Easter Pics

Our poor hand-painted bunnies had no eggs to hold-- we ran out of time to color eggs. I guess it's just as well, since I dont' think he would have looked for them once he saw his basket anyhow.

Finn's Easter Basket!

Finn's Easter Beanbag chair since he broke his favorite stool. Also, I love monsters.

Finn has smashed a hole in and nearly destroyed the lawn decor squirrel from the backyard, so this seemed like a good gift. He likes to give him rides on all his toys. The weather hasn't been nice enough to test this one out yet, though.

I bought awesome Frog shaped eggs because I'm a cool mom!

Here's the goods, all laid out.

He got some books and a movie as well. We tried to go easy on the candy.

He, however, did not.

He also got a handful of matchbox cars from Daddy (we must have 30 of them, by now), and of course, they were his favorite toys.

He had to line them all up,

and then hold on to them all at one time to move them about. For the record, he brought some to bed with him.

Here is at Grandma Mo's house playing bubbles with her. He LIKES bubbles.

He even tries to catch them with small wooden yellow helicopters.

and as Grandma blows....

He also blows into the car she got him for Easter, hoping for the same result.

Auntie Eriney is a rock star.

Easter Busket Numero Dos.

He likes to climb the bar at Gram's house. He sits and waits for his food. What a good little pre-drunk.

Grandma had an EXCITING Box.

And an exciting pillow!

And blue peeps!

Uncle Chris didn't want any. Jake ate one of the pre-chewed ones, though. Brave man.

Some more blue peep action.

Some sticky blue peep hands.

They look at one another and say -- Wanna get int he box?

Then they both do.

Here we are at Williamson's Restaurant for Curry Easter with Poppa, and Sammy and Grandma Lynne. He asks for Sammy by name now several times a day, and then tells me she's at Poppa's house. It's so cute.

Exchanging a few kisses.

And a few hugs.

Some heckling from Uncle Bob,

while all the while sitting on the same chair.

So cute!

It was a good day-- thanks for the presents, food, and good times offered by all!!!

Phone Videos

These are videos taken from my phone, so the quality is poor and the sound does crazy things sometimes, but I thought the videos were worth posting. As Cecil says, It sounds like I'm fighting a giant Cyborg, and I can't disagree. It can be loud, too, so consider yourself warned-- turn the volume down!

I seem to only be able to get certain things on my phone because it's much handier than my camera, and because he just yells 'CHEESE' and sticks his face in the camera when he sees it, so I suppose you may get more videos with poor sound and video quality for a while!

This is Finn and the triplets dancing like CRAZY to Peanut Butter Jelly Time, (click for link) which was a RIOT. They all stood on the plastic mat for the desk chair and stomped their feet like crazy. I did this with them for like an hour and laughed my arse off the whole time! Those kids kill me.

Who knew you could tame throngs of toddlers with Youtube? Babysitting sure has changed since I did it! Oh, and in case you're wondering, the trips are really into hats, and I bought those hats for them and apparently they don't ever take them off! The silly hats just add to the humor of the scene for me. I hope for you, too!

Here is more dancing at home with Daddy, who looks like a Leprochaun, which is also funny. I LOVE when Finn dances, it's hilarious. He had been doing it for a good half hour by the time I got this, so he was tired and more slow. You should have seen him when he first started!

This is just a funny one of Finn eating bubbles in the bathtub. It's a little old, as I have given up on the tub and just bring him in the shower with me now to save time, but still funny. He used to eat the bubbles like crazy!

And lastly, this is Matteo, a baby I helped deliver a week or so ago. Isn't he CUTE? This is the best part of my job-- holding babies who are only minutes old. He was sweet little man. I should be seeing him again today, which will be nice.

Saint Patrick's Day Celebration

Fun with the Couch

Male Bonding

Here is Uncle Cecil loving on Finn at a party. It was so sweet.

Super Silly Pillow Fighting Kiddo

Around the House

Some more new things

Finn is starting the mimicking phase, and repeats a lot of what we say, and what he hears on TV. Now those Preschool Prep videos are really helping out a lot! He also says, 'gimme a sandwich', 'share the pie, don't eat the pie', and 'I can't fly', among several other things.

This morning, he joined me in bed to beat me about the head and neck as my usual wake up call, and he said, 'where's dad? It's okay mom. Dad's at work'. Then he said (and he does this often), 'where's Sammy? Where's Poppa? At Poppa's house.'

So, he's obviously starting to talk in sentence-like structures, and still counts, but not necessarily in order anymore. Now numbers just make him excited.

He also takes like items and lines them up. So, if your shoes are out, they're often all in a line, perfectly straight. He also takes the 3 N's from his name which is carved into a stool and lines them up all over the house. I find them in the tub, the kitchen, under the couch, on the fireplace, etc. He still hides things a lot, which is VERY frustrating since I always seem to be in such a hurry.... which is why it's been over a month since my last post. What can I say? Starting a business, teaching a class, and managing a family are hard work!

Another Example of his stacking abilities.


We were going to start potty training, but Tom is a little nervous. Having watched my mom potty train two younger siblings, and countless cousins, and talking to other moms and dads, I have a pretty good idea of where to start, but Tom doesn't have this experience. I tried to explain my plan to him, but he still asks lots of questions and wanted to get a book. He's reading it now. It says a few things I didn't know, but for the most part, seems to say all of the things I wanted to try-- but maybe it's just better at explaining them!

Either way, Finn is showing some signs of being ready for pee, but not poop, and we will be starting sometime soon. I'll keep you posted!