A glimpse

Last weekend it was sooo hot.  Africa hot.  I am heating for two, you know.  So on Sunday, I packed up Finn and Scout and we headed up to the City.  The ocean breeze never felt so good! By the afternoon, my siblings in the East Bay had joined us. 

Finn was napping when his cousins, Drew & Matt, arrived.  But it didn't take much to get him riled up and before long the boys and the dogs were wrestling, screaming, giggling and such in the entry hall.  A glimpse of what it will be like with two boys in the house.  Oh my.  I'm not sure I'm ready for this.  Is it too late to change my mind?

Poor Drew played the part of the horse with Matt and Finn as his passengers.  

Gee, it would have been nice if they had taken turns.

Drew is on the bottom of the pile up, smiling and laughing the whole time.  

Note Scout, sneaking away before the boys get any ideas of piling up on her.

What?  We're having fun.

Kudos to Cousin Thomas

If the Marin IJ blog is going to blog about my superstar-of-a-swimmer-nephew Thomas, then sure as heck MommaSooze is gonna blog and brag about him too! As of last weekend, Thomas scored himself on the Triple Winners List and on 3 of the Top 5 Swimmers League Wide Lists for Boys 8 and under. Nice work kid! We are all very proud of you.

When can you come over and teach your moves to your cousin Finn?

*Photo courtesy of his Dad's facebook page

Future Rockstar

Auntie Kirsten just sent me some awesome pics of the day I let her (begged her) to watch Finn. She took him to Connor's drum lesson. I think Finn has found a new passion.

Cousin Collin showing him how it's done.

I can do it all by myself.

Even future rockstar's need a nap. And someone to check on them.
Thanks Connor. And Collin. And Kirsten!

A Million Thanks: Part II

I can say thanks a million times but these smiling

faces are more rewarding.

Thomas performing the first safety check.

Dude. It's not a surf board. But nice balance.

Kurt shows godson, Matt, the play house.

Oh boy. I think this twosome is excited about the slide.

Peace Yo. Connor breaking in the baby swing.

Yippee! Drew is enjoying the swings.

Who is that crazy kid swinging sideways on the top left?

Woohoo! This is awesome!

Not much longer before Finn has the climbing thing down.

Steve and the blondies.

Triple trouble on the slide.

Cousins Matt and Finn sharing a moment.

Connor showing us how it's done.

The next morning. Yay, it wasn't just a dream. It's still here.

I think Finn is lovin' the tire swing.