Here’s my little buddy with his little buddy. He has a new friend who lives just next door named Gentry (who is a year younger). It is fun for him to have a friend so close. They play almost everyday. I guess for me there are ups & downs to a friend next door, but I am curmudgeonly. Mostly it’s great. I like that he can hop the fence and knock on his door and never have to go in the road or too far away. Finn has always been my little social guy, the friend-maker, even though his parents are hermits.
On Finn’s birthday it was a lovely day and we had breakfast outside. He also opened his present outside since he had done that last year. If you know this kid, you know once you do anything it will become a tradition. And he has a Very. good. memory.
Another new tradition – the money hunt. Clues are placed around the house and at the end is some money to spend on whatever he wants. This hunt took him hither and yon to find his fortune. $40. Which he is going to use to buy movie tickets and popcorn so the whole family can see Iron Man 3. Generous little guy.
He couldn’t find the perfect cake in the bakery section’s Book o’ Cakes so we made our own. I’ve been trying to be creative in the cake department and the kids really enjoy it. It’s so much more fun to make cake together! You’ll remember for Indi’s birthday, we all made our own mini cakes. For Finn’s, we made chocolate pirate lollipops and a pirate cake.
The cake was awesome. We did a square cake in blue for the water, two mini loaf pans for the pirate ship and three mini-rounds for the islands. The kids did most of the frosting and all of the decorating.
Finn’s birthday went on for about a week, I swear. The next day they got to hang out with grandma & grandpa while Cody & I went to the Alt-J concert. Then Tuesday, we went to Boondocks. Go Carts (still undefeated over here…), mini-golf, which they did pretty good at for their first time!
We even had a juggler come. This was our old roommate, Randy. Such fun!
Finn is 8. He is a special guy. Dear to my heart, a good friend, a curious mind and just a good guy. It’s important to be one of those in life.
Snapshot of favorites @ 8
food: pizza (still)
color: green (still)
thing to do: play with Gentry
toy: Legos
anticipation about summer: playing with Gentry, swimming lessons, no more alarm clock. ( I second that)
Happy Birthday, Finn!!!
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