The adventures of little boy Finn

Hot chocolate

I said this to Daddy earlier tonight: “I love hot chocolate. But I really like when you put milk in first. The milk makes it extraordinary!”

From Mama’s blog: Pretzel Logic

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. “Mama, can I have dat kind of pretzel wif two eyes anna mouf?” He proceeded to create a whole pretzel family, and then some pretzel neighbors, and the pretzel children cried when all the others were eaten.

From Mama’s blog: Mama’s Guide to Inducing Despair in Your Four-Year-Old

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. Today’s tip: While packing his lunch, make his PBJ on the really expensive bread with millet seeds in it.

From Mama’s blog: Dinner Drama

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. At dinner tonight, Finn required a short period of grieving for the meal he had meant to ask for. When that was finished, he came back to the table and happily ate the dinner he had asked for in reality.

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: On Picky-Eatin’ Preschoolers

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. I have mentioned before that my four-year-old son, Finn, is the pickiest of picky eaters. My older son has always been an adventurous eater, and I was smug about that until Finn came along. Now I know I can’t take any credit for Gabe’s love […]

From Mama’s blog: More???

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. It never fails: A child spills a big cup of something messy and sticky all over the place, and then, without missing a beat, looks up and asks for more of whatever it was.

Tonight at dinner

Finny: Can I have a mushroom? Robin: Do you like mushrooms, Finny? Finny: No.

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Mama gave me ice cream and OH MY BABY GOODNESS it was good and I want more! Now!

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At about 6 1/2 months, I ate sweet potatoes for the first time, & I thought they were good!