Last month, Quentin invited us to his SIXTH birthday party (seems like he was just born!). The Wallace house is the perfect party pad... fenced yard with a BBQ porch, sun room and fenced in-ground pool. I was a bit nervous about handling them both and it turns out I was right :). But they managed to have some fun! They put to use the kiddie pool of rubber duckies Jackie put out.
Abbey especially liked it!
Adam did, too but he was having a behaviorally challenged day....he kept running into the pool area and throwing things in, particularly rocks...
I kept putting him in time out...but he didn't care :) It was like he couldn't help himself!!
Obviously, I couldn't get many photos. The kids were everywhere...Jackie joked that I was constantly going in circles...and I was. They enjoyed the pizza, barely ate the cake and ran around A LOT! I walked them over to the steps of the pool and Abbey jumped off my lap, which I was not surprised about. But it didn't feel safe.
Q is a little water boy...loves swimming. It's cute to see how much he's grown up. And what I adored about him that day is that even though he had lots of friends his age there, he would try to include Adam. He's very thoughtful and I think it's adorable.
Right before we left, Adam jumped in the deep end and I fished him out. It scared the CRAP out of me! Since then, I have gotten them both vests that make them float and exposed them to water a lot so that we are comfortable and they LOVE it now. I cried and I felt a bit embarrassed about it but hey, I'm Mom it happens to all of us. Jackie did a great job planning the Cars party...just look at this cute favor bag!
On our way out, they were doing a McQueen pinata and they let Adam have a whack at it and he loved it! Quentin is one of Adam's favorite people and when they get together they just run around and have a ball. I'm glad they are buddies! We joke about taking turns to bail them out as teenagers ;) because they are both very much BOYS! Q is handsome, smart and has a wacky sense of humor I love. He says what is on his mind and works hard to get his stickers at school. He is full of questions and gets quite the twinkle in his eye when he's up to something! I love watching him grow-up and look forward to his next 20 birthdays!! Jackie is a great mom and Brian is a great stepfather and they are doing a good job with that kid (so far anyhow ;).
Abbey especially liked it! 
Adam did, too but he was having a behaviorally challenged day....he kept running into the pool area and throwing things in, particularly rocks... 
I kept putting him in time out...but he didn't care :) It was like he couldn't help himself!! 
Obviously, I couldn't get many photos. The kids were everywhere...Jackie joked that I was constantly going in circles...and I was. They enjoyed the pizza, barely ate the cake and ran around A LOT! I walked them over to the steps of the pool and Abbey jumped off my lap, which I was not surprised about. But it didn't feel safe. 
Q is a little water boy...loves swimming. It's cute to see how much he's grown up. And what I adored about him that day is that even though he had lots of friends his age there, he would try to include Adam. He's very thoughtful and I think it's adorable. 
Right before we left, Adam jumped in the deep end and I fished him out. It scared the CRAP out of me! Since then, I have gotten them both vests that make them float and exposed them to water a lot so that we are comfortable and they LOVE it now. I cried and I felt a bit embarrassed about it but hey, I'm Mom it happens to all of us. Jackie did a great job planning the Cars party...just look at this cute favor bag! 
On our way out, they were doing a McQueen pinata and they let Adam have a whack at it and he loved it! Quentin is one of Adam's favorite people and when they get together they just run around and have a ball. I'm glad they are buddies! We joke about taking turns to bail them out as teenagers ;) because they are both very much BOYS! Q is handsome, smart and has a wacky sense of humor I love. He says what is on his mind and works hard to get his stickers at school. He is full of questions and gets quite the twinkle in his eye when he's up to something! I love watching him grow-up and look forward to his next 20 birthdays!! Jackie is a great mom and Brian is a great stepfather and they are doing a good job with that kid (so far anyhow ;).
Love the pictures and reading Q's post! It's great that they're both really starting to love the water. I see lots of swimming parties in their future at Chez Denkenberger/Wallace :) Love you all!!
ReplyDeleteDidn't know he took off toward the deep-end. That is pretty scary. Hopefully, they'll learn to swim easily and you can rest a little easier in a few years.
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