's newly invested in linking the illustration to the words on the page and asks question after question about what he's seeing. In the past, he was content to hear our voices and passively follow the story- or so it appeared. It turns out he has passages and phrases memorized from most of his books:) Nowadays, he is very precise about wanting to understand cause and effect in the picture, characters and action. Nice:)

Quinn continues to love his Eggo pancakes and waffles, but he's a new fan of chicken tacos from Trader Joe's. He also continues to love suckers and his Halloween stash of candy provided a supply of M's, as he pronounces them. Alright, must get ready for school. More details about Quinn soon, I hope!