Quinn, age 7

• plays the role of dinner police assuring that meal time conversation is appropriate
• eats, breathes, sleeps baseball
• draws ink pictures of dragons, big cats, and monsters 
• is always smiling
• says, "I'm really good at first base because I am left handed.  I can put my glove out to catch the ball, and keep my foot on the bag."
• loves to swim
• wants to continue with ballet until he can "lift girls" during dances
• catches minnows and frogs
• went down the fast and twisty enclosed yellow slide at Manchester Pool
• changes clothes at least two times a day
• has a special place in his heart for Henry, Jack, and Harper
• performed as a Rock Lobster and Royal Cardsman in Alice in Wonderland Jr.
• jumps off the diving board
• does not like peas and cucumber
• asked for Schleich dragons for his birthday gift
• looks forward to machine pitch baseball next year
• visits with Corne and his dog
• chooses non-fiction animal books at the library
• always remembers to say thank you
• studies his bird books
• wears size 5 shoes
• plays in the sand, mud, and water
• snuggles with his Mommy and Daddy
• requested a "safari party"
• tours and samples Phil and Shirley's garden
• spends his money on Legos and hard plastic animals
• will not go in the basement alone
• is terrified of mascots
• plays football in the bathtub with his rubber duckies
• cheers for the Cardinals, Royals, and Blue Jays
• reminds me to keep the car windows closed when people around us are smoking
• has no interest in cutting his hair
• went ice skating for the first time
• is very dramatic
• finds potty talk to be hilarious
• plays Solitaire and Clue
• helps Ms. Jan in the yard
• is going to a horse show on his birthday
• loves a good joke
• wears "snuggy jammies"
• watches The Wild Kratts and The Magic School Bus
• performed in his first ballet recital
• calls time when at bat during baseball practice
• saving up with Will to buy a mouse
• wears pale blue Chuck Taylors
• wears high socks everyday, not just Sunday
• wants to read Saber Tooth Tiger every night
• likes to go to Powder Valley, Lone Elk Park, and the World Bird Sanctuary
• is best friends with his brother.
• melts his Mama's heart!