Spring Break Adventures!

Millie turned 2 and Quinny was invited to her birthday party! Alycia is a fairly new friend, but getting to know her has been great - and so handy that we both have little girls similar age. It was Quinny's first kid birthday party for someone who isn't her family! Alycia got the kids all canvases with their initial on them that they could paint. I forgot to take a picture of her finished Q product, but she had so much fun creating it!

Little Ivy was there with Kim. Another woman who I love getting to know and who is just so sweet!

Then cupcake decorating time! She was so focused on the task, wanting it to look "so awesome" as she said afterwards!

Cute little Millie! Happy 2nd birthday!

They are cute friends together who play really well! Millie opened up her new playdoh and let Q sit with her and they shared and played and giggled. Pretty cute.

Pulling her wagon down to the beach. She loves walking the boardwalk

The tide was quite far out and I made the mistake of walking far out there... she followed and I realized too late that the sand was super soft and like quick sand. I lost a shoe that I had to pull out, and then her boot came off and she fell in the mud. For a kid who does not like being dirty, this was quite stressful. Jon tried to distract her by saying "hey lets flip this rock and find some crabs" which is something she usually loves to do. Nope, still crying.

But pretty quickly he got her attention and she wanted to see and hold the crabs

She cheered up and we were able to finish playing and then she got into the wagon and home we went! We changed her pants and then just played at home, and no one was really feeling too motivated or hungry.

So that led to me not making dinner which NEVER happens. Finally, around 630 (which just makes it so much more ironic because we ALWAYS eat dinner and its always before 530) I finally asked her and Jon if they wanted a smoothie with me for dinner. They said yes so I pulled all the stuff out and got one all ready. Then disaster struck. The blade for the Nutribullet was sitting in the base and I reached for it (so I could screw it onto the smoothie cup) at the same time I plugged it in. Turns out that the Nurtibullet blade doesnt need to be pushed down or locked in place to start. It just starts right away on its own. My fingers got in there and it was gross. There is a second delay before it really starts going fast, and we are pretty sure that that is what saved my finger. That blade could have and would have taken my finger off NO problem if it was going full speed. Thank you God for not allowing that to happen! I grabbed my hand and right away felt woozy and Jon realized pretty quick what had happened (I was dead silent... Always in situations where most people would react or scream or something, I always just go quiet. I am not who you want around in an emergency! I lose the ability to think!). I muttered something about being pretty sure I lost the tip of my finger... I was in shock and I didn't feel any pain, so somehow I figured that meant that my finger was gone haha. Jon grabbed my hand and got it under water and assessed them and told me it wasn't that bad. That's when I finally felt it and IT HURT. I started thinking about what just happened and how lucky I am and I almost fainted... Jon had to hold me up. Dramatic, I KNOW! Again,  you dont want me around in an emergency situation! haha! He grabbed a cloth and got me to apply pressure and called Dixie and off we went to drop Q off and then head to emergency to see if it needed stitches.

This family group text that Jon sent to my family made me laugh later on. "What the heck is she doing with her hand in the blender??" and "That's sick!" are my favorites

Nurse and Doctor both thought I was insane and then gave me a tetanus shot and told me that they were deep, but too small for stitches, so glue it was. I had 13 cuts in total! 5 that were bad and the rest were smaller and not as deep. All wrapped up and ready to go home

And then this not that long later. Sigh! So gross. I hate blood so much.

Jon took this at Emerg... not a great picture because you can't see them all. (the most painful one is on the inside of the pointer finger) but you get the gist. Again, really not bad at all considering it was a NUTRIBULLET BLADE! My finger was super swollen and really bruised also... so swollen that it took a few days before I could bend it again. SICK

The next day was bright and beautiful so we headed to Chemainus to meet Mary and Ashley and all the kids at the park and beach! Ashley thought ahead and brought all her sand toys. Q right away got to work filling a bucket

Ady still had a runny nose and a little cough... poor girl can't seem to shake it! But she wanted in the water so badly even after Mary said no repeatedly... finally Mary gave in and took off her shoes and pants and in she went. I love how chilled out she is. Ady was over the moon happy about going in the water

Alistair too got right in there and got all wet. Brave kids! They had a lot of fun playing in the sunshine

Jon sent us this during the day - hiking on the mountain with Jake! He borrowed him for a day from Ashley to take up him there and they both loved it. We miss Jake and it really is hard for me sometimes to not have him. But he's happy and doing well and they love him. It's really nice that Jon can still take him up the mountain! Good exercise for Jake and it makes Jon feel better because he would alert him of any wildlife!

We sent this to Shayna one day... she says to me while I'm on the phone with Shayna "mama, I just like my shirt better like this". haha! Okay goofball. And all the drawers and cupboards are open in the whole kitchen because she said she was "making Elsa's castle to play in". Creative girl!!!

More park fun! Quinny, you REALLY cute. But more than that, you have the best sense of humor and you are a really sweet and loving little girl. You look out for your friends, and take care of them and you are tender and sweet. You are also firey and intense and strong-willed, but those are all good things too. You will stay back in a big group and just observe and you don't miss a thing. But once you feel comfortable, you get right in there. You aren't the loudest person in a room, but you also aren't the quietest. You are talkative and adventurous but also shy at times. You have big ideas and you like people to do things your way, but you also play really well with your friends. You are a VERY good listener and you obey your Mommy and Daddy quite well (unless you are in a 'mood'... when there is a mood happening, no one can tell you anything. Those are our harder days, but they are pretty far between). You seem to change every single day, I can barely keep up! But you love bags and carrying bags/purses/baskets around carrying all your treasures. You think it's funny to make silly faces when I want to take a picture of you, and you tell us that "my legs just can't work" when you want us to pick you up. You make us laugh ALL the time (except in the middle of the night... we are having issues with getting you to sleep in your own bed all night long... you like to wake up in the middle and come sleep with us. We love the snuggles, but our bed just isn't big enough for all of us!) and you talk so well for a kid your age. You catch on to things quickly, and are quite bright. You can count to 11 and you know all the words to a lot of different songs and you love to sing them at random times. You love all things "princesses" yet garbage day makes you so excited because you love the big trucks. I could go on and on, but mostly, you are just a really beautiful soul who makes people laugh and who brightens up a room with your spirit. You are such a joy.