This week we got our hands dirty as we planted our yearly crop of seeds that we will transplant later outside in our patio garden. We also planted Finn’s Root Vue Farm (from grandma and grandpa Beilstein) this week too. Finn went back and forth between loving the messiness (“mom, it’s fun to get dirty sometimes”) to not being a big fan (insert whining and fussiness to get his hands cleaned off). I got everything all prepped while Finn was taking a nap and after he woke up and made it through his cuddle time (he’s been big into cuddling when he first wakes up, he just wants to be held) we started our project. He wasn’t as interested in it this year as after about 15 minutes he just wanted to go play! But, in the end we had 4 trays of seeds including quite the variety of veggies (cucumber, zucchini, tomato, pepper, butternut squash), herbs (green onion, cilantro, basil seedlings), and fruits (watermelon, cantaloupe), flowers and ornamentals (cosmos, zinnia, snapdragon, pumpkins, mini pumpkins). Our counters have been overtaken by seedling trays!
This week Finn also ventured to the pet store with Debbie and Sam. He loves animals, check out his grins! And of course one pic with his Lily girl and blue dog blanket. It’s become part of the routine that he cuddles with Lily at bedtime while we sing songs. And the blue blanket – he doesn’t like to sleep without it, and the soft, blue side always has to be the side that is against him :). 
April 10, 2016
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Monster Sundaes. Anyone who has spent any bit of time with Griffin is well aware that he loves ice cream. Monster Sundaes, in particular. As I’ve mentioned before, each night when I put Finn to bed one of the last things he says is, “Mom, when I wake up we go to the ice cream place”. He follows that with a little giggle and an I Love You. It’s so sweet (and silly and cute) and I love it. It makes me smile every night.
Later that afternoon after we played in the front yard with Lily (and tried on Finn’s new rain boots – he was e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y happy to have his own pair now and be able to jump in rain puddles) we drove Grandma Armstrong back home to their new house. Griffin liked exploring the outdoors full of leaves, sticks, fallen trees, and such. We did a walk around the house to scout out all of the plants in their new yard too! They are really making headway on their renovations inside. Their master bath is really quite something. It’s a very unique shape and will have many water heads! The tile is in and looks great!
It was an otherwise calm and slow week around here. I’m thankful that Finn still loves to cuddle. Our morning routine is for him to get a drink and snack and come to our room to watch a show. He loves to sit in my spot and get under the covers ♥. 
And here is a sampling of Finn’s artwork from the week, both at pre-school and at home. He loves to paint!
