It was nice to be away on vacation, but still feel like it was home. Finley had lots of people and toys to place with, rooms to explore, food to eat, and energy to burn. He loves being outside these days and it's amazing how his mood changes instantly once he is set free in the world.
Not sure if he was pointing at another bird or the tree here, he loves both! I love the scale of this photo, a small boy in a big, big world. While we were running around the cul-de-sac, we practiced jumping. From our play at the gym, Finley has tried to figure out how to jump. He bends his legs and thrusts up, but doesn't quite leave the ground. It's so funny to watch and he seems to get a good amount of joy out of it despite the fact he isn't actually getting any air!
Grandpa Murray has quite a collection of bird feeders and bird baths in the backyard and Finley was in heaven watching the flocks of birds through the big windows. I wish we had a video of this since he was pointing and talking, pointing and laughing, and waving you over to come see all the birds.
Grandpa Murray has quite a collection of bird feeders and bird baths in the backyard and Finley was in heaven watching the flocks of birds through the big windows. I wish we had a video of this since he was pointing and talking, pointing and laughing, and waving you over to come see all the birds.
Here he is trying one his fancy new penguin, swirly straw cup from his Aunt Caitlin. He loves it!
Dan likes the next picture since it really captures how we see Finley a lot these days as he asking "up up" to get picked up.
While this is probably a no-no to snap photos during Shabbat prayers, we wanted to capture how much Finley enjoys his GG singing and watching the candles before dinner.
On Thursday, we caught up with the Cohens. Leor and Dan were in school together and had their bar mitzvahs together. We went to Leor and Miri's wedding in Israel several years back and they were visiting with their two kiddos. Agam is about 4 and Yaad is 2. After some indoor playing, we took the bunch outside and while it was windy and chilly, we had fun.
Here are a couple shots from the morning that Aunt Caitlin was over.
As we prepared to go, Finley discovered that his Grandpa has an itouch just like I do and his Grandpa was more than impressed that Finley knew how to turn it on.
Group photos are always tough with a toddler, but these two are surely keepers! Dan sacrificed himself by being the photographer and we thank him for that.
Other things to note from our trip:
1. Grandpa Murray's blog entry that sums up much of our own sentiments about the week:
2. Finley was great in the car and by that I mean he slept most of both rides. We timed them with his afternoon nap and that plan was executed quite well, go us!
3. Finley spent one afternoon without us while we hit the local outlets and he was a gem for his Grandparents and Aunt. He was such a daredevil on the playground structures, Murray remarked how opposite of the toddler Daniel that was.
4. Finley "played football" with Uncle Carl. He threw the ball well, though it was often more of a spike in the endzone type toss. Carl tried a simple quarterback handoff, but Finley fumbled :( Good thing he's got Frisbee in his future and not the NFL.
5. He fell back in love with eggs and had one almost every morning with his yogurt (in lieu of his typical not-kosher-for-passover multigrain waffle).
6. Using Dan and Ellie's old Care Bear kitchen, Finley cooked up a storm and offered his creations to just about everyone. Also, there was a pile of toy dinosaurs and much to our surprise, Finley took to them and had fun standing them all up on the couch together like a diorama. Hello Natural History Museum!
We love you GP and GG, thank you for a wonderful visit!
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