Egg Hunt '11

On our way to our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt this morning.





Sawyer was super pumped waiting for the hunt to begin and was even jumping up and down and doing a little dance. He lost all interest after finding chocolate in the first egg and just wanted to eat "nanny" (candy). Just learned that word this morning.



Finn secured quite a basketful of eggs. He even shared some with Sawyer after Sawyer dropped his basket and another little boy came over and took some of his eggs.

Watch out cousins! I think these boys are ready for the annual family Easter egg hunt.

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04/04, Oh Four

Finnegan is Four today!

We celebrated with a huge party on Saturday. Finn invited everyone, even some of the mannequins at Nordstrom's. Seriously.* The weather was a little cooler than we would have liked but that certainly did not stop the kids from jumping in the bouncy house, painting their wooden cars, hanging on the play structure, digging in the sand box and generally having a fantastic time.

Here he is getting some help with the candles from his buddies Mikey and Jackson.

I was shocked to see so many of the kids sitting at the table at once.

I guess they will do anything for some cake.

And, of course, here is Sawyer hamming it up for the camera.

At the end of the party he hopped up on the kiddie tables and did his best cat walk. Seriously.

*Finn walked straight up to the kiddie mannequins in the boys department and said, "Hey, you guys want to come to my party?" This was in January.

18 months

Still SO Big.

35" tall (99%)
almost 27 lbs (65%)

But a trip to the doctor's has it's perks. After a nap, lunch with Daddy and playing in the park, we shared some banana frozen yogurt.




Good to the last drop!



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When you're right, you're right.

The other night . . .

Finn: [under his breath] I don't like you. You're bossy.

Me: [shocked] Excuse me?

Finn: [quietly] You're bossy.

Me: [sternly] I AM THE BOSS.

Finn: [defiantly] You're not the boss. You're mommy.

Me: [bluntly] Yes. And I'm your boss.

Finn: [confidently] No. You're Daddy's boss!

Me: [uproariously] Hahahahaha . . .


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Happy Valentine's Day

Finn is very excited about Valentine's Day. Although for some reason he keeps referring to it as Father's Day. We made valentine cards and cookies for daycare.


Bet you wish you were getting a Valentine treat from my boys.





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Today's events

-On a whim we packed up the car and drove to Arnold to play in the snow. (Finn has been asking us all week to go catch snow flakes.)
-A stranger gave each of our boys $1 for being so well behaved at lunch. They both immediately started acting like wild beasts.
-Sawyer said something resembling thanks at least 5 times today after I handed him something. Nice!
-While eating lunch with our well behaved boys our less well behaved dog delicately retrieved a pouch of elk jerkey Jason had just purchased and ate the entire bag without leaving one bite or scratch mark on the bag. Impressive. Her gastrointestinal activity on the ride home was equally impressive but not in a good way.
-Now we are home, bathed, in jammies and watching Alice in Wonderland for the 97th time.









Both boys, but especially Finn, had a blast playing in the snow. It was worth the trek. The things we do for love.

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15 months

33 1/2 inches (97-99%)
25 lbs. 4oz (60%)

Sawyer has a decent vocabulary (ball, apple, momma, dada, dog, sock, boat, bat, bowl, uh oh, ow, nonono, banana, balloon, bubble, dat) although some words are easier to understand than others. He really loves to talk and keep up his side of the conversation. And he throws with his right hand. He has moved on to big kid sippy cups and likes to try to feed himself with a spoon or fork. Still getting his walking legs but will take a couple of steps before dropping to a crawl which is so much faster!

Such a big boy!

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