Big Boy Bed

The door to Finn's room just open as Laura and I were sitting in the living room and this reminded me that I needed to do this Blog and had me asking why did we do this :)

Of course we knew we needed to transition Finn as we will be having a new arrival who is going to need the crib. But the change in his sleeping habits has been a challenge.

Instead of crying to let us know he was up in the morning he now calmly comes out of the room with no other sound than the click of the door knob.
Also, at night he will after thinking we have put him to bed come out of the room as like a game.
Well the sooner we get over the novelty of the big boy bed the better.

Time for the snow

We really haven't had a lot of snow yet this year and while no one except perhaps a kid should complain about this it has cut into what Finn and his dad can do outside.

Maybe four or five inches (and I think I'm being generous) of snow is in the yard. Blades of grass can be seen in some areas and as the wind really doesn't blow much here there are no drifts. We also haven't had to push any snow and so there isn't even a snow pile at the top of the driveway. [I'm writing this on Januray 1st and the plus 45 degrees days has removed all traces of snow around the city except where snow plows have pushed up piles.]

The day we were out was about 32 degrees but the snow was difficult to pack and we made a small snowman, some snow angels and took a sled ride through the trees but no igloo and to say we made a snowman isn't saying much in the proper sense of making snowmen.

Being an adult I'm reluctant to wish for more snow but as it is fun to be out with Finn in the snow and to recall his excitement with last year's igloo I gotta hope we get a pile of snow at some point that doesn't interfer too much with adult work going.

Christmas 2010

Finn's third Christmas proved to be his most efficient. I think he has taken the painfully slow process of last year's tiny strip by strip method and combined it with all that he has learned this year to become a yellow-belt present opener. He still lacks the reckless tearing of paper and packages that black-belt pros have but then again that level of prowess often leaves a bigger mess and damaged gift packaging. So we are happy with the progress.

Thanks to the thoughtfulness of everyone who loves Finn we spread the gift opening into three phases so as to not end up opening one gift, tossing it aside and asking, "Next!"
Christmas eve we opened a few gifts and the put reindeer food outside in a shallow bowl Finn made in the snow. As we all know this glitter and oatmeal combination is touted as delicious "candy" by the reindeer community.
We then put a couple cookies out for Santa but Finn was really not liking the fact that Santa Claus would be creeping around our house after we all went to bed.
We also did a Christmas morning gfit opening and an afternoon opening too. With Finn jumping from toy to toy and the parents trying to keep on top of the wrapping paper and boxes.

Christmas work bench