Aunt Caitlin Joins the Family

Caitlin has gotten to see both the exciting parts of our home life as well as the more mundane ones this week.

First, the exciting: candlepin bowling! Due to inclement weather and cabin fever after two naps, we got a lane at Lanes and Games (boo hoo, Sacco's was booked up) and Finley was more than willing to hang out in his car seat bucket for the first few frames.

But soon he wanted to be part of the action and we all took turns entertaining him when it wasn't our turn to bowl.

I know Finley's Granddad would be proud that his first bowling experience came before he even turned one! Dan bowled well, but Caits and I certainly underperformed...arg. At least now we know we can go bowling with Finley again in the near future, he seemed to like all the action and it was fun to do something we used to do often before his arrival :)

Second, the mundane: a trip to Home Depot and Costco. We got a new lightbulb for our kitchen fixture and Caitlin got her apartment keys duplicated at Home Depot. Then, we were hoping to score an array of free samples at Costco since it was right around lunchtime. No dice, all we got was some hummus on naan bread. Which while delicious, wasn't all that filling. We did get a good laugh, though, when Dan attempted to take a bite and lost his hummus on the floor! Clean up on aisle 5!

We strolled around cruising for free goodies, but came up empty :( So Dan got a box of taquitos, his favorite toaster-friendly snack, and handed it to Finley who was more than happy to carry it for his dad.

This outing would make his Grandpa (GM) proud, who doesn't love a bulk bargain?

Third, neither boring or wildy exciting, but somewhere in between: a reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This story was a favorite in Caitlin and I's childhood, known then as The Hungy Pillar.

Finley loves being read to and while he used to just want to eat the books while you read, more recently he's been patient enough for the story to be over before trying to getting his hands on it. A welcome development!

We have Caitlin for just one more afternoon, so we're devising a plan to make it more than worth her while--stay tuned!