For Finn’s third birthday, we had an impromptu pool party. I texted some friends the night before, made a cake, headed to the pool and voilà: instant party. We were in the throes of unpacking boxes and an afternoon at the pool was all I could throw together. Finn loved…
Three year olds are easy to please. Finn woke up to balloons above his crib and that’s about all he needed to feel special. Three things I love about Finn: He is patient. He has to wait for just about everything; food, toys, attention, etc. and as long as he…
Crew is off the charts excited about most things so it came as no surprise that he was excited to start preschool at a real school. He counted down the number of sleeps until school started for over a week and was dressed and ready to go at 6am on…
The most willing baseball player during Nash’s season was easily his littlest brother. Finn got lots of practice hitting balls during Nash’s games. He was so energetic and persistent about getting some hits in that his batting practice deserved its own post.
Our second annual field trip to the strawberry farm was highly anticipated. We loaded up on tractor-pulled wagons and knew just what to expect from last year. First came the distribution of all sorts of vegetables picked straight from the ground. Finn enjoyed some more than others and Crew wanted…
Exactly one week after Crew received his cast for his broken arm, we wound up in the hospital again. Finn was on his typical two week rotation of coughing and wheezing but I didn’t think much of it because he is sick more often than not. We amped up the…
Finn’s birthday happened to fall on the same day that I was teaching co-op preschool at our house. With all of Crew’s preschool buddies surrounding us, we had a donut cake and sang to Finn. It took him several attempts to blow out the flames on his two candles and…
I’m coming back to the present for a minute because my baby turned two yesterday. I broke all the rules with this one. He slept in my arms day and night as a newborn. He wasn’t on a schedule until well into babyhood. His crib still resides in our closet,…
Finn loves his nie-night and thumb more than anything. He tries to sneak his lovey out the door every time we leave the house. Most of the time he is successful because it just makes him so happy. We had to wait a long time at Rainforest Cafe the other…
Finn went ahead and turned the big one-and-a-half. As we were leaving church last week, I noticed a huge wildflower field completely in bloom. I couldn’t resist taking Finn back to that location to capture his advancement in age. The rows and rows of yellow blooms were open for a…
