Finn's trip to the library

Cori is away having work a "sleep-over" with her friend, Charlotte, out in Essex. So I thought that it's probably a good use of my time (now that Finn is asleep, the washing has been hung out and the washing up has been done) to give a quick update.

The main thing that has been going on over the past week is Finn being ill. Last Friday he became very cranky and had developed a fever by Sunday. He had to take a couple of days off with Cori and he's suffered the rest of the week with horribly "crusty" eyes and a snotty nose. (And we've suffered the rest of the week with a very cranky Finn).
We were very glad to have Finn in nursery on Wednesday though, as it coincided with a trip out to the library. This has happened before, but only once since Finn's been there, so it is a rare treat for them all. They trip out en masse in a fleet of prams two minutes up the road to our local library where they hear a story read by someone there in the children's area. They all always enjoy it a lot, but apparently Finn enjoyed it an awful lot! They made a special point to impress on Cori how enthralled he was by the story and the story teller. Finn apparently joined in (or tried to!) with all of the noises and actions that were called for, even trying the noises for animals he'd not heard before. In fact, he was so into the story that at the end when the story-teller stopped he burst out crying !
We haven't managed that sort of excitement with Finn in our own before-bed reading, which we do all together sat on the bed. But he does really enjoy choosing the books to read, whipping the pages over, pointing things out and "reading" with us, so we have good fun nonetheless.

The week's offering of report-sheets is only three days long, but there are some fun things in there, including the library trip.

Wednesday 23rd
Finn had a great time at the library today. We had a story read which Finn loved. He particularly liked making the animal noises when he saw a lion and a crocodile!

Thursday 24th
Finn has enjoyed exploring some coloured snow and ice today! He has also played with flour and looked at some touchy-feely books.

Friday 25th
Finn has loved playing with shredded paper today. He got very excited when it fell on his head! He has also been playing in sand.

What with Finn being ill, and Cori working a lot recently to make up for the long time she had off over Christmas, we've not taken many pictures, but there are these few that we took (unusually with the flash on) to entertain Finn with.

Note Finn's new silly smile. No idea where that came from!

The uploading of pictures like the one on the left here is what happens when I'm left in charge of a blog post!

(Apologies for the obvious soup remnants around Finn's mouth in these pictures - it was entirely invisible but for in pictures taken with the flash on!)