Finn Turns SEVEN!

S E V E N!!!!!

How in the world did our tiny little miracle boy turn seven?  I'm still not sure how, but happened.  October 5th.  He became a seven year old little boy!  He is so smart and funny.  He tells the best stories, has amazing handwriting, and knows so many things about so many things.  He is a great friend and a joy to be around.  He is so happy to have a piano in his house and cannot wait to start lessons soon.

So, this milestone birthday fell on a Friday.  Therefor, it was morning as usual for the Weaver clan!  We were up and around early to get Finn to school and Momma to work on time.  Dad was set to come to school later and bring the cupcakes for his class.  Of course, we have to have the obligatory picture sesh before loading up and heading to school!  We captures quite a range of Finn emotions and faces in these...

Finn is S E V E N!

Tough Guy?

Cool guy?

Funny guy?

Back Seat Shenanigans on the way to Westwoood

And because he loves "his" new piano, I have to include the little assignment from school that shocked and surprised us all!  Top is his "assignment" and bottom is an actual photo of the piano in our house from this week.

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Something important to him:
"My peano is wut I care abaeut. it need it tund. i make my oen sogs"

Actual Piano in our Home

After a fun Friday at school celebrating his birthday in his class with all of his friends, it was time for Little Brother Duty as we loaded up and headed to Choctaw for a Pioneer Football game.  At halftime, Finn went with one of the 6th grade boys to play, and he fell in the grass.  But it wasn't just grass.  It was goat head stickers/grass stickers/burrs whatever you choose to call them.  HUNDREDS of them!  I was sitting in the stands alone as Britt and Jake had gone for a walk.  Here comes a hero mom friend carrying my son quite awkwardly because he is COVERED in these painful pokey things.  The boy he was with had come running to me to tell me, but my tribe beat him to it!  When she handed him over to me, she had about 20 stuck to her dress!  And there as no good way to hold him - he was literally COVERED int hem! Needless to say, it took 3 adults, 2 6th graders, and a student trainer about 15 minutes to pick over 100 of these buggers out of Finn's everything.  They were in his hair, his ears, his booty.  Covered his shoes and socks.  The pic shows the ones we laid on the bench - the other 2/3 are in that coke can.  And the aftermath.  Finn's stress response is sleep.  He slept though the 2nd half of a LOUD game, and all the way home...  Sad way to end his birthday!

Poor Little Dude!

Lara's Instagram Photo Shout Out to her Baby Brother:

Emma's Instagram shout out to her little brother:

Saturday morning the time had FINALLY COME for Finn's birthday party extravaganza at the Youth Fitness Zone!  He had invited a few friends, and some teens and tweens came along for the fun.  Poor Finn was pretty scratched up from his adventure the night before, but it did not deter him from having a great time!

Happy 7th Birthday Finn!

PARTY PEOPLE!

Lego Play for DAYS!

 We BLINKED and he’s SEVEN!!

Happy Birthday to our miracle ... Finicky, Feisty, Fun-Loving ... FINN!!!

October! You're here!

It's my favorite month!  My birthday, autumn colors, pumpkin flavored everything, Jack-o-lanterns, HALLOWEEN!  And, this weekend, miracle baby FINN WILL BE TWO YEARS OLD!  How in the world did that 2 years go by so very quickly?  Seems like yesterday we brought him home from the NICU!  And now he's a healthy, happy, walking, talking, CRAZY toddler!  We couldn't be more blessed!

The end of September here in Oklahoma was a HOT one, but the cool down has started and should stay it sounds like.  We took time this past weekend to thoroughly clean out both boys' closets.  Made them try on every pair of pants we owned!  Did this about 2 months ago, in preparation for the Fall Adorable Affordables consignment sale, but they have both grown since then!  It was time to do it again!  Needless to say, I have a GREAT start on next year's fall sale!  We also took out all the summer stuff that was too stained to keep, or too small to wear.  So, the Spring sale has a good starting point as well. 

We are also gearing up for my cousin's wedding in just a few weeks!  We are all looking through our closets trying to find wedding clothes to wear!  Emma and Lara have it easy - they are candle lighters in the ceremony, so they have dresses all set to go.  (Although, come to think of it, Emma's is still at the alterations shop...  I need to check on that!).  Finn's birthday is this weekend; I'm hoping he gets something suitable to wear as a gift.  Jake got a nice dress shirt at the consignment sale, and we bought him slacks this weekend.  He wants to wear a tie.  A neck tie.  A "REAL" one!  Gotta do some searching for that.  And I have a black dress.  That should work.  Britt has a few shirts to pick from - we will look FABULOUS! LOL!

Someone in my office today asked how the Weaver's were doing it up big for Halloween this year.  Sadly, I don't think we are.  The girls are past dressing up, and Jake doesn't want to "play my game" and dress in a theme with his baby brother, so I think we'll just wing it.  I don't want to spend a lot of money on it, either.  October is an expensive month around here!  In my dreams, I had Jake dressed as Sully and Finn as Mike from Monsters U.  Then, Emma and Lara were going to dress up as some of the sorority monsters from the movie as well.  Again, no one wants to play along. *sad face*

But, we can still have some Halloween fun!  Dream Weaver Prints is getting in on the deal, too!  Have you ever Boo'd someone?  Ever been boo'd?  Well, here's your chance!

 

Over in the Dream Weaver Prints ETSY shop, there is a new item!  All the information and templates you need to start a "Boo-ing" craze in your neighborhood!  Or, in your place of work!  Check it out. and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!