No No No!!!

If you have heard me talk about my son you may have also heard me mention the fact that he doesn't listen to me...at all.  He is on the couch, on the chair and even on our kitchen table as of this past weekend.  I tell him "No!", he ignores me.  I tell him "Quinn!  No no!"  He ignores me.  I physically remove him from whichever object he is dominating to which he give me a blank look.  Then while heading directly back to where he was just removed he shakes his head and babbles "nun nun nun nun nun".  HE KNOWS!  So I assume that this is one of the differences in boys and girls...or at least a difference between my boy and girl.  Quinn is one determined little guy and it is nearly impossible to redirect him once he has his mind set to something.  See the vidoe below for a great example.  This time poor Tonka was the victim of Quinn and the most annoying toy ever!  This may be a good one to bring to Grannys house...he he he. 

Sidebar: Note how Quinn considers what he is about to do each time he assults the dog.

Now as I mentioned, Quinn ignores me.  But he does not ignore my husband.  I am amazed that I can scold him 10 times and nothing but one firm "Quinn, No." from Jeff and the world comes to an end...lip out...eyes brimming and frozen in his step like a little statute.  Where can I get some of that?
Actually as I write this that reaction is not as commom these days, I think Quinn is on to us...that if he waits long enough so that we are distracted by something else he can get away with it.

Lately Quinn is OBSESSED with phones, not my phone nearly as much as Jeff's phone and the cordless phones in the house.  The real kind that he can push numbers on and if he is lucky, and we aren't paying attention, he just may get some one to answer.  For example, yesterday at breakfast he was being naughty in his highchair trying to escape while I got everything ready so I gave him a phone to play with.  Next thing I knew I heard my Dad on speaker phone saying "Hello?  Hello?".  Happy Sunday Dad!  I am sure there will be many more unexpected calls to be had...at least you have caller ID.

So back to the cell phone, Quinn will get his hands on Jeff's phone at least once a day if not more, that and the remote.  Oh, I forgot about the remote and how he loves it so.  So what is more often to happen these days is when Quinn gets something he knows he shouldn't have he waits for us to notice.  I wish I had a video of the reaction Jeff gets from Quinn.  He will again say, "Quinn,  No No!"  To which Quinn's response is to throw whichever item he is holding in a knee-jerk reaction up into the air and run squealing with his belly out and arms back in the opposite direction.  It is priceless.  He loves this game.  Yep, it's all a game...