El Dia Del Quinn

I love having two children. I love how they are becoming best friends (most of the time). I love how they are starting to really interact and how I can finally send them to their rooms to play with each other while I make dinner.

But while there are a zillion and one things that are good about having two (or more) children, there is one big drawback - the limited one on one time I get with them. So yesterday when Greyson went off to spend the night at his BFF Yohannes' house I jumped at the chance to get some one on one time with Quinn. Raif had to work on some boat project for Nini and Dede so Quinn and I were really on our own. It was a gorgeous fall day and so we headed out to Cheekwood's El Dia De Los Muertos festival (The Day of the Dead for all you gringos). We listened to the mariachi band and watched the Aztec dancers dance. We sampled some insanely good tacos and quesadillas. We made skeleton masks and marigold flowers. But most of all I just listened. I listened to my little girl talk about whatever she wanted - with no interruptions from her brother. She got to control the afternoon and we did whatever she wanted. She definitely has a different personality when she isn't battling her brother for attention.

After the festival we met Daddy for dinner (Mexican of course) and finally home to bed. This was one of my favorite days in a long while and makes me realize we need to do some more one on one things with the kids.