Jennifer's 365 Project

 Today is Chris' birthday! Quinn picked out the cake design.
And after dinner we sang and had cake. Birthdays are a lot of fun with a toddler. They love to help with everything!

We decorated a co-worker's cube for his birthday today.

We decided to make it a weekend of dressing up and went to the John Ball Zoo for their Zoo goes Boo event. The toddler is a little older so the concept of Halloween isn't quite as confusing as it was last year.
He had a lot of fun and enjoyed collecting toys and candy. 

This weekend is Grand Rapids Comic Con. We spent half the day at the con with Quinn, who had a blast! He loved all of the attention he received, because who doesn't love a mini-Iron Man with a light up arc reactor.

Edit: This was made following Adafruit's tutorial here. Instead of lasercut discs I used printed paper, which was perfect. I also used a smaller neopixel ring since this was for a 2 year old and not an adult. 
We stopped by to see Adam and Comfort at their booth, and Corinne (but we forgot to snag a photo of her booth!). I met up with a co-worker and we all walked around the show.

At lunch today a bunch of us played Mario Kart. Nintendo's Switch really is an excellent form factor.

Some items I purchased from Adafruit for Halloween decorations and costumes arrived today. Quinn had a lot of fun with everything.

A co-worker brought in a bunch of Halloween trinkets for an event. He had extra so he gave everyone around him some cool desk decorations.

Quinn spent part of the evening with me while I was sewing in our bedroom. He's very into the dump truck he and Chris picked up today, carting a load of bells back and forth on the table.

I bought a giant bag of candy from Costco last week so I filled this back up today. We have plenty of candy for the next few days, at least.

 Lorelei turned 4 this week! She's getting so big. Her birthday party was today and tons of fun.

Quinn got to hit his first pinata.
 And there were fun photo standees that Dan's mom made. 
Overall Quinn had a great time, even running around outside despite it being freezing!

We woke up and headed out to Quinn's swim lesson in the morning. Chris dropped us off to do shopping so we had a little time before we got picked up. Quinn was very excited to run on the indoor track.
It rained pretty heavily all day today, which meant the outdoor Halloween activities we were going to do were canceled. I spent a big chunk of the afternoon working on my costume instead. Quinn watched the Trolls movie for the umpteenth time as a refresher for a birthday party tomorrow.
By 5:30pm Quinn was out. It's been a busy few days for the little guy.

My cousin Fredde is staying with my parents for the week while visiting from Sweden. We have a pretty busy weekend so I took Friday off to go and spend the day with my family.

As a cool bonus, Chris's best friend who lives in China (also named Chris) was in the state for a week so he drove up and visited for a bit as well.
It took awhile, but Quinn did warm up eventually. He had a lot of fun outside driving his cars and eating raspberries.
It's also Fredde's birthday, so had a nice dinner to celebrate.
And a tasty Swedish-style birthday cake, which features whip cream and strawberries instead of frosting. That actually made the cake feel lighter to me. I really liked it that way. So did Quinn (minus the strawberries).  It was a nice visit and we will have to get over to Sweden sometime and visit him.