Monthly Archives: February 2015

February 22, 2015

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DSC_0035Remember this? While there is still snow on the ground here the weather is certainly warming up.  Between work, travel, and just everyday life I’ve gottten a bit behind on the blog over the last couple of weeks!  So we’re just going to travel back in time a bit to when we had a big winter snowfall.

Finn loves going outside to play in the snow and help shovel (shobel) with his daddy. Since our driveway is pretty long Kevin is happy to have a helper 😉  Albeit on this particular day it was right before nap time so he was a bit bleary not to mention suited up pretty well for the cold weather so it was a bit more difficult to move than in an everyday outfit! The first two pics are from our new kitchen window. It’s just so pretty to look into our backyard and see this. I love the amount of trees we have and the large backyard and when the snow falls it looks so serene.

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DSC_0012 DSC_0006 DSC_0017 DSC_0011 DSC_0015We even brought Lily outside (to be quite honest she was yelping from inside, practically begging to come out). She loved adventuring around the front yard and running super fast through the snow. DSC_0023 DSC_0024 DSC_0040 DSC_0030 DSC_0045 DSC_0047 DSC_0048 DSC_0050We even played a game where Kevin tossed a shovel full of snow on top of Lily, and then Finn wanted daddy to do the same thing to him!DSC_0051 DSC_0052 DSC_0054 DSC_0056 We purchased a basketball hoop for Finn this week – he absolutely loves it! He was shooting so well that I decided to take a video of him. Check this out – he made four shots in a row!

Finn’s verbal skills are getting so good. He is learning new words every day and showing that he understands new concepts too. He often surprises me with what he says. If we ask him to try to say something he is usually game to repeat it – and he is usually quite good! He’s putting 3, 4, or 5 words together at a time, all the time! Some popular ones are “miss you so much daddy”, “love you so much”, “right here mommy”, “that’s enough now, nuff”, “where is daddy at”, “lily (yily) come now”, “lily (yily) that’s nuff” (if she’s drinking a lot of water), “help daddy shobel now outside”. You get the idea 🙂

And here are a few more odds and ends. We now have our pendant lights above the island up! Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles. Finn and I did some early Easter painting. And of course we always enjoy donuts around here!20150216_205738-2 20150216_201306-2 DSC_0001 DSC_0004 DSC_0005 IMG_20150221_120130810

Have a good week!

February 15, 2015

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DSC_0405Our little man likes to read books.  And he likes to be independent.  Lately it’s been a bit of both. Saturday I asked Finn if he wants to read books – I said “do you want mama to read you a book” and in this case he said, “no, mama, self” and took up a spot on our rug in the front hallway. It’s one of his more favorite spots to lay down on the floor with the “pilpow” (aka pillow) and lately he’s all about reading books by himself.  It’s kind of cute, actually, to watch him flip through the pages and mutter words or count numbers.

Our week was a pretty low-key, uneventful one. On Friday Finn began having a bit of a chest cough, and unfortunately on Saturday he had a slight fever, runny nose, and was pretty fussy, whiny, and clingy.  We spent the morning lounging around as a family and he actually fell asleep on our bed for his nap, about 2 hours earlier than normal.  I don’t think he’s slept in our room since he was about 3 months old! It was sweet, as he fell asleep on me, and I loved every bit of the cuddles. Though I don’t love how I look here, I want to remember the cuddles!IMG_20150214_130946104_HDRDSC_0356IMG_20150214_140319385_HDRLater that afternoon he was feeling a bit better and we all sat down to enjoy the Valentine’s cupcakes Kevin brought home. Yummers! Here are the many cute faces of Finn eating his. His blue eyes look so beautiful here – no touchups!DSC_0387 DSC_0382 DSC_0384 DSC_0388 DSC_0389 DSC_0391 DSC_0392 DSC_0395 DSC_0397Kevin brought me a beautiful flower arrangement which smells wonderful and really looks pretty in our kitchen. And Finn made me a necklace (he put every bead on the string all by himself!) and Kevin a clay heart that he painted this week with Debbie. She also helped him make us a card. She always does the most thoughtful arts and crafts with him and he really enjoys it, and we really appreciate it!DSC_0366 DSC_0401 DSC_0400 DSC_0399Earlier in the week Finn and I made Valentine heart-shaped cookies one night. He really has fun and wants to help every time I bake something. He gets a chair from the kitchen table and pushes it all the way over to the island in our regular “spot” to begin helping me. IMG_20150211_195407157 IMG_20150211_195415844 IMG_20150211_195419156_HDR IMG_20150211_195452328 IMG_20150211_201802554He was really fussy and whiny today too and wouldn’t take a nap unless one of us held him, then he would fall asleep on us. But if we tried to put him down he would scream and cry. We’re hoping he wakes up tomorrow feeling better and on the mend. He went to bed about an hour earlier than normal tonight.

And here are some of Finn being silly this week as he enclosed himself in a box from Amazon, hides behind the curtains, and being silly with daddy and giving Lily some love. IMG_20150210_195248776 DSC_0411 DSC_0407 DSC_0354 DSC_0352

February 8, 2015

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IMG_20150206_193414308-2Hello blue eyes! We’ve had a pretty calm week around here this week until the weekend. Friday night excitement was for the boys to get hair cuts side-by-side at Sport Clips. Finn’s hair was cut a bit shorter than we intended, but it looks great and you can definitely see his eyes better. He sat in the chair like a perfect big boy. His stylist said she was the best little boy she had all day.  IMG_20150206_192207571_HDR-2Saturday was full of fun domestic chores like cleaning the house and doing some laundry. But the night turned ever more fun when Jaime and Aaron came over for dinner and fun with their kids Lexi and Chase. Once Finn woke up from his nap (at 5:15 pm) the kiddos enjoyed lots of play time together before we sat down for a yummy steak dinner. It was so cute to watch the kids play, I think they had a pretty good time working at the tool bench, jumping on the coach, and playing with all of the toys downstairs. DSC_0306-2 DSC_0309-2 DSC_0310-2 DSC_0312-2 DSC_0314-2 DSC_0317-2 DSC_0321-2Sunday afternoon we headed to Enon to visit with Kevin’s family and check out a potential house for Jim and Pat. Kevin, Brett, and Jim spent most of their time walking around inside and checking out potential renovation ideas and since it was so nice and “warm” out, Finn and I spent most of the time outside walking up and down the long driveway. And, of course, throwing rocks and playing with the sword (a nice long blade of pampas grass from the yard). DSC_0325-2 DSC_0329-2 DSC_0331-2 DSC_0348-2 DSC_0341-2 DSC_0342-2Griffin has been doing really well on the potty, usually going 2 or 3 times a day. Sometimes he’s interested, other times he’s not. We just kind of roll with his mood and don’t push it. His vocabulary continues to grow each day too, as do his opinions (“no Mama, no” and “self” have been common ones lately!). Here are a few others from the week.  Donuts – always a favorite, reading with daddy in one of the many pairs of new jammies from cousins Graham and Roro (among other things, thanks Bethune’s!), and Friday night basketball practice with Lily and Cameron (this was before the hair cut!).  Kevin snapped the last photo on our drive back from Enon, Finn and I were a bit sleepy!IMG_20150206_082859201-2 IMG_20150206_082930343-2 IMG_20150202_205116-2 IMG_20150206_175924134_HDR-220150208_171606-2Have a great week!