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July 19, 2015

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

June 28, 2015

photoBig Machines was a hit with Finn! Debbie took him down to COSI this week and they had their Big Machines exhibit going on where the kids can actually get up in the machines and play with them. He really loved it and he brought home his construction “hard” hat too. He also played in the painting/arts area inside and with some small diggers too.  I love seeing the updates on what adventures Finn goes on during the day via the photos Debbie puts in our app 🙂photo(4) photo(3) photo(2)

We went to our first Clipper’s game of the season to celebrate Father’s Day. It was a beautiful evening. And it was Dime-a-Dog Night too – a great combination. Finn ate two hot dogs amongst other things. We had lovely seats and we really had a nice time.

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Finn continues to love his swim lessons. He gets so excited to get in the water. He’s doing really well with kicking and reaching for things and climbing out of the water.  There are resident fish and water turtles in a couple of tanks outside of the pool area and every week Finn likes to go and check them out 🙂IMG_20150627_103754364 IMG_20150627_111747503

We’ve spent a lot of time together with our family and friends over the last couple of weeks. Finn loves being able to see his Grandma’s and Grandpa’s, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He gets so excited when people come to our house to “play”. We’re thankful for having family close-by. Finn loves the attention and affection from everyone, including Grandma Armstrong as you can see here! IMG_20150622_103209296_HDR

After Nathan’s Memorial Service on Sunday we had family and friends over to our house to spend time together and have some lunch. At the end of the day we decided to venture to Graeter’s for a sweet treat. We all ended up on the patio and the boys enjoying trying to get the water fountain working!IMG_20150628_200546387_HDR IMG_20150628_200621329 IMG_20150628_202031556 We actually made it to Graeter’s twice this week. Here is Finn enjoying a taste of my chocolate-dipped waffle cone filled with black raspberry chip. It’s my new favorite treat. IMG_20150624_201819842

May 10, 2014

DSC_0040It’s all about flowers, fun, and projects here these days – for Kevin and Finn that is. This week Finn had lots of fun getting out of the house and enjoying a couple of trips with Debbie and Sam. They headed to the park a couple of times and then made their first trip to the zoo. Finn is really in to touching plants and smelling the flowers 🙂 And Debbie treated them to Rita’s frozen custard at the end of the warm afternoon. These boys are spoiled!photo (9)-2 photo (7)-2 photo (6)-2 photo (5)-2 photo (3)-2 photo (4)-2 똺? photo (8)-2On the home front Kevin has begun the first part of our kitchen project, which includes adding a walk in pantry and a storage closet. He is building these in the large “useless” room in the front of the house, which is eventually going to become our dining room. Many thanks to Brett for coming up and helping with everything. Here are some initial pictures, it will be a work in progress, and we are excited to get things started. Though I guess this means we will be living in a messy space for awhile as it will get worse before it gets better, but it will all be better in the end, no? They’ve also torn apart the basement ceiling as a part of moving some plumbing and other parts in the kitchen area overhead.  Never a dull moment around here!DSC_0013 DSC_0011 DSC_0060 DSC_0041 DSC_0045

Finn has really taken to the bright orange level. He pretty much takes it everywhere and doesn’t like it when you take it away. He is really in to letting you know his displeasure these days, something I’m not all that fond of, but am learning to deal with. I was home early enough on Friday that it was still slightly light outside. Finn and I enjoyed a walk along the front garden where he really enjoyed pulling the irrigation marking flags out and carrying them around more than anything else!DSC_0021 DSC_0039 DSC_0038 DSC_0057 DSC_0022 DSC_0029

Mother’s Day I was greeted by Kevin and Finn with a nice hot cup of coffee. We headed downstairs for a pancake breakfast, which Finn enjoyed watching daddy make, and a lovely orchid and card with Finn’s handprint. So cute!  And Debbie had a mug painting project with Finn this week too, and it was a total surprise to me – it was adorable!DSC_0053 DSC_0050 DSC_0065 DSC_0066 DSC_0068

Have a great week!IMG_20140510_155418719-2 IMG_20140510_155658693-2 IMG_20140510_185304638-2 IMG_20140510_185742659-2 IMG_20140510_185746697-2