June 7, 2015

20150606_205837-1Griffin and I tagged along with Daddy to the Crew Game this night and amongst other items like a hot dog and popcorn, Finn had his first taste of cotton candy.  I wish we could have captured his cute little face when he took his first bite. He lit up like a flashlight and was pretty excited. He said it was so “yummy”.  I used to love cotton candy when I was little. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – isn’t that how it goes?

Other adventures this week were a couple of hours on Sunday at the Memorial Golf Tournament at Muirfield. It was a really warm afternoon and Finn went with us. We spent most of our time near the green on 14. We had a nice little spot and watched several golfers come through. Finn is so observant and really loves to clap. Even without prompting after the golfer would make his shot and others would begin clapping, he just perked right up and started clapping too. So cute. IMG_20150607_133533313 IMG_20150607_133556038After the tournament we headed to Mansfield to celebrate dad’s birthday with a cookout with the rest of the family. We tooled around the yard a bit and across the bridge to check out grandpa’s plants. And of course, we had an ice cream cake from DQ – it’s almost a yearly tradition on dad’s birthday! Finn, Graham, and Rowan enjoyed “helping” open gifts and sampling the frosting. DSC_0048 DSC_0051 DSC_0055 DSC_0056 DSC_0058 DSC_0059 DSC_0067 DSC_0070 DSC_0071Kevin and I used to spend a lot of time downtown when he lived there and we were dating. I took Finn down to meet Kevin one night for dinner on the patio at the Elevator. We got super lucky and made it to our car just prior to a ginormous rain storm.  I mean there was flooding on 315 on our way home! We all had fun though, and Finn wanted to get down and smell the flowers near our table for a short bit. IMG_20150605_205319497And here are a couple of highlights of Finn playing with Lily. He talks her into coming everywhere we go in the house, or in the yard.  Though she doesn’t always listen without adult coercion 🙂 This night I snapped a few phone pics of him laying down in the hallway talking to her. Before long he wanted to get his blankie and cover her up for her nap. He’s a really good caretaker!IMG_20150606_181149090 IMG_20150606_181415138 IMG_20150606_181419349

May 31, 2015

DSC_0037It was really nice to have a long weekend! We began our Monday by making our 3rd annual trip to the Powell Memorial Day Parade. This year we got a nice spot on North Liberty Street. We took our wagon and chairs and had nice seats. Griffin got plenty of candy too – I think every person that walked by threw a handful at him!  He’s very cautious when going into the street to get the candy too.  And at the end the policeman got out of his cruiser and photo bombed us! Later that afternoon we spent some time in the backyard. Finn was feeling pretty adventurous climbing up the ropes of the hammock along with running to see Lily. DSC_0007 DSC_0018 DSC_0019 DSC_0010 DSC_0021 DSC_0025 DSC_0028 DSC_0032 DSC_0040 DSC_0039 DSC_0042 DSC_0043 DSC_0044

Always wanting to do what daddy is doing….DSC_0047 IMG_20150525_182650682 IMG_20150525_182811775 IMG_20150525_182936171_HDR IMG_20150525_184234904_HDR IMG_20150525_184830395 IMG_20150525_184932805_HDR IMG_20150525_185023473

We had a peacock in our yard this week!  Finn and I ran inside to get my phone so we could snap some photos. We were within 8 feet of our bright blue friend.

IMG_20150527_191835391_HDR IMG_20150527_192327029Finn and I went out together for dinner on National Hamburger Day – to Culvers, of course! My little stink bug also loved helping me with my caramel cashew concrete mixer.  Mmm.

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Grandma watched Finn on Friday, and as you can see, they had lots of fun. She brought him Krispy Kreme do do’s for breakfast. He was so happy and goofy at 7:30 in the morning!FullSizeRenderSaturday morning daddy brought Finn breakfast in our room. None other than some dodo’s that grandma had brought the day before! He was in heaven. And he didn’t want to have his jammies on either – when I went in to get him he was half undressed and kept saying he didn’t want to wear his jammies, he wanted to be “nu nu”. IMG_20150530_075719468

Here is Finn taking a selfie on Saturday morning 🙂IMG_20150530_101533589 And here he is getting some good exercise with Lily. The dogs haven’t had their “blue ball” in quite awhile!IMG_20150530_102253129

Saturday we spent the afternoon on a last minute trip to COSI, having fun with Graham, Rowan, and Greta. IMG_20150530_140917404

 

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IMG_20150530_161235264_HDRDaddy was able to meet us for dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse, and by the time we had just left the parking lot – Finn was asleep!  He hardly ever sleeps in the car! And he went to bed at 7 pm – super early, but he hadn’t had a nap today. It was a full day!IMG_20150530_183521146_HDR

 

May 24, 2015

It’s warmer weather and time for a summer-do for Finn.  Check out a before and after of sorts – our boy got quite the hair cut! He looks so much more grown up with this summer-do. But he gets so warm, has so much hair, and it such a head-sweater that we both thought a short summer style was a good thing!DSC_0005 IMG_20150524_162331547

This week Grandma and Grandpa Armstrong played with Finn for a couple of days. And Finn was super excited to play in their new “R.B”! One of his favorite things to do right now is to “drive drive drive”. Anytime we go somewhere or even if we are walking past the car in our driveway Finn loves to sit and drive and play with all of the accessories. He loves driving grandma and grandpa’s new RV, not to mention walking all around and checking it out. It is “really, really nice” says Finn, and we agree!DSC_0002 DSC_0004 DSC_0003 DSC_0001

In other big news Finn is doing really well with potty training. On Friday, after attending Graham’s pre-school graduation (he and Greta are sharing some cake below), I headed to the mall to get Finn some big boy underwear. He was pretty excited to wear them, as you can see! He has been going on the potty multiple times each day (both #1 and #2) and he is so proud of himself. I tell him when he’s finished that I’m “so proud” and he says, “you so proud, mommy?”.  Melts my heart.  We’ve been giving him stickers each time he goes on the potty, and while this picture below isn’t the result of any pottying (he was just having fun with stickers) I thought he looked cute 🙂IMG_20150522_125416724 IMG_20150522_173240609 IMG_20150520_182956196Can anyone spot our frog legs? This night Finn was being pretty silly and giggly. IMG_20150519_204733919 IMG_20150519_204756474Friday night it was a really nice evening and Kevin was heading to the Crew game, so he asked Finn and I to join him. We had fun being together enjoying popcorn and hot dogs. And to top it off, Finn met Crew Cat! He thought it was pretty cool – the rest of the game he kept saying “where is crew cat?”.IMG_20150522_211418931 IMG_20150522_212219872_HDR IMG_20150522_212355764On Saturday we had family over for a last-minute cookout for Memorial Day. The kiddos enjoyed checking out Grandma & Grandpa’s RV, playing in the basement, flying a kite, jumping in the bouncy house, and getting wet at the water table. And Finn really enjoyed playing in the yard with Babou (aka Abou) and Lily. IMG_20150524_160719227_HDR IMG_20150524_161137162 IMG_20150524_153234786 IMG_20150524_162331547 IMG_20150524_161944004_HDR IMG_20150524_161914929 IMG_20150524_172932709IMG_20150524_173159028_HDRIMG_20150524_182127239IMG_20150524_183630185IMG_20150524_184354275IMG_20150524_185251319