Our New Blog

We are making the switch over to wordpress.  I am still trying to figure out how to spruce up the look of the blog and getting it into a format that I like, but I think it will be a nice space to continue to share The Adventures of Finnbar and Josette.  Check it out and let us know what you think!  Our first post is up with a recap of our Thanksgiving holiday.  I hope you all had a wonderful day and I am so thankful to have had this blog to share our lives with our friends and family near and far.

Once I am comfortable with wordpress I will be relocating the archives from this blog.

Here is the link:  http://deerfielddiary.wordpress.com

We may be moving....blog sites!

In almost five years of blogging on this site (wow, 5 years!), I have finally managed to fill up the free allotment of space provided by google on blogger - a mere 1G of picture storage.  We all know this blog is all about the pictures of two adorable kiddos, so I have been exploring other blog options.  I am thinking of switching over to wordpress which allows 3G of free space.  Maybe that will get me through another 10 years of blogging?  I am slightly technically challenged, so it may take me a few days to make the change.  I want to make sure I can transfer the blogger posts without losing anything.  In fact, I really need to figure out how to back everything up.  Any advice out there would be appreciated.  I will let you know soon what the new domain will be.

Good Morning, "Yi-Yee"

When Josette wakes up in the morning, she stands up, grabs her babies and immediately asks about Lily (pronounced "Yi-Yee").  So, then we must seek out the dog and Josette grins big grins and asks to pet Lily.  Here they are having some good morning cuddles with the babies that Josette has to cuddle to sleep:

Two Bikers

Josette is now just tall enough to ride on the "motorcycle" balance bike.  It has extra wide tires and is a good intro to balancing.  She can just walk with it now, but give her another inch in height and she will be cruising, I am sure.  Finn was thrilled to have his sister has a biking partner:

Painting Tickles

Here is yet another messy paint post.  We were painting and doing car tracks again and after a bit, Josette climbed up onto the table and began painting her feet.  Finn decided she would be the canvas and started painting his sister.  This resulted in many giggles from Josette, which, of course, only encouraged Finn more.  Thus both kiddos ended up on top of the table getting covered in paint and giggling like crazy!

Kiwi Crate: Shadow and Light

For his birthday, Finn got a subscription to Kiwi Crate.  It is a great company that packages up several craft and learning activities into a box complete with all instructions and materials along with learning topics and it is delivered to your door once a month.  Finn was thrilled to get his first one:

 Digging in:

 We got out all the materials and just the new scissors and new flashlight kept him busy for awhile:

 Then, we made some shadow puppets and had a fun time telling stories on the wall.  Finn greatly enjoyed the shark that could move its mouth and eat the little fish:

 Then, he got creative building his own kaleidoscope:

Since the arrival of the crate, we had played with the shadow puppets quite a bit and made several different designs.  We are excited to get the next crate for November. 

Snow Joy

We got our first snow fall last week and Finn and Josette were thrilled to go out and play.  We had to go to the attic and find all the snow gear and luckily we have hand-me downs that fit well for the season.

 Finn had to throw some snowballs and he was disappointed there was just not quite enough snow for sledding:

 The cool air and snow always gets Lily spunky and she grabbed a soccer ball and ran with it, enticing the kiddos to chase her:

 Josette was very excited by the snow and kept pointing at it and saying, "snow":

It has already melted and Finn keeps asking when the next snow fall will be and when can we go sledding?!?