'Nuff Said.

Translation?: YA YA IS COMING TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday- A Great View and Making a Scene.

Cohen gobbled up breakfast this morning, and was quick to take a nap. Which meant Finn was fed, dressed and ready to go just about the same time Cohen woke up. I decided that a new park was a great idea, so we headed up to Queen Anne and checked out the beautiful city view from Kerry Park




We ate some lunch at the park, and then headed to the post office, because I had a few packages that had to go out for my Etsy Shop. That's where our good day faltered a bit, when Cohen bit Finnegan's arm, resulting in quite a scene in the middle of the post office. I took Cohen out of the stroller and had him sit on the floor, which he was not too pleased with. Cohen has decided that he's no longer taking "Time-Out" quietly. SO... he was screaming "NO!!! NO!!!" on the floor, and Finn was screaming because of the bite on his arm. And I was trying to get my stuff together to get the heck out of there and get the boys to a better situation to be able to deal with the situation (really long sentence, I know, but the situation deserves it). So we headed for the house and spent some somewhat agreeable time in the back yard, where Finn played with his trucks in the dirt, and Cohen got to play in his favorite outside toy... the Car.


For those of you wondering what happened on Tuesday.... I'll post it when I find the energy to bring it back to the surface. I think I've figured these boys out, I just wish they could figure EACH OTHER out as well.

Happy Monday- Week 3

Cohen met our new Chickens today! Then continued to talk about the Chickens for the rest of the day. "Chickens! Chickens! Chickens!" We didn't do anything TOO exciting, besides meeting the chickens, and headed to the feed store to get them some scratch. The boys didn't do too well in the stroller when we were there, and were basically beating on each other... luckily it was a short visit. We did meet a rabbit named CoCo, and saw a bunch of chicks running around in their brooders, which was a good distraction from picking on each other.

Cohen fell asleep on the way back to the house, and decided that he was going to wake up and fight falling back asleep when we got here. Despite the fact that he only slept for about 10 minutes in the car. Hopefully he got some rest this afternoon at home, and Kate got some gardening done!

Friday... Beautiful Boys.

A new level of friendship was reached today... I think Cohen is getting comfortable here. He gave Finnegan ALL kinds of Hugs and kisses every time he got the chance. Plus, Finn's flinching a lot less whenever Cohen comes around... I see it as another good sign!!!
I wish I had gotten some pictures of the lovins..but my camera batteries needed a charge for our outside adventure.
So, after Cohen's nap today, we headed to the Olympic Sculpture Park downtown. Here's some shots of these Gorgeous kiddos:





AND HERE IS THE BEST PHOTO EVER!!!

Have a GREAT weekend Cohen!

Thursday ... BANANAAAAS!!!!

Great time at the playground! We stopped by Gilman playground for a good long play, but then Cohen just HAD to have a banana, so we stopped by the post office and headed for home to eat lunch... and bananas.


Playing in the sand

Cutest kid, Scariest photo.... he was mid scream: "BANANAAAAAAAS!!!!"


Cohen did wonderfully today, even through Finn's meltdown in the afternoon. Great day... I think we're gonna try to get to the Sculpture park tomorrow.

Day3/Week2 - Strides Were Made

Two happy Happy HAPPY boys today. The boys made strides in their relationship and no toddler inflicted injuries occurred!!! Tickling, hugging, laughing and none of that other stuff that we're just going to try and forget about from now on. Cohen seems to TRY to grab at Finn still, but it's always intercepted by a firm NO, which seems to be quite enough to let him know he needs to back away from what he's doing. Here's some pictures to prove my point. The first time I've photographed them together without worrying a little about it:
World, meet Sir Basket Head...


Tickle Tickle!!!


A Too Fun Zoo Trip

Day2/2 We're Getting There!

Today was a great day to play around the house. We got breakfast, Cohen had his nap, and all 3 of us went out into the backyard for some at-home fun! Cohen really likes the Car, and the slide which I've posted pictures of before, and Finn really likes that there's someone else to play with besides Mommy. It was a wonderful morning.

We came in for lunch, and by the time the boys were done eating, it had gotten WAY too hot and sunny in the backyard, so I grabbed a few Drum like items from the kitchen, and the boys drummed away for about 5 minutes until they realized it'd be more fun to stack everything into towers. Plus Finn really likes to wear bowls as helmets.


The boys were getting along ok, until the emotional meltdown of the year. I think it was probably caused by Finn being overly ready for a nap, and Cohen not understanding why Finn was acting so Crazy.. Cohen doesn't really seem to be a fan of Crazy. Here's what happened...

Finn got a time out today for ramming his toy stroller into our dog, Darby, on purpose, which seemed to confuse Cohen because I don't think he's witnessed some one else in time-out yet. Finn got up and apologized and being crazy, went over to talk to Cohen about what happened in a very rambunctious way. Cohen didn't like it and in a gut reaction he swung the large round disc shaped toy he was holding and smacked Finn right on the head. Straight to time out. Finn's screaming from the impact, and because Cohen's in timeout, he's mad and a little sad and is trying to be heard over Finnegan. Of course, I saw this as a perfect opportunity to take pictures (note the sarcasm here)


The breakdown only lasted a few minutes, and the boys were very happy to climb up onto the couch and read a couple of stories before Finn headed off to bed and Cohen indulged in a big bowl of applesauce. Then Kate came to get him, and I took this pic:


Off to the zoo tomorrow.