Firstly, Finn's 36 month update on what we got up to in September.
And secondly (hopefully tomorrow) I'll try to cover October (so far): how his birthday went and what he's up to at the moment.
First things first, here are his photos side by side:
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First things first, STOP THE PRESSES! He woke up one morning and declared that he was no longer Little Turtle! He is now "only just Finn." Phew :) I thought the day would never come!
What else?
He is still super super creative. I love it! He makes up some amazing stories. It's great fun just observing him playing on his own as he talks through whatever is carrying on in his mind. The conversations he has between his toys and the situations they get into are sometimes bizarre but always entertaining! It's not just when he's playing though - he also likes to sing songs that go on and on and are based mostly on what he sees around him. It's pretty funny.
And if you ask him questions the answers can tend to... drift... But I love it!
On the walk home we pass a church. On the wall of the building is a statue of Jesus with his arms outstretched. One day when we were walking he asked me who that was on the wall. I said "it's Jesus." Finn asked what he was doing and I replied that he was holding his arms out kind of like giving a hug so that people would know they could go into that church if they wanted to. Finn replied "no. That's not right."
"Ok" I said -" what do you think he's doing?"
"He's telling all the children to go away."
"What?"
And Finn launches into an explanation all about the fact that Jesus was actually holding his arms out and saying "shoo" to all the children because there were so many of them and he wanted them to go away. Not only that, but then he told all the children that they should be going to work and they weren't going to work so Jesus was getting angry... it went on for awhile but that was the gist of it! So hard not to just laugh at him sometimes!!
Here's a couple pictures of us playing pretend. He LOVES to do this in the bed most of all, where the duvet becomes a cave, or mud, or a tent or a multitude of other things.
(and in case you're wondering, Bear is a firefighter and is wearing a mask that will help him breathe in the smoke...
I'm not quite sure WHAT is happening in this picture, but I'm sure it made sense at the time :)
And of course, Finn still loves reading. Anywhere and everywhere (including arranging my clothes into a bed)
He loves to look out the window and tell us the state of the Shard - whether it is hiding because it is 'froggy' or if it's got its lights on because it's dark. There were a few days when he needed to go and see it every night before bed. He decided that what he could see was 'the city' and he really wanted to go see the city sometime. So one Saturday we decided to go and see the city! Our first stop was the Shard, of course, and getting a good look at it up close. But then we went to see some of the other London landmarks that he has in his books and proclaims as 'the city' and 'London' (which is different from where we live of course. When we came back from the Isle of Man he got upset because we had said that we were going to London. And he cried because we didn't go to London, we "only just went home!") So we set off to show him some London and had a great day out.
The Shard
The Thames and HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge
When we were crossing Tower Bridge I took a picture and commented that it reminded me of an image I had seen at the museum where I work. Later I discovered that it was in EXACTLY the same place! Here's both of them...
We then went to see the Tower of London which has a very cool art installation on at the moment. They are planting ceramic poppies, 888,246 of them - one for British military fatality. It was a pretty impressive sight! We had our lunch there and then got back on the bus to come home.
Overall a lovely day in the city!
The other big trip out we took was to go out to Woking and meet Finn's new cousin, Georgina (Georgie). She is lovely and beautiful and gorgeous of course. And also, of course, Finn was more impressed with the train journey there (we got him some binoculars for looking at the Shard and he brought them with him) and playing in the back garden...
He's also not potty trained but had declared that two is 'still little' and he would use the toilet 'when he was three.' So we let it slide until his birthday (next post) and made a big deal about how he was now three and now ready for the toilet. He thought for a minute and said "No. Later. When I'm fou...FIVE!" To which we said nope. Three. This coming weekend we're going cold turkey on the nappies.... I'll let you know how it goes!
James also has a little note here to put in the update that Finn now has some Lego... I'm not quite sure why that's an update except perhaps that James seems to be really happy with that development and loves that they can 'play Lego' together! Finn can't really get the pieces to stick but he can direct and build as long as you do the snapping... and James can make some pretty grand designs by request - you should have seen the airplane and helicopter (and control tower!). Epic. That's probably what I was supposed to mention :)
Lastly, I'll leave you with a final picture. Finn is allowed to choose a toy at night to take to bed with him. Usually it's a car or small train or something, but it can be anything. The past couple of nights he's asked to take his triangle - he doesn't play it or anything, it just stays in bed with him! But I really liked this night, when he decided he wanted his dump truck. We asked repeatedly if he was sure and he said yes - and loo and behold, he fell asleep quite quickly and contentendly with his trusty dump truck by his side :)
Enjoy!
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