I guess it has been a while, as my little man, who was 5 at last time I posted, just recently turned 7. He is now in first grade and still keeping us busy and entertained as always. Recently his vocabulary has been the source of much of the entertainment. He reads a LOT, so I suspect that helps. And he has two older sisters who like to use fancy words as well.
We had some friends in visiting from Rutland, VT the weekend after Christmas. We used to live there, and these are some of our closest friends. My daughters (Caitlyn, 12 and Mara, 11) thought that we needed to take our friends shopping because we have many stores here in the Buffalo area that they do not have. We sent the dads out for lunch and on a couple of errands and the moms and kids headed out. Our first stop was at Target. Their 12 year old exclaimed "Wow! I've never been in a Target before" as we walked through the door. My kids were astonished.
We all kind of separated to shop. The three older girls went off together to explore clothes, music and toys. My friend Carmen, and her 6 year old were with Finn and I for a bit, but then we too split off. Finn had gift cards in his wallet and he was determined to spend them, despite the fact that some of his presents from both Christmas and his December 15th birthday were still in the plastic they came in. He had three gift cards. I told him he could spend the smallest one, which was $15 and should save the rest for another time. He very carefully looked through the $1 bins at the entrance, even checked out clothes. He found some stickers and crafts in the office supplies area and I decided to pick up our grocery/household item needs while we were there. As I finished putting my stuff in the cart, I told him I was done and asked if he needed to look at anything else before we cashed out. He replied "Yes, we haven't been to the toy section yet. I need to look at the toys because I still have $9 left on my gift card." (he had been keeping a running count in his head) To which I kind of grumbled "Oh great. Because between Christmas and your birthday, you didn't get enough toys!" He stopped, looked at my with a very unimpressed look on his face and said "Mommy, I can tell you are using your sarcasm voice". The lady stocking the shelves as we passed laughed so hard I thought she was going to fall off of her ladder. Yep...I was caught. So off to the toy section we went. And he found a way to spend each of those remaining $9.
Fast forward to Wednesday, January 2. The kids went back to school reluctantly. Finn came home bursting with stories to tell about the first day back. He has a really good memory, so one of the first things he did was to tell me what 1 thing EVERY kid in his class got for Christmas. Apparently at carpet time, or whatever their group discussion is, they each got to discuss 1 item that they got for Christmas. 2 girls in his class got an Easy Bake oven. At this point Finn said to me "Admittedly, I would like one of those too, even if they are kind of girly. But I saw on the commercial that they have a mold for baking stuff that is shaped like a guitar and that is pretty awesome!" I was taken aback by the fact that not only did he use the word admittedly, but he used it correctly as well. Some adults I know probably couldn't do that.
This kid is something else, I tell you. He's smart, he's witty, he's funny. He's Finntastic!
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