OUTSIDE!

These days Finn couldn't be happier to be outside. Today he woke up asking to go outside - before he ate, got dressed, or had a diaper change. He just loves it which is why we are now pricing fences. We are constantly trying to keep him in the yard. We have found a few ways to keep him occupied inside the confines of our yard. We are planning to buy a sandbox because we know he will love that (based on our time at The Magic House and Emma Sue's). Sidewalk chalk can also keep him busy for a little while.

We found a slide just Finn's size at the elementary school which is a nice walk from our house. He made some friends last time we were there.

Of course we think Finn is brilliant, but we kjnow we're biased. We are sure that he is a pretty bright little guy. He catches on to things so quickly. After drawing a few stars and hearts on his coloring paper, he can now identify them and points them out in books without prompting. The other day I watched him sit down with "Where's Spot" and open each flap and say "no" (definitely an early stage of reading). He can also (a bit inconsistently) count to 10. He always skips 1 because we usually say it when we're prompting him to count, but he can
count the rest without error most of the time. It's a little frightening. It won't be long before he's smarter than the both of us.