Around the beginning of 2011, Quintin became obsessed with How to Train Your Dragon -- watching it over-and-over, imagining that he was a dragon, imagining that he was Hiccup (a viking underachiever who learns to appreciate dragons, rather than fight them). MJ Price found the great How to Train Your Dragon shirt that Quintin is wearing in the photographs -- he was VERY excited to get it, and wore it as often as we would let him (even to school a few times, in spite of its very large size). Our sweet Caity is so patient with him -- she's definitely another of his (and our) favorites!
This blog is, for me, about capturing the day-to-day moments that make our family life so special. Our life seems to fly by at a break-neck speed -- so quickly, in fact, that I'm adding and describing photos a full two years after they were taken! There are many things that have changed since these photographs were taken -- dear friends and family have been lost to us, houses have been redecorated, children have grown quite a bit.
This particular set of photographs is unique in that it demonstrates how little some things have changed. Quintin is still crazy about How to Train Your Dragon! He still loves watching it. His favorite imaginary play still involves acting like a dragon (he'll ask Kevin and I to imagine that we're seeing him -- a dragon -- for the very first time; he'll ask us to imagine that we want him to be OUR dragon; and then, he'll ask us to be amazed by his dragon tricks...)! Quintin still adores sweet, patient Caity, the long-suffering stray that made her way into our home and hearts just after our wedding day. And, he still dislikes bedtime enough that photographs of him sleeping hold a special appeal to me -- it's so rare to see him looking so relaxed, peaceful, quiet.
We love our sweet boy, and I'm especially grateful, tonight, for those parts of our life that are not changing at such a rapid pace!
This blog is, for me, about capturing the day-to-day moments that make our family life so special. Our life seems to fly by at a break-neck speed -- so quickly, in fact, that I'm adding and describing photos a full two years after they were taken! There are many things that have changed since these photographs were taken -- dear friends and family have been lost to us, houses have been redecorated, children have grown quite a bit.
This particular set of photographs is unique in that it demonstrates how little some things have changed. Quintin is still crazy about How to Train Your Dragon! He still loves watching it. His favorite imaginary play still involves acting like a dragon (he'll ask Kevin and I to imagine that we're seeing him -- a dragon -- for the very first time; he'll ask us to imagine that we want him to be OUR dragon; and then, he'll ask us to be amazed by his dragon tricks...)! Quintin still adores sweet, patient Caity, the long-suffering stray that made her way into our home and hearts just after our wedding day. And, he still dislikes bedtime enough that photographs of him sleeping hold a special appeal to me -- it's so rare to see him looking so relaxed, peaceful, quiet.
We love our sweet boy, and I'm especially grateful, tonight, for those parts of our life that are not changing at such a rapid pace!
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