Two boys. Two shovels. One wheelbarrow. 

And ten cubic yards of double-shredded hardwood.

Springtime is mulchtime in NoVA!

A fine, fine Saturday...

March Madness

Two reasons for our latest post (well, three....)

One, Finn ate his first ice cream cone. Maybe that's not exactly right. But we caught Finn eating an entire ice cream cone on video for the first time. Interestingly enough (or maybe not), consumption of said cone took exactly 25 minutes. We picked the best two minutes to share....

Two, Finn built his first snow man. It's pretty cool. So we wanted to share the pix...

And three, Finn had his 4 year checkup. All's still good. He's still in the 90th percentile for height (42 inches) and 95th for weight (44 pounds.) They don't measure his head anymore (no idea) but we're pretty sure it's still an enormous melon. We got him a batting helmet for T-ball ('cause the pitchers are nasty!) and had to exchange the official t-ball size for something dad can squeeze most of his not-insubstantial melon into if need be. Shocking, but true.

FIrst Day of Soccer

As any red-blooded northern Virginian will tell you, you're not pulling your weight as a three-year-old if you're not playing soccer. While this curdles my blood, we've dutifully signed Finn up for his first "soccer team."

While what follows may not not strike purists as "soccer" (or worse, "football"), it should at least serve to amuse.

And, speaking as a completely neutral observer, I think it's safe to say we have a budding North American Pelé on our hands. Just saying...

Header...

Pelé!

This is soccer???

Manzanita

Some pics from our recent trip out west.... Great time, awesome place and even better company. Special thanks to Ethan, Erin, Ellis, Emile, Eiron, Patsy, Cuinn, Scout and Althea; we started missing you all the minute we drove away. We're not waiting so long to do it again next time! Love, us!

Hot time, summer in the city....

Ok, so we don't really live in a "city"..... But it's been hot. Damn hot! 


And it sure as heck hasn't been a dry heat.


But you know what? That's why the deity invented sprinklers. 'Cause it can get hot under the hood....

Because it's a New Year

A couple pix, a couple vids, all out of perversity, and all with love....

Enjoy!

Xmas at our house....

Where'd Finn go?!?

There he is!!

Finn's first job...

For those of you concerned that personal hygiene doesn't get the attention it deserves at our house....

Finn and his friend McCauley at her beautiful Northern Neck farm....

That's for you, dad.... (and yes, that is dad's lob wedge Finn's dragging all over that field)

Spooky trees.....

Do a Little Dance

'nuff said....

Outside

Just a couple short vids from a recent trek around Ida Lee Park in town, and a couple still shots of our newest neighbor.

As you can imagine, there's a fair amount of hullabaloo about the neighbor...

Come on, dad!

Bye-bye snakes!

From our neighbor's back-deck.

Later!

Today, Finn tried to give the cat a bath.

In the toilet.

Yaayyyy......

We still have a blog?!?!?

So maybe 8 months between blog posts is too long...

Sorry about that. Finn is 2 1/2 going on "can we sell children on eBay or craigslist?" only once or twice a week. Other than those special moments, the ones that bring grandparents the world over such perverse pleasure, he really is doing great and mom and dad can't really complain either. It was a wild and crazy fall and winter, and spring seems to have leaped overnight into 100-degree days o' summer. As always, we promise to do a better job (but don't hold you breath) and thought we'd surprise everyone with a couple little somethings...

Be well, stay cool and give us a holler the next time you're in the Piedmont!

f., a., m.

The Honker

Taggin' the driveway

You can't eat like this at a 7-11. Just sayin'.

First watermelon!

Delicious!!

First Easter Egg hunt...

Yup. Gettysburg.

Yup. Finn commanding the Union Army at Gettysburg.

Truckin'.

"No Bebo Monster!"