Mochi

Sam was in San Diego. He got a little sunburned. He was visiting a "potential sugar mama." She is a ornithologist. K and I went in for genetic testing to find out what kind of albino Finn is. That is if it is just eyes or skin also. The testing would be expensive and since it doesn't matter at this point we decided to skip it for now. Sam is eating Mochi ice for the first time. He didn't like the gelatin skin which surrounds ice cream. I think they are one of the greatest things in the world.

Water and Mud

We went over to Linda's. We picked up Sam and ate at a Mongolian Grill. That's all.

Insult to injury

We went out for breakfast and Finn hit his chin on the table and bit his lip. He was bleeding a little and crying so I picked him up. He was getting heavy so I changed sides and in so doing bumped his head on a wall lamp. Not hard but still. People were watching the crying baby so after I bumped his head I looked up and at least 4 people were wincing slightly. Then he nursed and fell asleep. Finn has a little bit of a cold right now.

Rock

Today we took out the fence and broke out the concrete posts. Then I dug holes for the new fence. To make the fence level I am using metal horse fence and rock for the first two feet. I think it will turn out pretty swell. The weather is perfect today. Then we went over to Mark's house and played guitar hero for the first time. I preferred this rabbit dancing game.

Let them eat dirt

First we were eating pineapple. Then Finn walked over to a flower bed and took a nice forkful of dirt.

Mary Ellen's visit

This is Mary Ellen. She can bench press 125 which is the 2nd best in the nation for her division. She also helps Finn with his vision problems. They mostly just play games. She is kind of great. She is from Brooklyn. Carrie watched Finn and K and I went to the Homestead restaurant down on Alki.

Waffle Baptism

I wonder how old I was before I tried my first waffle. What's not to like in a waffle. I prefer them with nuts or fruit inside. I usually overcook mine I like them crusty. Chip made waffles. Then we went to the zoo. Where do girls learn to make a show of being afraid of spiders? Like around 8 or 9 maybe. Are they really afraid. If there is a group sometimes there almost seems to be a contest to who is more uncomfortable around spiders. This is what I thought about while Finn did laps around this exhibit.

Kendra in Chicago

This would be the first night Finn has spent without Kendra. As you can see things got a little crazy. We ordered pizza and got wasted. I'm still hung over. I just tell other adults that Finn isn't hung over also. He is just teething. They seem to buy it.

Playing with other kids

First time at the wooden castle at Westwood Village today. He was playing this game with another little boy where they would put wood chips on a bench and then knock them off. It is neat to see that leap happening between independent play and this kind of thing. I went with Chip and Quine was chewing on wood chips. Finn looks like a retiree with his hat. Soon he will be asking me for a metal detector.

We switched calling plans so we have new phones. The old ones have been given up to Finn who can make calls to a woman who always says service has been suspended. I hope he learns how to say "service has been suspended" before he can say "juice." We played this German Board game with camel trains. I had no idea there is such a large world of board games. Whitney won. It was Matt's Birthday. Today at the park a mom was pretending to be a monster and chasing her kids. She was really good at it. It made me want to play.