First Snowfall of the Year!

Happy Winter!

Shenanigans and holiday preparations

Anybody seen Finn??

 

You can't tell it, but there is a rocking horse under all of those blankets...

What happens when you let a toddler decorate a Christmas tree.  Hopefully the picture does it justice.  :)

Happy Halloween 2010!

  Finn REALLY got into Trick or Treating this year.  But can you blame him?  He picked out his own costume too---Darth Vader.  Daddy was so proud.  :)

 

Off he goes!  When candy was involved, he was unstoppable!

 

Posing on the front step at the end of a long trick or treating night.

Finn and Mommy....aka Darth Vader and Princess Leia.

Counting (and recounting, and recounting) his candy.  He was a little obsessed with the candy this year. 

Happy Halloween!!

Fall time fun....and getting ready for Halloween!

 Alas, it's once again been too long since the last post.  We'll skip the excuses and go right into the pictures.  :)

 Feeding a baby goat at The Farm in Sturgeon Bay (yes, this was way back during our August vacation!).

 Feeding a bigger goat.

 Feeding a huge goat....err, cow.

 

Steering a yacht (at the Sturgeon Bay Maritime Museum, that is).

 

 Acting like goats with Daddy at the Manitowoc County Fair.

 Grandpa Herrman and his grandsons modeling their cool Tahitian shirts.

 Reading books with Grandma Connie.

And now to more recent photos:

 Trying on the Darth Vader costume.  (Actually, it's his Yoda costume from last year with Daddy's Darth Vader voice changing mask.  Don't worry, Grandparents----he won't be wearing the mask as part of his costume.)

 Re-creating a previous blog photo (the 1st one is from May 2009).

 

 A super cool Halloween gingerbread house Finn helped Mommy make!

 

Licking off the black icing from said gingerbread house...

 

And last but not least, Pumpkins!

Has it really been two months??

Apparently I haven't posted anything in over two months. I guess we've been busy! Here's a little snapshot of what we've been up to during May and June...

Finn posing with the flowers he got Mommy for Mother's Day. Notice the new "smile".

A pool play date with his friend Ali. The hose was a big hit!

Watching trains go by at the Day Out With Thomas at the Railroad Museum in Green Bay.

A junior engineer riding the train.


And here's a little video of our smarty pants naming off animals from one of his books:

In case you can't understand him, some of the animals he names are platypus, hyena, mole, cricket, skunk, lizard, scorpion, chameleon, eagle, chimpanzee, water strider, and pelican. Such a memory!

A Party, Some Eggs, and One Particular Spider...

To celebrate Finn's 2nd birthday we had a little party for him. Grandma Connie, Grandpa Herrman, Grandma Bette and Grandpa Andy, Great Grandma Marion and Cousin Alissa were there to join in the fun, as well as his beloved daycare provider Mary and friends Ali, Ike, Aidan and Conor (plus their really cool parents, of course!). Other than Grandpa Herrman refusing to try Mommy's lasagna, it went well and I think everyone had a good time. :)

Really cool Thomas the Train birthday cake!!

(I think Mommy was almost as excited about this as Finn was!)

Getting ready to blow out the candles!

And I don't have a picture of it, but Aidan and Conor brought over their old Thomas the Train set to give to Finn.......and that is where he sat and played for probably 2 straight hours. The kid loves trains!

We also had a visit from the Easter Bunny this past Sunday. Finn had fun searching for all of the eggs (and immediately eating the M&Ms inside!).

Counting his Easter eggs.

Another train car!!

Last but not least, I got a nice video tonight of Finn singing. It starts off a little quiet but he gets louder as he goes on. Hopefully you can tell what he's singing about.

Two Years Old!

My, how Finn has changed in a year!

March 11, 2009

March 11, 2010

Within the past year we have gone from having a baby to having a little boy.  And although this age is presenting its own new set of challenges, it's also bringing us come of the greatest joy. 

Happy Birthday Finn!  We love you sweetie!

Making up for Lost Time...

So I haven't been very good about posting lately.....it's been 2 months! The holidays got in the way and then.....well, who knows. But I'm updating it now!

Lots has gone on since December! Here are just a few snapshots of our adventures...

Wearing Daddy's shirt and typing on the computer

Major post-nap bed-head! At least he finally has enough hair for it to be messy!

Play date with Finn's friend Ali. Here he was completely ignoring her efforts to give him a hug because he was too busy playing. He'll be kicking himself for this someday!

Already doing housework. He even asked to do the dishes again the next night! :)

Running back and forth across an awesome strip of bubble wrap we got in the mail (more in the video below)!

And last but not least, a few fun videos:

A Finn and Daddy Light Saber fight!

More Bubble Wrap fun!

Playing with his friend Ali (after he decided to pay attention to her again!)

That's all for now! Hopefully it won't take another 2 months to post more pictures! :)