Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter weekend! For once we weren't traveling for a holiday which was FANTASTIC and Papa & GG visited so we were able to celebrate with family.

Saturday we were able to enjoy the Easter egg hunt at Wakonda. They had the Easter bunny, cookies, cupcakes and a big egg hunt -- all perfect for Quinn. Thankfully there are smart people running Wakonda, so the hunt was divided up by age. We were in the 1 & 2 year old division and it was so fun to see all the little ones politely grabbing their eggs.

Before bed on Saturday night Quinn told us multiple times she did not want the Easter Bunny to come, but the ol' rabbit didn't get the message and came with a basket of goodies anyway. Quinn exclaimed, "whaaat?!"when she realized what was left for her.

After church we had a great dinner with Papa, GG and the Koopmans fam. It is just so cute to see those little girls together!

Oh, and see this guy on the left? He made the most amazing grilled lamb for us today. Quinn & I are lucky, lucky ladies!

Happy Easter everyone!

Quotes from Quinn

I totally get reality shows. One, I love to watch some of them myself and two, because if Quinn had one I would watch it 24/7. Luckily, as Quinn's mom, that's pretty much what I get to do.

It's so hard to remember all her quotes and after that, to try and get her inflections right, but for sake of trying, here are some of my favorite quotes of Quinn's from the weekend:

When dining at Tartine and seeing a man across from her eating with his napkin on the table, "Mommy, is that man going to put his napkin on his lap?" (He did in fact, put his napkin in the proper spot. Must have heard Quinn.)

When leaving downtown this afternoon, "Let's go get some Ranch!" (Laughter from parents.) "Do you think Dahl's has Ranch?" Oh yes, Quinn, Dahl's has plenty of ranch. She wanted to go to the grocery store, solely for the purpose of buying ranch dressing. For the record, we had plenty at home.

Shortly after waking up this morning she told Jay, "Daddy, I got in a fight with Mommy last night when the girls came over for dinner. Sorry Mommy." And my heart was officially melted. Our "fight" she was referring to must have been one of the three out-of-character tantrums she threw last night. Following which she slept for 14.5 hours -- much needed!

And then, well there was this when I came home with La Quercia:

Dance Lessons

I've been excited to get Quinn in dance or gymnastics lessons soon, but this weekend she was giving us the lessons.

She's been very into dancing lately. This weekend when we were getting ready to leave for an errand, she told Jay, "Sorry Daddy, I have to finish my dance moves first." She'll tell us out of the blue that she "has the moves like Jagger" so Sunday we turned on the tunes and let her show us her dancin' skills.

Her "moves" consist of stopping her feet, clapping her hands, the occasional scream and then spinning as hard as she can. Most times she pretends there's a hu-hoop (aka hula hoop) involved too. Her Jagger-specific moves include spreading out her feet and pumping her arms. We especially think it's funny when her extreme moves cause her to fall down. (Don't worry, no future ballerinas have been harmed in the filming process.)

Daddy was fortunate enough to get some one-on-one lessons from Miss Q...

...it's just too bad his socks got in the way.

And those lessons? Well hopefully we'll get her enrolled somewhere soon. (Most places require little ones to be at least three.) When we asked her if she wanted to go to dance class she said excitedly, "Oh yes, I do"...when asked about softball she said "uhhh, no."