Say What?!

1/19 - While visiting NYC we ventured over to Times Square and Finley got to take pictures with some of the people dressed up as characters. Of course you have to give them a few bucks to do this and when we did Finley kept asking "Why do Elmo and Mickey Mouse need money?" It was very funny. 

1/20 - It was time to fly back home to NC and Finley who was finally feeling better said "I don't want to go home. I want to stay in New York because Michelle and Mishay live here and they love me and they don't want me to go."

(Finley dressed as a ring master for Circus Day at school)

1/30 - While I was putting Finley to bed tonight he said "Mama you are sharp". Confused by what he meant I asked him to elaborate he said "That means that you are beautiful." I think he was trying to compliment me, like when sometimes we tell him he looks so sharp in his Sunday best.

2/10 - Finley has been obsessed with watching the sun rise. He will often come in our rooms in the morning and ask us to come and watch the sun rise (or set) with him. One morning David walked by his room and he wasn't in his bed. Upon further investigation David found him behind the curtain waiting for the sun to rise.

2/14 - For Valentine's day Finley made me a board game. It is too cute and it is called 'How do you break the boat?' He and David constructed the game together. It makes me smile every time we play it.

2/23 - We had one of my friends Amy staying with us this past weekend. When Finley woke up and couldn't find her he asked "Who is going to play with me? Where is that woman?" Apparently Finley thought we had her visiting just to play with him :).

2/27 - Today Finley told me "My daddy is a dentist." When I tried to correct him and tell him his dad was a lawyer, he didn't seem to like that answer.

3/4 - Finley is playing soccer and after his first practice I asked him if he had a good time. He said "Yes, but I didn't score any goals". I tried to explain to him that sometimes you play defense and block the ball instead of scoring. He wasn't convinced it was a successful practice because he didn't score.

(Finley ready for pajama day at school)

3/19 - Finley kept walking around the house this morning turning off the lights with a hanger and saying "It's alright honey, it's ok honey" He frequently repeats very southern phrases or sayings that I think he picks up from his teachers at preschool. Cause I sure don't say honey!

3/26 - Today Finley and I went out with the Elders to visit a family. Finley was not very excited about going and was beginning to throw a fit. I decided that maybe making him his own missionary name tag might get him excited about going. It worked like a charm and then he told me he needed to put stickers on the back of his name tag just like Elder Whittaker's name tag. It was too cute.

3/27 - We have all had bad colds over here. Finley is finally over his and David and I still have one. Sometimes my coughs sneak up on me and I can't completely cover my mouth in time. When this happens Finley yells and me and says "DON'T COUGH ON ME!"

Everyday - Finley is very into having us tell him stories about super heroes. He wants us to make up awesome and elaborate stories on the spot. It was cute the first few times, but now it is exhausting!

Soccer Star

Spring is here and with the season change brings spring soccer! 

This is Fin man's first time playing soccer and I can't tell you just how excited we are all for him. 

Finley signed up to play with his buddy Brycen and he also has a friend from his preschool on his team named Owen. Owen's dad is also the coach for the Blue Hornets!

Check out that kick!

The first few practices were a little cold. 

But running around sure got the kids going! 

Of course some conditioning was required to get ready for the first game. 

Finley was really good at listening to his coach about keeping the ball close when dribbling down the field. 

 

Before too long it was game day!

 

 

Number 6 was ready to go.

 

 

Let the chaos begin! I can't tell you how funny and also frustrating it can be watching from the sidelines. Kids shooting on the wrong goal, not stopping when the ball went out of bounds, holding hands, hugging, watching butterflies, etc.

 

 

Finley was very easily distracted by his friends on the team and everyone cheering on the sidelines.

 

Brycen was a goal scoring machine in our first game. Here is his celebration and

 

 

victory hug for mom post goal!

 

 

Here is David giving Finley a little half time pep talk during his second game.

 

These boys are too cute!

 

Which goal are we shooting on? That one!

 

 

Finley got to kick off during the second half. That front line looks ready to pounce.

 

Finley was playing against a team that had three more of his preschool friends on it in his second game. Here is one of them. He was totally cracking me up.

 

 

The cutest part was definitely the hand shakes at the end of the game. Finley's season is just now gearing up and we are so excited for him. I am trying to keep my expectations of his soccer abilities in check, and just have fun watching them run around and play.

Go Blue Hornets!

 

 

Driving Miss Amy

So I am a little behind on my blog posting, but a few weeks ago my friend from college Amy came to visit! Amy and I met our junior year at UNC in a class we had together. We had so much fun hanging out we took several more classes together.  

Amy lives all the way up in CT now so it was a real treat for her to come down here for a visit. 

We had a great time catching up and hanging out. 

Finley was very excited to have another friend to play with. One morning when Finley woke up and Amy was gone he asked "Where is that woman? And who is going to play with me?" Clearly Finley loved all the extra attention and having another person to play pirate-opoly against. 

Amy and my other friend from college Taty (who lives here in Gboro) did this crazy goruck challenge in Gboro. They basically spent all night out side in the cold, wet, rain, doing crazy army like training for 10 hours straight. In February! 

All while carrying a backpack with 30 extra pounds on them. Yeah they are a little crazy. 

Unfortunately Amy got her hand slammed into by someone else's back pack. We were worried about it all weekend long, but luckily nothing was broken.

Another highlight of her visit was going to a UNC basketball game together. The heels represented and we took out NC State. The seats were great, the heels were on, and we celebrated with some delicious Armadillo grill afterwards. If only student stores wasn't closed after the game :(. 

It was so fun to catch up with an old friend. I hope that another four years doesn't go by before we get to visit again! Thanks for coming Amy! We love you!