The adventures of little boy Finn

Penguin necromancers!

Gabe & I were waging a ferocious battle in our room with stuffed animals and puppets earlier today. Mama heard me yell, “No, wait, I have another necromancer! I have two penguin necromancers!” Mama described this picture as “The battlefield is strewn with stuffed bodies, stricken warriors of plush.”

Semifinalist!

Remember this? I just got notified that my drawing is a semifinalist in the IKEA soft toy drawing contest!

My entry in the 2nd Annual IKEA Global Soft Toy Drawing Competition

I entered the following drawing in the 2nd Annual IKEA Global Soft Toy Drawing Competition! Here’s the scoop: Ten winners will have their designs produced and sold in IKEA stores around the world late 2016 as a part of a new campaign promoting children’s development and play. 20 winners will be selected for a chance […]

Pics o’ the Day: Finny’s Target adventure

At Target with Mama, Finny insisted on riding up and down the aisle, PEDALING! (normally he Fred Flintstones it & just uses his feet to propel him forward) While they were at Target, Mama bought Finny a new dinosaur toy. Finn took this picture and says: “This is my dinosaur, and his name is Horns, […]

Pic o’ the Day: Playing in water at school

Here I am with a bunch of other kids at Forest Park Montessori School, playing with water & a bunch of other toys & stuff!

Pic o’ the Day: Feeding ducks

Mama & Gabe & I rode our bikes to Clifton Park! While we were there, we fed ducks!

Pic o’ the Day: Mixing bowl

I helped Mama make Gabe’s birthday cake! She warned me first about putting my fingers in the bowl while the mixer is going, & I promised her I would never do that!

From Mama’s blog: Imaginative Play

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. Yet another difference between my two boys: Gabe did almost no imaginative play as a preschooler; Finn acts out elaborate dramatic scenarios involving cars, trucks, plastic animals and astronauts, pretzels, pieces of cheese, whatever he can get his little hands on. I love eavesdropping, hearing […]

Pic o’ the Day: Where’s Finny at the Farmer’s Market?

This article & picture appeared on a local news website! And where is Finny, you might ask? Hiding behind Mama & Gabe, as I didn’t want to be in the picture!

Pic o’ the Day: Finny & Trish at Forest Park Montessori School

I’m sharing a funny moment with Trish, my (very patient) teacher & the founder of Forest Park Montessori School, my pre-school!