August 2, 2015

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This week it’s been all Irish, as in the Irish Festival in Dublin!  We’ve been on vacation the last couple of years during this festival weekend and haven’t been able to go, but this year we lived it up! On Thursday Griffin ran his first race, the Kid’s Dash, which is a 1/4 mile “race”. He did awesome as he ran down the street and back. Kevin ran with him as we weren’t sure what he would think of it.  Kevin remarked that while he was running he kept saying “this is so much fun!”.  He was given a really nice medal at the end of the race! Graham and Rowan ran the race too and afterward Amy and Andy ran the 5K. Grandma and Grandpa Beilstein came down to watch and we all had a fun time.

 

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Grandma and Grandpa Beilstein spent the night too. Finn enjoyed Grandma reading him “Granite”, the new book they brought back from Alaska for him. It’s about a dog and the Iditarod race in Alaska and Finn just loves listening to it.  All of the cousins played together while Mom, Amy, and I went to get a pedicure to prepare for our vacation. Thanks mom!IMG_20150731_085305590 IMG_20150731_105838605We’re finally reaping some of our harvest from the garden including some baby carrots (some harvested a bit early, perhaps, but we were eager ;)) Finn has been a cucumber eating machine and on this day he loved the baby carrots and pulling some onions.
DSC_0049 DSC_0051 DSC_0053 DSC_0054 DSC_0055 IMG_20150731_182743047Friday evening we headed to the Irish Festival with Griffin. We had some yummy food, walked through the vendors, and listened to great music. Then we headed back on Saturday with Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong and Brett and Missy. It was an unusually nice day (low humidity, sunshine, blue skies, and warm temps! We spent a bit of time in the kid’s play area where I think Finn may have played every game and jumped on every inflatable that was there! Everyone spent Saturday night and we had a really lazy Sunday morning filled with doe doe’s, Finn’s favorite, from Tim Horton’s and a pizza lunch thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong! Yum.IMG_20150731_205403719_HDR

 

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July 26, 2015

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IMG_20150724_153603924_HDRSummer Fun.  We’ve been having lots of that lately and it’s been nice. Finn and I left one Friday afternoon to go to Goldfish for the open swim (where he has lessons), but realized on our way there that they aren’t open on Friday’s at lunch, but rather in the evening. Uh oh. I called a couple of local pools to see if they did day passes and they don’t. So I said, what the heck, we’re going to Zoombeezi Bay! We had “so much fun!”. We spent most of our time in the kid play pool that has several slides which he’s big enough to walk up and slide down by himself. We took a spin through the lazy river and also spent a bit of time in Baboon Lagoon where we got dumped on by a HUGE bucked of water from high above. I left my phone and all of our things in a locker and we just wondered around – so not really any photos, but lots of fun!IMG_20150724_172936353_HDR

Earlier in the week we had more water fun at the Dublin Bunny Park Splash Pad. First we went to the Peach Truck and picked up a large box of Georgia Peaches, yum! It was a fun afternoon with cousins 🙂

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IMG_20150722_122824598 IMG_20150722_123545046 IMG_20150722_124138348 IMG_20150722_141207397Kevin and I headed to the CD102.5 SummerFest concert at the LC Pavilion on Thursday evening. It was a beautiful night to hang outdoors and listen to several artists including Matt and Kim, and CAKE. The same evening Finn enjoyed a kid’s concert in Hilliard with Debbie and he had a great time!IMG_20150723_202351905_HDR IMG_20150723_221129916 photo(4) photo(1)-2We’ve lived in Ohio for upwards of 20 years and haven’t ever visited the Olentangy Indian Caverns. We were out running some errands and on a whim decided to stop and check it out. While we waited for our tour Finn played on the play set and spent some time with some baby deer the caverns have adopted (through a breeder). They are all females and have names. They come right up to you and will lick the salt right off your skin. Finn thought they were so fun. He really loves animals. IMG_20150725_120140418_HDRIMG_20150725_122431225IMG_20150725_122512533DSC_0045IMG_20150725_132124852DSC_0059IMG_20150725_132438217DSC_0061DSC_0068DSC_0069DSC_0070DSC_0072DSC_0075DSC_0082IMG_20150725_135204469DSC_0085We spent an evening at Jaime and Aaron’s house one night and the kiddos played like crazy. I only have one blurry phone pic where the kids where jumping off the ottoman and onto the couch. They were proud and happy!IMG_20150725_214842903

We made another blueberry pie this week and one day Debbie told me Finn insisted on having it for his snack day after we made it. I really wasn’t surprised as he’s usually heading to bed when it’s cooling off.  Sure looks like he enjoyed it!
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And here is a cute one of Debbie and Finn at the zoo.  He’s been having such a fun summer!photo(3)-2

July 19, 2015

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IMG_20150716_194900888Here’s Finn at our local spot, Liberty Tavern.  Sometimes he goes up to something and will say “take my picture”, which is what he did here!

I’ve been enjoying 1-2 days off each week and filling those days with fun activities with Griffin. This week I left the camera on the counter and just used my cell phone, which doesn’t take the greatest pics. But we hit up the pet store where he loves to venture around the store and look at all of the animals and hold as many as he can. He picks out a dog that he wants to hold and play with and then gets some time with the puppy in the play pens. He also seeks out the turtle too! Afterward we headed to the bookstore and picked out a couple of fun new books and played with the trains.IMG_20150715_113555205 IMG_20150715_113602918 IMG_20150715_113658912 IMG_20150715_114108348 IMG_20150715_120407592 IMG_20150715_120837712 IMG_20150715_132633655Somehow we seemed to fit in a couple trips to Graeter’s too. Finn has been venturing further away from us lately, in a good way, and overcoming some of his shyness. This particular night we were in line and he said to me “I’m going to go sit at the table”, which he did. It really surprised me as it was his own idea and there was another boy already sitting at the table and he normally wouldn’t want to go by himself. Sure enough he went and sat there and made a new friend.  So cute!IMG_20150713_192946042 IMG_20150719_203242141 IMG_20150719_202234610We also had a fun evening at the park with Daddy.IMG_20150713_195707500_HDR IMG_20150713_200240876

 

I was downtown early in the week for a trade show and at the end of the day hung out a bit at the North Market where I enjoyed a yummy coffee from Stauf’s. They seriously have the best coffee.  Kevin and I were also able to meet up for a late lunch at Si Senor, our favorite spot for lunch when we were dating. IMG_20150714_165322901Finn spent some more time in the kitchen this week making cupcakes with Debbie. They had lots of fun and he chose to make pink cupcakes “for mom because she really likes it”. He’s really a thoughtful boy 🙂photo photo(1) photo(2) photo(3)He’s been spending time learning about animals and “arting” as he calls it. Here he painted an alligator, turtle, and a snake. photo-2He continues to enjoy “swim lessons” and loves being in the water. Each week the kids get a “take home” reward and this week it was a medal that he and Graham are sporting here. IMG_20150718_112616649_HDROur little guy is a really great eater and regularly wants to try whatever we are eating. This is a sampling of his breakfast lately, and he eats all of it, sometimes 5 sausage links amongst fruit and eggs and other things! He is definitely growing bigger.IMG_20150719_090927670