Finn celebrated his birthday with a triple party last month: he and his two best friends from preschool were the guests of honor.
I should say his two best BOY friends, because he has a lot of girl besties too:
The fun continued with his in-school "January birthday" celebration; we brought in (grocery store) cupcakes with hockey puck cake topper rings.
Then it came time for his actual fifth birthday!
We're trying to scale down the balloons size-wise so we presented Finn with five birthday balloons, including a Patriots football which was of course his favorite:
He finally got that long-desired snowboard:
And from my parents, some snowboarding lessons to go with it:
Finn wanted to go to my parents' house to see my mom (my dad was out of town), so he got some special Nan time and then headed home for his post-dinner birthday.
Wearing his new Pats sweatshirt from Aunt Jen and Uncle Kai:
Every time Finn wears this hat (in other words, every morning), I sing the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and finish with "Heroes in a half-shell! Finny power!" Because Finn has never seen the show and doesn't know it exists, he communicates through his eyes that he thinks I'm the strangest person on earth. But I find it funny every single time.
What is Finny up to now that he's five? His friends call him the Puzzle King at school, following in his brother's footsteps. He's passionate about reading and writing and will work excitedly on creative writing projects that seem to come over him suddenly. He
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