The Otte's

Well, things are finally getting back to where they should be.  Wednesday Quinn went back to school, finally!  Well, she did not make it through the day, as I got a call in the afternoon, to pick her up, but she did make it through Thursday and Friday.  This weekend we had a new foster care kiddo, and he is wonderful.  Quinn and I were going to go out to the playground just behind our backyard, but it was to windy, but it sure was fun to watch out the window and see John and our kiddo out there playing.  Both of them are in this picture, but we can't publish who we have, due to safety and respecting their privacy, but since you can't really even see the kiddo, I'm going to say it's ok.  Watching the two of them playing all over out there was sure fun for Quinn and I.  I tell you what, God had a plan having us build right here, and having the priests give us the ok to play with anyone we have here on the playground is sure nice.

The other fun thing that happened this morning was that Quinn figured out how to support herself better when she is on the potty.  Sometimes when she is going potty, she has her head slump forward as she is going potty, and it's hard to concentrate on two things at once, but today she grabbed onto her fancy potty chair, and held herself up very nicely.  This is big for two reasons.  One, she looks so good sitting up in a great position, and two, she does not tend to reach out and grab things on her own, and this time she did!  Oh that is such a big deal to me!  You can also see her other hand giving us the potty sign, as she was still getting ready to go potty!  OK, enough about going potty, I have to say that it is 9:30 and both of the kiddo's in our house are sound asleep and have been since around 8:00, so I got to delve into one of my favorite past times.  A cheesy Hallmark pre-Christmas movie.  Better yet, it was taped from last night, so I could fast forward through the commercials.  Oh, what a great day, granted we all have colds, but past that, we had a great morning watching a few cartoons, we read lots of books today.  We watched a crazy football game, ate kid food that was lots of fun.  Quinn got to teach a new friend about how to play with her, and he was so receptive, and it was truly a lovely day!  A Simple, caring, loving day.
Blessings,
Susan