Monday, November 17, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Monday, November 10, 2008

happy 3rd birthday finn!



thanks to seth and noah for cake design and assembly. when it came down to it, i had no idea what to do with all of the separate chocolate cakes.

finn's artwork




Finn is really into drawing these days. I found a huge magnadoodle at a rummage sale for 50 cents last weekend. Here are a few pics of his latest drawings. (artwork for an NLK poster, portrait of him and T (on a piece of toilet paper!), WALL-e and an airplane) More to come....

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Historic Day



So this morning we woke up to rain and quickly got ready to walk to the poles. Finn proudly rode his bike all the way there. But first we had to stop by Starbucks for coffee (sorry Zephyr). We decided it wouldn't be too dishonest to claim our free "I voted" coffee on our way to vote. We enjoyed every sip in line outside the VW dealership. An exciting and historic day. We could just feel it in the spirits of the others waiting to cast their ballots; It's a pretty special privilege we share.

halloweened



For Halloween this year, Scout had an identity crises. He has so many names, you know, so it was a draw between the punker Mr. T look, or the Tennessee look. You decide what fits him best? Finn originally wanted to be an airplane. I should have just broken down and attempted that one, because the pirate thing didn't quite work! I made the mistake of showing Finn some clips of Pirates of the Caribbean on YouTube. He got frightened and insisted on being a (in his words) 'happy pirate'. Hence the red polka-dotted eye patch. Back up a bit.....I FIRST made the mistake of starting his costume on Friday afternoon (on Halloween). Anyway, we went trick-or-treating with some friends in Sierra Madre on Canon Street which is a huge scary production. Maybe that's why Finn has woken up the past 2 nights screaming "Mommy!!" in his sleep. And he has started pretending to see monsters on the walls of our house. Maybe next year we'll just stick with the Harvest Festival!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

it feels like FALL!!



Finally the weather feels like it should. kind of cloudy and a little cool.
Finn picked out a white pumpkin at VONS. I felt kind of lame buying one there with all of the great pumpkin farms and even pumpkin lots around here. ( we were left car-less this week after old faithful, our old 1980 subaru, just wasn't so faithful anymore.) Anyway, as long as this weather stays cool and sometimes rainy, I have nothing to complain about.
(Halloween costume pics to come)