No Quinn!

Aidan has reached the stage where occasionally he requires 'privacy' in his room. Which basically means he doesn't want his brother playing with his toys! So, to facilitate this, Aidan created a sign for Quinn:


Let it be known that I did not help him in any way, shape or form with the sign. He wrote the word 'no' because (according to him) he has seen it on signs so he knows what the word 'no' looks like. Then he proceeded to write Quinn's name with an 'x' through it (again, he's seen it on signs that when there is an 'x' through something it means you can't do it). Next he drew a picture of Quinn (that vague body-like thing) next to a picture of his door - which has his name on it. He takes this sign very seriously.... too bad Quinn has no clue what it means!!

In other news, we had a fairly low-key long-weekend. We mostly relaxed, hit the beach and puttered around the house. Our big adventure was yesterday.

We had a torrential downpour for about 45 minutes or so. When it rains hard here, our street floods. Well, yesterday was garbage day so our garbage can was out by the curb. Can you see where I'm going with this?

The boys and I were standing in the front doorway watching the rain and the flood, when a car drove by, the water rose-up, and knocked our fully-loaded garbage can over. Our can then opened, and our garbage bags proceeded to float down the street. So, I quickly donned my flip-flops and rain coat and ran out into the street to recover the floating garbage. Nothing like walking around in pouring rain and 8 inch rain water to get your morning going!!! The boys thought it was very exciting though.....