The adventures of little boy Finn

From Mama’s blog: Nostalgia for language permutations

Mama has a blog & sometimes we cross-post it here. Of course I want my children to speak clearly and with accurate pronunciation and grammar and all … but part of me will always miss those hilarious mispronunciations and misuses and reversals and convolutions of which, with a four-year-old, there are fewer and fewer all […]

A rare bird

Finny is playing with his collection of little plastic “aminals.” “Sshhhhh!” he just commanded Mama in a loud whisper. “They’ve spotted a rare bird!”

Pics o’ the Day: Lion

“Lion”, by Finny, aged 4 & 2 days:

Sharky makes letters

Finny, holding stuffed shark who is supposedly holding pencil: “Look, Mama, I’m showing Sharky how to make letters. See? He made a F for me.” Mama: “Wow, yeah, that’s a good F. You taught him really well.” Finny: “Yeah. Hey, hold onto the pencil, Sharky! (Then in low Sharky voice) NO! Haha. Sharky’s funny, isn’t […]

“Can we go outside and draw with chalk?”

Finny: I cleaned up my mess, Mama. Can we go outside and draw with chalk now? Mama: Sure. Finny: Can we make a cardinal bird? Can we make a lot of birds? Mama: Sure. You want to make a whole bunch of different colors of birds? Finny: Yeah! And a whole buncha colors of roads, […]