Yesterday, we visited the Bay Area Discovery Museum at Fort Baker in Sausalito for the first time. Finny enjoyed himself a great deal. Among other things, he played the marimba, put on a puppet show, scooped gravel into Tonka truck loaders, sculpted Moon Sand, and explored a ship wreck. Here, he is playing with some cool magnetic blocks.
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Ukulele on the Front Porch
I've been trying to get a good picture of Finny with his new ukulele. It's been a little tough, as he likes to move when he has it in his hands. I like this one, though.
Material Goods
One of Finny's big Christmas presents was a Kettler push trike. It was kind of expensive, but it seemed like a solid step up from pushing him around in a stroller. He was pretty into it, until the bike came along less than five months later. Fortunately, we were able to sell the tricycle at a store called Toy Go Round. With the credit from the sale, we got Finny a real ukulele and a big toy front loader.
The front loader shows in this picture of Finny in the sandbox Bonnie made for him recently, along with a backhoe which neighbor Dave gave him after it didn't sell at Dave's yard sale.
Finny loves the ukulele. It fits him even better than his little guitar, and it's got a sweet sound. We have been watching Youtube clips of ukulele players, including the impressive Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain and a couple of very fun Scottish guys named Gus and Fin. I have not yet managed to get a satisfactory picture of Finny with the new instrument, but it is only a matter of time.
Heart Breaker
I've got a couple of stories.
The first involves kissing. Finny, for some reason, does not like to get kisses from his mommy. However, when I got to Heart of a Child to pick him up the other day, his teacher Gail told me that his classmate Sasha had been sitting next to him at lunch. Sasha leaned over and kissed Finny on the cheek. They both got happy looks on their faces. Then, Sasha kissed him on the forehead. Gail said it was very sweet. When I asked Finny if Sasha had kissed him, he said, "Yeah, and I liked it!"
The other story shows that, kisses or no, Finny still loves his mother. Recently, Finny and Bonnie were sitting in the kitchen. Finny said, "Mommy, I want to be a guitar player when I grow up."
Bonnie replied, "You can be whatever you want when you grow up, sweetie. Are you thinking about growing up?"
Finny said, "Yeah, but I might miss you!" and burst into tears.
Later, he said, "I want a banjo when I grow up."
Bonnie said, "I think you can have a banjo when you grow up."
Finny looked concerned and said, "But I still want to live at your house!" and burst into tears again.
At Waterworld
Grammy took us all to Waterworld in Concord. Finny had a fabulous time. I love this picture of him, except that he seems to have some food stuck in his teeth. Oh well.
Cracking Up With Katherine
Katherine and Deborah came down for a visit. Finny had a great time with his cousin. Here, they are eating fruit on the back porch.
At Point Pinole
We love the East Bay Regional Parks. This picture is from Point Pinole, where Finny found all sorts of little, green crabs crawling around the rocks.
