I call her monkey a lot.

And she's finally taking to the name.

Ready to go

She was making funny faces before leaving the house and asked me to send the picture to everyone.

And specifically asked to send it to Lai Ying, Clemen and Marilou too. And of course nini and tommy.

And then she stole mommys breakfast too.

Like father like daughter

Ballet Hip-Hop class

Quinn had a blast at her ballet hip-hop class! Last year she had the same class but wasn't so into it. After a year of preschool and taking this class with a few of her school friends, it was a success! She picked out the leotard she's wearing. She had to have it!

She really loves her dogs

Even when it looks like she's abusing them, it's only because she loves them...

KidSpace in Pasadena

It's kind of a trek to Pasadena but it's a really great kids museum.  Tons of stuff and Quinn really enjoys it now.  

I think she was trying to convince violet to come down the ant hole

That's her all the way at the top.  Last time we were here she didn't even wanna go in by herself.  

And now here she is leaving me in the dust. 

Kids were getting too close so she put on her fierce face.

More Aquariums

We're at The Aquarium of the Pacific a lot.  But it never gets old.

She loves touch tanks, but you should know that by now.

Mama didn't love feeding the rays so much...

But Quinn thought it was pretty awesome.

Smores!

NHM

She really isn't scared of bugs.  Despite having a mother who's terrified of bees and father who's an admitted arachnophobe.  Good for her.  Maybe we can get her to rid the house of bugs soon.

She's got four silkworms in the bag.  And she's very happy about it.

San Pedro Aquarium

She loves aquariums.  Which is good because so do I.  

And she looooooves touch tanks.  But it's a pretty good strain on the back getting her up to them and then making sure she's not falling in.  Which is a distinct possibility with how far she tries to get her arm in.....

Fwd: Sleepover!

Friday we went to color me mine. The girls had a lot of fun! We took the long way to the car bc they were having so much fun skipping and running and hiding down the street. For dinner we all went to hirozen for Lai Yings "going home" dinner. I should have taken pictures, Quinn ate 4 shrimp tempura (tails and all) and a lil more than half of a bowl of udon noodles! Justine ate 3 shrimp and the rest of the noodles, pretty good for nini :) For dessert, we came home and roasted marshmallows and made s'mores! These two girls both love dark chocolate! We had a lil rough patch before bedtime. Quinn had a meltdown. It was about 930/10, 2 hrs past Quinn's reg bedtime so it's expected. But Nini was very mature and asked to go downstairs until Q was done. After all was calm, Quinn and Nini both went to bed in Quinn's bed, with Q's hand tucked under Nini's shoulder.  Later in the night, they were even closer; Quinn's head ended up on top if Nini's arm. 😍 Both slept thru the night until 630am. I watched on the monitor as they read books, cuddled w the dogs, played, changed clothes, nini helped Quinn w her diaper and going potty. They did not call for us at all in the morning!! When I knocked on qs door at 730, they immediately blocked the door until I asked to come in :) When I told them we were having chocolate chip pancakes and spam for breakfast, they both said "SPAM!" Uncle Greg made special initial and princess pancakes. After breakfast they watched Frozen and ate berries. These two love to cuddle! And Justine and Bucky love to cuddle too!