No, Quentin! (the updated version)

This is Quentin's favorite book, No, David!  By: David Shannon.  If you haven't read it to your kids - do!  It's great : )  We read it about 1,000 time a day : )

Currently, Quentin is our little troublemaker.  We are way past the stage of him trying my patience, I'm just trying to survive him right now.  He gets into trouble faster than a speeding bullet and  ricochets from one thing to another so fast my head spins!  

So, this post is just for Quentin, my little troublemaker : )   

No, Quentin!  

By: Mom (and David Shannon)

Quentin's mom always said . . . 

No, Quentin!

No, Quentin, No!

No!  No!  No!

Out of the water, Quentin!

Not the pie, Quentin!

Get down from there!

 

Fish don't use hand sanitizer, Quentin!

No selfies in church, Quentin!

We don't eat caramel sauce out of the bottle!

Hands off, Quentin!

Use your spoon!

Where are your clothes?!

 

I said get out, Quentin!

Eat your dinner!

I said no, Quentin!

Quentin, come here.

Yes, Quentin . . .

I love you!

UPDATE

90% of the above photos were taken all on one day as I followed Quentin from one shenanigan to the next for the purpose of writing this post.  However, since posting it, I've felt like I need to add a few more pictures & stories about Quentin (to better complete the picture I'm trying to paint, you know?).  Most of these pics I've posted before, but I felt they needed to be included here too.  And sorry, not all the "stories" match the pics . . . I can't follow him with my camera all of the time : )

Seriously, Quentin?  Not your best idea.

We don't eat markers and bag balm is not hair gel!

Quentin, that's the 4th pair of glasses you've broken!!!

Your hair is not a napkin!

Get out of the dishwasher, stay off the stove, and stop turning the broiler on!!!

Vroom! Vroom!  Pigeon at the wheel! 

Get down, Quentin!

Would you like noodles with your spaghetti sauce?

I said, down!

What did you just flush down the toilet?

Is that my toothbrush?

Who put the gum and granola bars in the toaster?

And who shoved 4 games into the Wii?!

Tampons are not bath toys!

Get your binkie out of the toilet!

Quentin is always playing in the bathroom and kitchen sink.  We're used to having the counters, floors, and Quentin for that matter being soaked with water.  However, one day John got quite a surprise when he took a cereal bowl out of the cupboard and found it filled with water along with several other bowls Quentin had filled and then put away unbeknownst to us.

If you are going to eat Nutella out of the jar, please use a spoon, not your hands.

     

  How did you get the matches???

You are not Picasso!  Quit coloring on the walls!

Did you just dump an entire bottle of body wash down the drain?!

Just a hunch, but I don't think Aunt Jenny appreciated your phone call at 4:30 AM.

In regards to Quentin, Gabe is always telling Porter, "And that's why you can never trust a baby!"  That phrase pretty much applies to any situation with Quentin : )

All that being said, no matter how frustrated I get at this little monster, I sure love the little boy!  He is a mama's boy through and through and nothing compares to that!  I love you Quentin!  

Now, please stop picking my nose!

Feeling Lucky!

I love St. Patrick's Day!  It's just a fun holiday that doesn't have any obligations attached to it : )  The perfect holiday for my twisted personality!  We've done away with turning our food green, since no one at my house would eat it.  This year we just had fun with costumes and decorations.  We even convinced the elders to participate in our craziness : )

My Crazy Little Leprechauns

 Elder Holt and Elder Hutchinson were both good sports!

 John's "I can't believe you're making me do this" face . . . 

 All fun and games must come to an end.

It's time to wash the essence of Leprechaun from our hair 

. . . until next year!

 Hope you all had a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Tubing

Friday night we took the kids to West Mountain to go tubing.  I loved it!  Something we could do as a whole family - yes - even Quentin went tubing!  The kids had a blast and have been asking us if we can go back every day since!  

 

Military Ball 2014

Our 3rd and probably last Military Ball in New York.  The venue this year was The Century House in Latham, it was by far the best food we've had at one of these events.  The guest speaker was former NFL football coach Bobby Ross.  It was an honor to hear a legend speak and to meet him and his wife - they're celebrating 55 years of marriage this year.

In other news, we got pet fish.  Gabe has named them: Guppy, Orangey, Goldie, and Love.  We've had them for a week.  I honestly can't believe they've lived this long : )

Valentine's Day!

About a week ago Gabe came to me in tears and told me that it was Valentine's Day and no one had given him a Valentine.  It broke my heart to see him so sad, but funny too because it was an entire week before Valentine's Day, he'd just gotten the day wrong.  Seeing him so excited and then just devastated made me really want to make Valentine's Day special for him this year.    

So for breakfast we made heart shaped pancakes with homemade strawberry syrup and bacon.  We also made Valentine sugar cookies, but when you live in a house full of boys the cookies don't turn out very "Valentine-ee".  The boys didn't want to use the heart shaped cookie cutters and they didn't want to use pink frosting.  So we ended up with gingerbread men, dog bones, and blue frosting. 

 I did insist on making a few heart shaped cookies. (Hello boys, it is Valentine's Day!)

Our little Quentin monster was so sick, he spent all day laying on the couch.  Even being sick he enjoyed the treats his grandparents sent!

You're never too sick to enjoy a cookie on Valentine's Day!

But, the very best part of Valentine's Day . . . was waking up to 20 inches of new snow!  That much snow means school was cancelled and John was working from home!  Nothing better than getting to spend all day with my Valentines!  There's no one else I'd rather shovel snow with on Valentine's Day than my boys!

Our poor mailbox didn't survive this snowstorm.  Sometime later in the day it was taken out by a snowplow and is now laying pathetically on top of the snowbank : (

A few hours later and the driveway is clear . . . I think he's had enough shoveling for one day : )

Who wouldn't want to play in all that beautiful snow?

We even shoveled off the deck and made a sledding hill in the backyard!

I think it turned out to be a pretty special Valentine's Day after all!  I sure hope my boys know how much I love them! XOXO

Chocolate Milk Bubbles

Sometimes we need to relax the rules and have some fun, and the more, the merrier!  It was great having Elder Watkins and Elder Holt join us in our bubble blowing mania!