Water Bottlefest NW 2008
Quinn and I just got back from a visit from Skagit Valley. We took the train up and had a wonderful time. It was great to see Quinn bond with her Grandpa and Grandma Lint. Have I mentioned that this girl has no shortage of grandparents? 3 full sets of grandparent love and 3 times the spoilage…
While we were visiting, we stopped by my nearest and dearest friend Cassandra’s house. She and I go back to the 6th-7th grade, but I officially wanted to be her friend in the 4th grade (she was so pretty, with perfectly white knee-high socks, going down the playground slide.)
She is forging the path of parenthood 8 weeks ahead of me. She has a baby girl (Addison) who is officially the cutest baby residing in Skagit Valley. Cassandra and I made a decision early on that Quinn and Addison would be friends — and Quinn and I got a chance to hang out with them last week. And while this friendship has been prearranged, the two seemed to have a great time playing with each other.
At one point in the play-date they both noticed a piece of entertainment “GOLD”… a plastic water bottle. Below is a series of photos showing the battle-of-the-bottle. While Addison had the clear advantage of mobility on her side (crawling), Quinn had the grip o’death in her little fingers. Watch below to see this dramatic battle unfold…
Shake on it… They agreed to “FIGHT FAIR”.
Addison get’s the first grip on the bottle. Little does she know Quinn has here eyes set on the prize…
All of a sudden, Addison is left in confusion… What happened to my “waba?”
Quinn: “Back-off girly girl in your pink shirt… oh, wait… I’m in a pink shirt as well. Hehe…”
Addison attempts to Fake-out Quinn… “Hmmm, let me see… I think it’s broken… Just hand it over for a second…”
Addison got it, but Quinn’s in with the left-arm-swipe. Gimme, gimme, gimme…
All of a sudden Addison tries the rational approach: “Quinn, I am 2 months older than you, therefore, I get the water bottle, thank you very much”…
Addison gives a sigh of relief as Quinn picks up the squeeky-cat… BUT WAIT!
Ahhh, she may be 2 months younger, and have an attention span of a flea, but the power of the water bottle is impossible to resist!
The Underdog takes the lead… Addison may not look angered, but don’t let that cuter-than-cute face fool you, she’s ROYALLY PISSED!
And just like that, It’s ripped from Quinn’s hands… faster than you can say “poopy-diaper”.
That’s when things turned UGLY. Quinn went for the jugular! PLEAAAASSSSEEE SOMEONE STOP THE MADDNESS!!!!
Addison finally took the high road and gave the water bottle to Quinn. She came to the realization that Quinn’s only a baby, and she just doesn’t quiet understand the concept of sharing yet. She further realized that it’s up to her to show Quinn how to play nice. What a sweet, sweet girl.
It was moments later when the water bottle was out of sight, that they were onto the next thing…
It is seriously beyond entertainment to watch these two together. Watching Addison, who is just a bit older than Quinn is like peering into the not so distant future to see what the next few months have in store for us here… And officially, things are going to get MORE fun and MORE exhausting. And I can hardly wait.
Oh mi,my lil angles first battle,she defeated the enemy,the girl next door,”Way to go Lil quinn”never give up without a battle..HAHA..Just love a clean fight..no winners and no losers..Love pat’s and hugs from grandma (mom)from MT.
Happy 7mo. old to my Lil’ angel,today is ur day to do anything u want to,grandma from Mt says so..if u have any problems they’ll have to face the rath of grandma..Love and hugs mom(grandma)
Whoops,wrong week,sorry I guess at my age I can make a mistake,I looked at the wrong day…Love grandma(mom)
Might want to try getting that little angel,a little bear that makes the sound of a mothers heartbeat,can purchase at ur local shopco,lv grandma from Mt.I’ve heard that it works very well at sleepy time..
Happy 7mo. My Lil’ Angel..lv Grandma