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August 30, 2004
School
Quinn had a classroom visit to her school today.
Oh, did I mention? She's going to school this year. She'll be in the toddler (2 & 3 yr. old) room at a nearby Montessori school. She's going to go two days a week, three hours a day. I can't think of anything else better for her at this point. She is so curious and so interested in learning...she needs to be learning from someone else besides Andy and I.
The teachers had some toys set out in the classroom, and Quinn was free to explore (with her teachers watching her and talking to her) for twenty minutes. She blew through their puzzles, telling us what each shape was as she went (triangles, rectangles, diamonds, circles, octagons, pentagons and trapezoids). Honestly, I hope they have some harder ones. She loves puzzles, but she's been past the ones with the little wooden pegs for some time now. She also owns most of the books in their book area, so that wasn't very interesting for her, either. She did, however, LOVE the big wooden dollhouse they had, with many people and objects to arrange.
She was so happy exploring her room and playing with everything. Her teachers are sweet. I'm excited for her. I think she's going to do great.
Posted by Amy at 1:45 AM | Comments (5)
August 23, 2004
Quinn the hipster
A few weeks ago, Quinn and I went to the library, and I borrowed Elephant by The White Stripes. On the way home, I popped the CD in the player, and gave Quinn the case to look at. (The White Stripes are spare, punkish songs with just drums and one guitar) The first song is this really simple, quiet-loud-quiet-loud thing that I listened to twice, and we got halfway through the second song, and by that time, we were home. Quinn had already fallen in love: She ran inside and told Amy "I listen the White Stlipes!"
A few days later, we were all driving somewhere, and I had the disc in the car to take back to the library, and Quinn saw it and said "I wanna hear the White Stlipes!" so we had to put it in. After the song ended, Quinn said "I wanna lissen it again!"
So this past weekend, while Amy went to the movies, Quinn and I went to the used CD store over in Fox Lake, and I was telling her "Maybe we'll find the White Stripes." As soon as we walked in, Quinn asked loudly "Daddy, where's the White Stlipes?", and I said "I don't know, we'll have to look." The hipster girl behind the counter said "Can I help you find something?" I said "You'll have to ask her," pointing at Quinn. So she leaned over and said "What are you trying to find?" and Quinn crowed "THE WHITE STLIPES!" Sure enough, they had a copy of Elephant right there at the front, and she handed it to me. I showed Quinn the cover, and asked "Quinn, who's this?" "THE WHITE STLIPES!" she shouted and reached for the CD.
Unfortunately, it was a new copy, and I didn't feel like paying $13.99 for it, and there were no used copies. I told Quinn, "I'm sorry sweetie, we can't take this one home," which is as close to an explanation as I could get.
Someday, Quinn and I will crank up The White Stripes at home. Probably not a day when Mama's around.
Posted by Andy at 11:05 AM | Comments (5)
August 15, 2004
Wiggles
We just got back from seeing the Wiggles in concert. I was a little concerned about Quinn's reaction to an entire stadium-sized arena screaming as the lights dimmed, but she did great. She LOVED it. A few minutes after they took the stage, she was so excited that she kissed both of us on the lips. Pictures when I recharge my camera.
Posted by Amy at 10:19 AM | Comments (4)