Picnic Day

Today was Picnic Day at UCDavis...BIG event here.
There is stuff to do all over the entire campus.
This morning we went with our friend Nicholas Hall and had some fun.

They raced up a climbing wall at the Army booth.About here Ian's glasses almost fell off so he fell behind.We ate free popcorn, tasted UCD olive oil and olives.
We saw huge walking sticks, cockroaches, marching bands in the parade, helicopters, sheep hearding dogs. It was fun.
Quintin was so pooped when we got home he fell asleep sitting up...
even though he'd slept through almost the whole thing already!He's so cute!

Wonder

What causes my look of wonder you ask?

Well, grandmas made a generous donation to our budget
so Mommy went and found this FANTASTIC rain forest to keep in my crib!
There's a monkey, frog, parrot, butterfly and moving fronds! I LOVE watching things that move and make noise, so this is the most entertaining thing in the house besides Daddy!
Lucky thing Mommy asked around at the store because the only kind they had displayed were wind-up and only lasted 30 seconds. What a waste that would have been. Who knows why they hide the good long lasting ones in the toy aisle?

Me again...can I just say what a delight it is to get distracted with stuff and then look down and once again be surprised to have this amazing little boy in my arms.
What a great treat every time!
I love him so much!

I got to go to a sealing in the temple yesterday of a wonderful couple being sealed to their 2nd adopted son.
Oh, how sweet it was.
I am so grateful that the Lord blessed us with a son and
to know that my family will be together forever.

Growth

Here's a picture of Quintin at 1 week in the basinet
we (mostly Grandma/pa Skinner) made for him.
Here's a picture of him at 15 weeks (3 1/2 months).Well, can you tell he's grown a little?
I think he's a full head longer than he was back then.
I think his head is twice as big,too!

The Early Bird Gets the Worm

So I decided yesterday that instead of trying to sleep in (and failing) I would get up at my workday times and see how much I could get done, then try to sneak a nap in later. Wow! I was ready and pumped by 9:30, the laundry was done by noon and Quintin was fed, rested and happy to boot! I guess this is the way to go!
Plus I get to see adorable things like this, I wish you could see the little roll Quintin's body makes with every breath Ian takes.

Here are some of the latest pictures of our boy.

Look at that pudgy leg sticking out! Don't you just want to pinch it?

Love that hair!He's starting to get bald spots on the back...that's going to look great :{
Adorable toes!

These adorable feet are already pushing out of 3-6 month clothing!
And he's already in size 3 diapers!

Love

Can I just say that this little boy is the most wonderful, beautiful, kissable, huggable, lovable endearing baby ever? I can hardly set him down I'm so busy enjoying holding him. His smiles and coos just twinge my heart and make my eyes water. I love kissing those soft cheeks and sweet nose. I am so glad our family will be together forever because my world would end if he ever left it. He truly is a bundle of joy.

He's started slobbering so bad that we have to put a cloth on our shoulder if we don't want it to be sopping wet and cold within a few minutes.
He blows bubbles while he smiles and laughs at you.
He's started sucking on his pudgy fingers, so cute.
His face shows great expression as he talks to you. So serious.
He's starting to get bald spots on the sides of his head from rubbing. It's making his crazy hair look even more crazy!
At 3 months he is already moving into size 3 diapers!
Very soon he will be in 6 month clothing.
Wow, we can hardly believe it's been 3 months.
Time is moving too fast, I want to freeze it and slow down each moment so I can enjoy them more.I love my little boy!

Misconceptions

Once again I've been blown away by my students...

1. Several times in the last two weeks I've had students ask how people keep from falling off when they go to the underside of Earth or at the poles. Nothing I or my coworkers say seems to make it clear to them that that won't happen. They understand that gravity holds you down, but they don't get that it pulls you toward the center of Earth, not just down in their relation to Earth. (This reminds me of Prince Caspian in the Narnia book "Voyage of the Dawn Treader." That's the only place I've ever encountered this type of thinking!) I thought that after Columbus proved the Earth wasn't flat everyone got it. Guess not, we have to be taught it in school.

2. Another student was asking what happens when you get to 'the edge.' It took several clarifying questions to understand he meant the edge of space. The whole listening class was flabbergasted to learn that there is NO end to outer space and that it goes on forever and ever.

3. My coworker was telling me a story of her 7th grade son. In the Health Ed part of Science class a struggling reader kept mispronouncing the male body part to sound like a writing instrument and the teacher never corrected him. All the boys later got together and decided that she did that because "being a lesbian she didn't know he was saying it wrong." Haaa! That's hilarious!

Oh, what a joy to see the way kids think. This is a GREAT argument for formal education! I really like being a Science teacher, I hear the most interesting things and get the most intriguing questions!

Be still my heart,

If my bathroom scale is correct; my rolly-polly, double chinned, smiley, little, 3 month old boy is pushing 17 POUNDS!