A week after Finley's birthday, Jojo still reigns supreme and Finley thinks that every package that arrives from amazon is for her. Imagine her surprise when she got a deer stand.
(Side note, Seth already owns like 12 deer stands, why did another one arrive at my doorstep? Perhaps there was some mistake?)
Deer season also means school picture season (these are fuzzy proofs but, in our unbiased opinion, the most adorable thing ever even if both kids' expressions make them look like the undead in a Scandinavian horror film)
and, according to Sacred Walters Family Tradition, Christmas lights/ tree season. I was proud of my early November setup even if- as per usual- Sara beat me by a few hours.
Veterans' Day weekend was Barksdale-Fleming wedding weekend, which meant long-overdue dance parties and other shenanigans with Aunt Jackie,
THE most beautiful, fun, thoughtful wedding, which Jackie and I managed to not ruin,
and recovery days which included lots and lots of soccer (no kidding, Handsome Ford is a prodigy and I'm not sure how I feel about that),
playroom time,
and a rainy day, Dad-has-to-work-and-Aunt-Jackie-left pick-me-up trip to the dollar store
and the completely incredible
Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh.
Unstructured play is always a funny underscoring of the differences between Finster and Handsome Ford. For example, when given a half hour to themselves, Ford scaled the top of a very dangerous pirate ship and then had a swordfight with a gang of eight year olds,
and Finley planted beautiful "flowers" and then held a whole "presentation" to explain her work.
(She also modeled park ranger hats and made artisan pizza.)
I just love that, all differences aside, they're still best buddies.
As evidenced by the fact that Ford "shared" his beloved fire truck driver's seat with his big sis. This is my favorite photo from the week, and my favorite way to wrap up any rainy long weekend. Happy Veterans' Day to everybody who has served, in any capacity. We are grateful.
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