First Thanksgiving

I am excited to tell everyone about my very first Thanksgiving holiday with the family! We drove over the mountains and through the woods (not to grandma's house) but to my Aunt Mandy and Uncle Rick's house. Grandma and Grandpa Powell were in the truck with us, so that follows the script sorta!

When we got to Aunt Mandy's, she brought out some pre-birthday presents because they are going to be in sunny Maui next month, and they wanted me to have something fun to play with at their house. So... here is to opening my first birthday present! I think that Thanksgiving is getting off to a great start!

Thank you Aunt Mandy and Uncle Rick for the Ol' McDonald Tractor and all the farm animals in the trailer.

Thank you Aunt Julie-lulie and Uncle Jim for the fun dog with leash that barks, and wimpers, and pants... and barks, and wimpers, and pants... and barks, and wimpers, and pants! I look forward to taking him on walks around the house! Have I told you that I am walking laps around the house now?

Before dinner, Mom and Dad and Aunt Mandy and I went over to play in the park. It was a bright and sunshiny day, and we wanted to get outside. Guess what? There was a swing set. I like swings!

Whoo - hooo!

I told you I am walking all over the place... right?

No - not behind bars... I was playing with mom on the cool jungle gym at the park.

Back to the swings.

Dad and mom know how to swing too!

Close-up of mom giving flight pattern instructions.

Really though, it is all about the turkey, potatoes, stuffing and all the other trimmings! Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Some Favorite Things

I have just been messing around the house lately. Mom and dad have been taking some pictures of me doing the things that I do. For instance, each time we get a new box of diapers, I figure that I have a day or two before the diaper box gets recycled... so I make the most out of playing with the box. This time I used it as a fort... a moving fort... dad like to pull me around the front room!

How far do I have to lean before the box falls over?

I am cuter than the kid on this box... pretty sure.

And hi-ho silver... got a new toy to play with!

This is my Zebra, that rocks, swivels, and plays music and other animal sounds as I ride around the house. Actually, I stay in one place because it is not actually a Zebra... but it is my Zebra!

Here is mom showing me how to saddle up.

Hi-Ho Zebra away!


It's a two seater.... for my friends.



And when the huggies box and the Zebra don't do the trick, you wil find me playing in the dining room chairs, the perfect jungle gym.

Have a great weeknd everyone!

~ Finn

Things that go BuuZZZZ in the night! Happy Halloween!

Tonight I learned all about a new American Holiday... and how to score buckets of candy from neighbors! I am not actually old enough to eat the sweets yet, but Mom and Dad wanted to make sure that I start memorizing the route through the neighborhood for an advantage in years to come.

First stop: Mary's house next door! Bzzzzzzzzzz

Next: Memo & Johanna on the corner. Bzzzzzzzzzz

This is great Dad... what did we get?

Next stop: Gene & Joyce's house across the street. Bzzzzzzzz, and then around the corner to Ken & Shelly's.... Bzzzzzzzzzzz.

A fun holiday. We tried stopping by to say hello to a few neighbors that probably were't home from work... back to the drawing board for next year.

Jack-O-Lantern

While Grandma Jensen was out, we got to carve my first pumpkin!

Crazy gooeystuff inside a pumpkin, and these little white seeds that you can actually eat if you cook them up??*^%#*??

First we took the top off, and grandma scraped out all the stuff inside his head.

Mom got her hands in too, showing me how to get the brains out.

Then you cut out the eyes, mouth and nose. Here I am putting the top back on.

Finished... what do you think Grandma?

I had a fun time with you grandma! See you at Thanksgiving.

Logan's B-day Party

My friend Logan was born a year ago, and L.U.C.K.Y. ... he was born right close to halloween, so we got to dress up in halloween costumes to go to his b-day party. I dressed up as a Bumble Bee. Grandma Jensen is out visiting from Montana, so she got to come to Logan's party too. My mom dressed up as Mom, so Grandma dressed up as Grandma.

At home in my hive.

There were two other bees at the party, and a butterfly, a pirate, and Logan was a monkey.

Happy Birthday Logan!

We all had a good time playing with all the toys.

... and eating tags off Logan's clothes.

That is how a Bee rolls!

Aunt Julie-Lulie

My Aunt Julie and Grandma Jensen came out from Montana this week. It was fun to see Aunt Julie, Aunt Mandy, and Caitlin when they came to visit.

Let's play?

Caitlin likes cheerio's just as much as I do!

High -5 on the cheerio!

See you soon!

The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

This afternoon we went on a fun family adventure to McPhails Family Fun Farm in Lynden. It was an adventure for certain... farm animals, hay rides, pumpkins... what more could you ask for?

I have read all about these creatures in my book of farm animals, but this was the first real life event for me. Look here we have a goat, a few sheep, a pig, and several ducks. I got to be honest with you... they made me laugh pretty hard!

And here is Mr. Cow! I have heard mom and dad make cow noises reading me my book, but it didn't sound much like real life Mr. Cow.

I even got to climb into this John Deere tractor.

Ready to plow the fields grandpa!

Pumpkin patch this way --> --> -->

What do you think of this one?

Or this one? I kind of like this crawling aorund in the dirt.

This is the pumpkin that I have been looking for! Now how am I going to carry it back to the car?