The adventures of little boy Finn
Mama & I had this conversation last night! Finn: “Mama, will you help me put on my jammies?” Me: “You can put your jammies on by yourself.” Finn: “But I want you to help me!” Me: “But you know how to put your jammies on all by yourself!” Finn: “Please, woman!”
Posted on February 7th, 2014 by Scott Granneman
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Finn: “I want to play with my fire truck.” Me: “Oh, okay, it’s right there.” Finn: “I KNOW. I just SAW it.” Me: “Okay, I didn’t know if you knew where it was.” Finn: “You’re pissing me off, all right?” Four is the new 14? My mouth is still hanging open.
Posted on July 13th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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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.
Posted on June 19th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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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 […]
Posted on May 26th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. This evening’s joke, brought to you by Finn, age four: “What sort of blanket sleeps on a turtle? A sleeping blanket! Ahahahahahahahaha!”
Posted on April 13th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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Finny lies in bed, gazing thoughtfully up at the ceiling. “I’m still four?” he asks. “You’re still four,” Mama replies.
Posted on April 6th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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“Once there was a little tree. And a big tree came along and ate him. And then a bigger tree came along and ate him. And then they were all dead. And a house came along and said (low voice here), ‘Oh my goodness, they’re all dead.’ The End!”
Posted on April 2nd, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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“Mama, will the Easter bunny bring eggs for the babies in the hospital?”
Posted on March 28th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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I told a story about my trucks! Mama especially liked my little wiggle at the end!
Posted on March 23rd, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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Finn’s been making up jokes again: Finn: “Mama! Mama! I have to tell you one of my new jokes!” Mama: “Okay… ” Finn: “How did the house turn into a new house?” Me: “How?” Finn: “Because it moved its furniture! AHAHAHAHAHA!”
Posted on March 18th, 2013 by Scott Granneman
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