Cute things Finn

We were at a baby store last week and Finn was being Finn - his usual quirks and eccentricities on display when the clerk asked if we were recording his cuteness for posterity. So here we go:

Finn beeps when he backs up - like a truck. All the time, every time. Beep, beep beep......

Finn is now speaking in 2 or 3 word "sentences". His first sentence was Loco .....sleep. Took us a while to figure out that he was actually saying 2 words together as there was always a long pause between the two words....I guess he's like his father that way. Now no more waiting. Just full on words strung together.

Finn is repeating almost everything we say. When a word is too long for him (not that we use antidisestablishmentarianism on a daily basis or anything) he corrupts it in his own "Finny" fashion. Banana - bana, applesauce - applewawa, Saturday night - saday night, leprechaun - con. You get the picture.....

Finn loves to practice sleeping. For a kid who just recently figured out how to sleep through the night (don't even get me started- we still go to bed each night expecting the worst) - sleeping used to be his natural enemy. Now he loves to "pretend" to sleep everywhere with everything. It makes me think about cleaning floors much more often.

Helping Daddy pack

Daddy is leaving for a conference. Finn decided that hiding in the suitcase would be a great idea.....Wonder what Daddy will say when he arrives in Washington and discovers his little stowaway.....

He's a maniac, maniac on the floor....

Finn's ode to Flashdance. The leg warmers (aka baby legs) were made by his Mummy. The styling is all Finn! (Not sure why he had to stand on a chicken in the second shot).

Big boy pants

Cinched in the back -just like the real models do!


Finn has been interested in the potty since he saw his cousin Ishani sitting on it at Christmas. We have taken the opportunity to introduce the idea and he sits on his potty a few times a day. All the books we have been reading him really play up the "big boy" underpants and the fact that Mummy and Daddy wear them. I guess Finn has decided that wearing Daddy's underpants would be cool.

Hugs

While Finn's "hugs" are extremely cute I knew they were getting a bit out of hand when he wanted to "hug" the cheese grater. Cats, strangers, pillows, trucks and books seem somewhat reasonable - but a cheese grater? Finn is a great hug giver but had a major melt down when one of his own tried to hug him at playgroup - what goes around comes around does not translate well into toddler-ese.

Snowy Day

Finally a feline I can hug!
Mummy, Finny and Snowcat
The final product

We took advantage of the sticky snow to do some snow building. Andrew shoveled out the 50 + cm, Zoe sculpted and Finn took advantage of his increased agility in his boots and tried escaping down the street. Fun times!