Halloween 2012

We had a Halloween party with the in-laws. I tried to Quinn to dress up but he wouldn't. I finally got him to be a dog.

He's a funny boy. Quinn absolutely loves trains. He cannot get enough of them. So, I assumed he would be more than glad to be a train for Halloween. I was wrong. He didn't want anything to do with it. He got frustrated wearing it because he couldn't see it. He asked for me to wear it. I put it on to indulge him. He couldn't have been happier. He loved it!!! He was able to see it and loved that his mom was a train.

I couldn't get a picture of Quinn in his dog costume. He claimed it was too hot. Everything nowadays are too hot. He's always stripping! Too bad...no picture...he was way cute.

This is the only picture I got of Quinn wearing Thomas.  He wanted to take it off all night.  He finally got into trick-or-treating when he realized he was getting candy.  At each house, he would "toot, toot" for the people.  He put on quite a show and was such a ham.  Daddy was so proud of his little boy.

Paxton tagged along too.  He didn't mind his rabbit outfit other than the hat.  Everyone thought he was a monster without it though.  It doesn't matter, he still was the cutest baby out there!

Pumpkin Patch 2012

The whole reason why we went to the pumpkin patch was for Quinn to ride the train.  As most of you know, Quinn is in LoVe with trains.  He will wake in the middle of the night wanting to know where his trains are.  He sleep talks about trains.  Everything is some sort of train with him.  The only way we can get him to eat anything is to tell him it's a train...like it's a train sandwich or a train cake.  He's even taken his watermelon rinds and made them into trains. 

Paxton was a trooper.  He just sat in the wagon while we enjoyed ourselves.  I'm pretty sure he enjoyed himself as well.  He loved the ride!

They had a candy machine full of corn or mill worms to feed the chickens.  They didn't have this last year.  Mike was very pleased to find this here. 

We showed Quinn the corn first; and he recognized it.  When he saw the mill worms he automatically assumed it was like the corn.  He put one in his mouth and immediately became repulsed by it.  I didn't see this happen but Mike says that it was super funny.

These three boys are my world.  I love this picture.  I don't have a lot of pictures where the three best people in my life are all together.

The Boys Together

This is one rare moment when Quinn isn't picking on Paxton.  Paxton takes it like a champ.  He learned quickly to cry when Quinn is around for Mom in fear of getting hurt.

I was showing off how good Paxton was balancing on the chair on his own.  Mike was afraid of Paxton falling off the chair so he took an old shirt and tied him to it.  i laughed really hard when I saw what he was doing.  Quinn decided he needed to be a part of the action so he hugged Paxton.  At first, it wasn't so nice.

The little rascal found Mike's foot powder and made a huge mess all over my bed.  I couldn't be too frustrated because I found it kind of funny.  It was easy to clean up.

 

I thought this picture was funny.  Paxton loves to have his foot up.  He hangs onto the cart.  When I try to straighten him he just puts himself back in this position.  I guess he finds it comfortable.

I absolutely love this picture.  It says a lot about their relationship.  Just look at their expressions.

More TrAiNs!

Quinn has been obsessed with trains. He has always liked them but within the last month everything has been about trains.

We went to a train show. It was actually Karen's idea to go. I had wanted to take Quinn but had forgotten about it. I'm so glad she called and reminded me.

She offered to stay home with Paxton so that Quinn and I could go and have a date together. I simply asked Quinn if he wanted to see some trains and he was so excited. He did everything that I had asked him to do because he knew if he listened and obeyed the sooner we could leave for the train show. (Only if he was always like that.)

I knew Quinn would be excited but I had no idea that he would THAT excited.  When we first arrived he saw a rideable train outside.  He wanted to touch it SO bad.  Mean Mom wouldn't let him.  No one was around and what IF something did happen...I didn't want to responsible for it.  I coaxed Quinn inside.

Immediately, he saw a tiny train that went around and would occasionally disappear into a tunnel.  I told him where to watch for it to come out.  He would run around and wait for it each time.  Since it was the first booth, Quinn didn't understand that there were A LOT more trains to see.  We were there for quite a while.  I figured this our date and if he's really enjoying himself why not let him stay for as long as he wanted?  We weren't really in any hurry.

Quinn found some fascinating and very interesting trains.  He would stand in between these two booths and wait for the trains to come around.  Each time he saw them it was like he was seeing them for the first time.  There was a time he would run around to keep up with the train.  Since he was so excited he was super speedy.  Often, he would have to stop to wait for the train to catch up to him instead.

We were at this booth for at least 1 1/2 hours.  The people in charge of this booth found him so entertaining and cute.  They laughed at his excitement.  They gave him some candy.  Then later he was given a train car they were trying to sell for $2.  Definitely, this day was a boy's dream.  I'm surprised I didn't get a picture with his train.  He won't let the thing out of his sight.  He loves it so much.

He played with this set for a long time as well. When other kids would come to play he'd knock them out of the way so he could have it to himself. That didn't last long because he learned quickly that behavior leads to not playing with the trains.

There was another booth where he could control the speed and direction of the trains.  He loved having full control of the track.  He thought it was funny to have all three trains crash into each other.  The owner didn't like it so much.

We ended the day perfectly...a ride on the BiG TrAiN. This is how I talked him into leaving. Then I had to distract him on the way to the car.

Total time at the train show: 3 hours. Wowsers!!!

Honestly, I'm so glad I was able to take Quinn to the train show. I had a smile on my face the whole time. I loved his excitement. I loved everything about the day. It will always be a day I will remember and cherish. Things like this make me love Quinn so much more. I learned so much about him too.

This is what our house looks like a lot of the time. I try to get him to play blocks in his room but he won't have it. So, everyday I pick up his "trains" and he pulls them back out the next day. It does keep him entertained and he loves them. He gets mad when his trains come apart. Sometimes, it's not a happy day. I bet you can guess what Quinn is getting for Christmas...and what his bribe is for going to the bathroom...