We’ve had a calm week and a fun and busy weekend! On Friday we celebrated Andy’s birthday with yummy indian food. All of the kiddos did really well. Finn, in particular, loved the end when he got out of his seat and sat on Grandpas lap. Grandpa was demonstrating how to use a knife and fork together to cut. So of course, Finn demonstrated his skills and then chomped down on some of the “cut” rice 🙂

We had a fun weekend exploring Columbus, starting Saturday morning at the Greenberg Train and Toy show at the State Fairgrounds. Finn’s face lit up when he saw the first few trains sets that were running. We walked around and watched a lot of trains and then headed to downtown Columbus to see a real train in action! The  “big” train Finn calls it. We had lunch at Gordon Biersch where we were able to see the trains running on the track from inside. It was perfect timing as shortly after we arrived a train came through.  Since it was a really sunny and warm afternoon we decided to walk around downtown. We passed by Kevin’s former apartment in the Arena District and we both remarked what a difference a couple years makes! No longer single and dating, now married, living in the suburbs, with an almost 2 year old! We took some photos in front of his apartment for fun.

We walked down past Nationwide Arena to the outdoor Ice Rink as we were curious about it.  There were a LOT of people enjoying the open skate.  Afterward we walked back up to the North Market where we made a quick stop at Pistacia Vera for some pastry treats for Sunday morning. Um, well, they were for Sunday morning but I may have eaten mine for a snack on Saturday night 😉 And for our big news of the week: Griffin went pee pee on the potty! He’s becoming more and more curious about it as he’s been watching Sam go potty for awhile. And on Wednesday he said he wanted to sit on the potty and sure enough, success! Kevin and I were at work, but Debbie told us he had the biggest smile on his face and was really happy.  She and Sam were so sweet, they brought him a football balloon to celebrate on Thursday morning.  And we had more success on Saturday while Kevin and I were home. And it’s a good thing I didn’t get this post online earlier this afternoon – as a bit earlier tonight we were playing downstairs and Finn had been running around. I took him upstairs to change a dirty diaper and he kept saying “pee pee”. So I asked him if he wanted to go on the the potty and he replied, yes.  So he sat on the potty, but rather than pee, he went poo! Wowza.  He was pretty happy and proud, as were we. He said a nice “bye bye poo poo” as he flushed the toilet.  Pretty cute.  And here are a few other pics from the week: some Valentine crafts where Debbie wrote down what the boys were thankful for, dump truck maneuverability in the kitchen, a fun trip to the pet store to play with animals, and Finn letting daddy know he is ready to watch a “show”.