The Good Stuff

The news and our social media feeds continued to be tumultuous and anger-inducing this week, and we're definitely holding our breaths that everything and everybody simmers down soon. In the meantime, we (figuratively) took a deep breath, turned off the TV, and tried to focus on the good stuff.

Like the fact that this big guy is a big 9 months old! And crawling everywhere, and making us incredibly nervous with his clumsy but determined attempts to walk and climb things.

We enjoyed an improptu Friday night in the emergency room after daycare freaked out and sent Finley home with a barely-noticeable rash.(But seriously, F+F can have a good time anywhere.)

We celebrated the Lunar New Year with Nordic runes from Sara (a huge hit) 

and Chinese dumplings. We felt very multicultural.

Although we did not appear that way at the charity dance marathon Saturday. Poor Finley got Mom's white girl moves. 

And Ford discovered that he's very popular with cadets. I'm pretty sure he has his own snapchat channel now.

Seth went to the football awards banquet Saturday night

and stayed out too late and drank too much scotch. Naturally, Finley and Ford were less than sympathetic the next morning (and I did not feel sorry for him.)

I dragged all three of them to the new bird exhibit at the nature museum, and a good time was had by all. Not that you would know it from poor Ford's initial reaction to the eagle costume.

Photos of the week are this one, of Finley waiting for Dad to wake up Sunday morning on the potty while playing her guitar in a princess dress.

And this adorable moment we caught at the museum. For all we know, she was gauging whether or not she thought she could heft him over the glass and into the water, but it sure looked like a sweet hug. At the start of yet another week filled with national discord, we'll take it.