A lady of many talents..

I turned around the other morning at breakfast and Olivia showed me this...





Who knew raspberries could do that?

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His new name is "Wedgie"..

because we often find him in places like this.....






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One year old

Finn is now One!! We had a grand celebration on Sunday and of course the weather cooperated... NOT! On Saturday it was a lovely 85 degrees.. on Sunday a balmy 100 degrees... ( this is why everyone in the pics looks flushed and sweaty!)...But, regardless of the temperature everyone had a great time! We ordered a bounce house for all the kids , ordered GIANT pizzas, and celebrated our dear little Finn! Here are some pics from the day!! Happy Birthday my darling!

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So close...

He's really close...almost there...he might even be "really" walking by his birthday!

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Quote of the day

Olivia walks into the room..

me: "Can I have a hug and kiss?"

Olivia: (comes running over and gives me a huge hug and kiss) then...
" Mom, your my best!"

me: " Your "best" what?"

Olivia: "..just my best, ... my best. "



..if my heart could have exploded , it would have. *sigh*.

Anatomy of a Tantrum

Ahhhh..just when I thought Finn would be my "mellow" child...he has his first tantrum. Not quite as full blown as a 2 1/2 year olds ( she will remain name-less) ..but a tantrum none-the-less. It was actually quite comical at how dramatic he could get. The pics here are not from his first tantrum but of one he had a grammy and papa's house a few weeks ago when we were in Palm Springs visiting...*sigh*.

It starts with a cry of protest...



Then a look downward in complete frustration...



Then comes the dramatic "throwing of the body" onto the floor...


Then a smile of "possible" admittance of naughtiness?


Naw...just a slight hesitation and now a move away from mama in complete reproach..


Then finally, admitted defeat in a prostrate position...oh , the unjustice of it all!!




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Rainy days in June?

We are used to the SoCalifornia "june gloom".. we actually really like it...because once the valley heat hits...it stays for about 4 months or so...but rain in June? We VERY rarely get that...the kids got a kick out of watching it from the back door. That excitement lasted about ...oh....4 minutes , and then they asked to go outside to play.. I had to gently tell them that it was too wet outside to play...

Anyway... it was a hard concept to grasp. :-)

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Banana Bread Beater

Finn finally shared in one of Olivia's favorite pastimes... licking the beater after mommy whips somethin' up! I decided to make some banana bread last week and since I used "Egg Replacer" I figured it was safe for Finn to lick a beater...boy did he LOVE it!!! Then he tried to lick Olivia's beater....that did not go over very well...hahaha!

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More "Olivia-isms"

Here we go again..

Olivia: " Mom, we don't live outside.."

me: "You're right, we don't, we live inside, right? Can you think of something that lives outside?"

Olivia: "Yeah, cheetahs... and um..squirrels, and baby giraffes".

( Apparently regular "adult" giraffes were not on her mind) :-)

and..

Olivia: "Mom, what does dev-bo mean"

me : " What? What's a dev-bo?"

Olivia: "MOM! Dev-bo means nothing!"

*sigh*

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