What a week of adventure I had with this little man! I was home this week from work and had such a lovely time with Finn. We headed out on many adventures, starting on Sunday with the Concert in Scioto Park. We joined Amy, Andy, and the kids for the Philip Fox Band show. It was a great night for a concert and the kiddos had lots of fun dancing and playing together. And the band was pretty good too! 
Monday we met Amy and the kids at the Rec Center in Dublin, and as Graham had his swim lesson, the rest of us did a little swimming ourselves! Finn loved it and I was only sort of (ok a lot of) a helicopter mom in the water! He loved walking all around and going down the water slide. We also did several laps through the lazy river. He was pretty worn out and took an almost 4 hour nap in the afternoon! After that we went to the zoo, only to learn they closed earlier than I thought so we ended the night at the park and daddy joined us there. 
We joined Kevin toward the end of the World Cup soccer game on Tuesday. Finn had just awoken from a nap, and with the screaming and cheering he was a bit scared and cried the first few times, but by the end of the night he was clapping along 🙂
We’ve had some late nights, which means sleep in and lazy mornings. It’s going to be rough getting up so early to go back to work this week! But on the bright side, our summer office hours are now until 4 pm, so I’ll be getting home earlier! Every morning Finn loves to read several “buhh’s”. This particular morning I think we read Every Friday about 5 times in a row!
Since Finn likes being outdoors and touching plants, I figured it would be fun to head to the Franklin Park Conservatory. We made an evening adventure there in hopes of making it for the butterfly release, but we arrived after that. We actually didn’t see too many butterflies, probably less than 10! But we had fun walking all around, watching glass blowing, and checking out the large “balls” in the gardens. 
This year we headed down to Red, White, and Boom on Thursday to watch the bands on Bicentennial Stage. Holywell, a band of which some of the members are from our church, had a slot in the afternoon and we enjoyed hearing them play. We were able to stay from mid-afternoon until the fireworks, with a little nap in the car for Finn at one point. It was actually pretty breezy and rather chilly this year, definitely glad we took our jackets! The overhead airplanes and helicopters were a big hit too – check out how much Finn is looking upward in the photos below! Just before the fireworks began Kevin took Finn to get a flashing scepter, which he thought was great. We enjoyed about 15 minutes of the fireworks prior to heading out before the end to beat the mad traffic. 
We think Finn may not be far from getting more teeth as has become a slobber box and is chewing on his fingers alot. I’ve looked all around in there and I can’t feel anything! He is also really attached to his bottled. The pediatrician recommended getting him off the bottle, which we’ve attempted, but he won’t drink milk (in any quantity) from a sippy cup. He takes a few sips and that’s it. Then he says “wa wa”. However, if you give him a bottle, he will down 6 or 7 ounces in one sitting. Can’t seem to figure that one out, so for now, he’s still getting his way with the bottle (and donuts to celebrate the 4th!). 
We all headed to the Zoo on the 4th for a short stroll through the new Heart of Africa. We saw the cheetah’s and several giraffe’s up close! We saw even more fireworks as we headed over to the Mehta’s and then onward to the Dublin Fireworks. We made it just in time and had a pretty good view!
Saturday we made a surprise visit to Bama and Beepa’s house to check in on their Hosta Sale. We enjoyed a nice afternoon chatting and hanging out outside and then went to dinner. I forgot to take any photos of the “hosta sale” area before they tore everything down, so we did a quick selfie or two instead. 
This week on the remodeling project: flooring. And more flooring! Most of the kitchen area is finished, as well as the hall to the garage/laundry, and the laundry room. Kevin also started putting up the wainscoting in the laundry room too. We’ve also ordered the kitchen cabinets and drawers – so we’re looking at about 2 weeks or so until they arrive. 
