catching up

It has been a busy few days here and as much as I'd like to blame my lapse in posting on packing for our move, it's been more of a general malaise on my part [as in, when there's so much to do, I can't manage to do any of it] AFTER a boatload of very thoughtful visitors ... in any case, here's a random grab-bag of fun stuff we've been doing since Thanksgiving.

Last Sunday, Pam & John came for a quick visit and it was SO great to see them. Finn was happy to see Pam as always, but he seemed *really* interested in John, whom he hadn't met before (thanks again for coming up!)

After his nap that day, Finn was helping Heather in the kitchen, although let's be honest. She really didn't need his help. I mean, look what she made! MMMMM. Vanilla buttercream cupcakes with gingerbread cookies on top. Look out, Martha.

We had a little holiday open house that evening
(thank you AGAIN Heather for all of your help with everything, not only the cupcakes.)
Here's Finn and Quinn hangin' in the playpen.

The next day we went to a park in Hamden to wear ourselves out. Burrrr it was cold!
BTW Finn's new word today was COLD! He'll be using it a lot growing up in Corning.

Today our friends Lucy, Jillian and Emilia (and Brenna, Marla and Annie) came over to play and finish off the baked goods so that I don't finish them in one sitting. In many tries, I managed to get ONE shot of them all looking. Smiles were apparently too much to ask! But they had a lot of fun.