Quincy's birthday fell on a Monday. So, Tim and I took the day off to spend with her on her special day. After all, you only turn "one" once. We all slept in until 8 a.m. and then showered, dressed , and made our way to our favorite breakfast place: Thumb's Up Diner. Side note: The waitress at the diner is our favorite waitress and we have a kind-of-special history with her. She was our waitress at another restaurant on our first date 10 years ago. Neat, huh??
At the diner, Quincy got her very first "big people's" meal at a restaurant: A scrambled egg, a sausage patty, and a biscuit. She loved it so much she cleaned the plate (and I cleaned the floor under her high-chair upon leaving....which is the first time I have ever had to do that thanks to the dogs at home...).
After breakfast we went to the grocery store to get the supplies for making her cake. Being that we were shopping on a Monday morning, the store was virtually empty of shoppers so we could let Quincy walk through all the aisles without bothering others or getting hit by carts. Several of the pillars in the store had aluminum sheeting on them so you could see your reflection. As Quincy is a toddler, and all toddlers are fascinated with mirrors, she played silly games with her reflection until Tim was finished with the shopping. One of the games was hide-and-seek with myself and Tim using the pillar as her "hiding place". Smart kid. We LOVE her!!!
