Pics from the last 2 weeks

We had a great time with Granny Brown!  She left today.  I'm not sure how we will survive without her.  Finley has not let her out of his sight.  Kevin and I have been able to sleep in every morning and she gets up with him and makes him breakfast, cleans the house, does the laundry...we're in for a shock tomorrow morning!

Sometimes Finley doesn't like to have his picture taken!

Caelan!  Look how blonde he is!

Using Caelan as a dinner tray!

Finley would not take off his new shoes that Granny bought for him!

On his way to Miss Lisa'a house!

Obsessed with the cat next door, Finley asks no less than 20 times a day to go see it!  Sometimes it's sleeping which is really upsetting to him!

And the other neighbors have the ghosties!  He loves them too.

He said, "Look at me, I'm Granny!"

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We will surely miss Granny Broon!

Happy BIrthday to Kevin

Yesterday was Kevin's birthday. Kevin's mother made him dinner- a roast with yorkshire pudding, carrots, brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes and roasted potatoes.

I made him a triple layer chocolate cake.

Finley saw me making the cake and from the beginning, he whined, wailed, and screamed.  "Cake!  Cake!  I want cake!  Chocolate!  Cake cake cake cake cake cake CAKE!   It was really, really annoying!  He saw the cocoa powder on the counter and said I waaaaaant thaaaaaat!  So I said,  "Ok, go for it Sylvia, give him some!"  A really dirty trick that I probably should have done myself (instead of making Granny the witch) but I was nursing Caelan at the time.  I just couldn't take it anymore.  She gave him a spoonful of cocoa powder.  He spit it out and was totally grossed out- needed a drink!  I sort of felt bad but it was SOO funny!  And it certainly did not deter him from wanting the cake! 

State Fair!

We went to the State Fair last week.  Finley had a great time.  He is still talking about the rides and the animals!

My dad, grandfather, and brother met us out there.  Every time we turned around they were missing- we just had to look to a food stand and there they were!

Stupid overpriced car ride.

Riding the train with Granny.

Swings!

Finley's fried cheese stick.  Not so sure about it at first...

...maybe this is a good thing?...

Yeah!  It's great!  Until after he ate it- soon after he wanted to go home, and on the way home he had one of those gross throw up in your mouth burps.  Poor guy- he's never had anything like that before.

Me and my brother, and my Fletcher's Corny Dog.    My smile is a little odd- I'm smiling a worried smile of Corny Dog anticipation.  I only felt mildly ill after eating it- but never again- knowing I'm eating pig poop shoots, it's not worth it!

Big Tex!

View from the sky buggy thing.  I was terrified!

The Campbells!

Our friends, The Campbells popped by last week to meet Caelan. Finley loves playing with the girls, Astrid and Jolie. His favorite thing to do is scare them with his snake- actually a large caterpillar. He says ssssssss and they shriek and run away to a corner to hug each other and shriek some more. Very cute! No pics of that here but they had a blast in the back yard playing ball!

Mama Cass

Daddy Jeff

Jeff was great playing with the kids!

Finley was thrilled to have friends over!