The "Finnster, et al."

Today Finn realized that his mother is over weight. Today was a home day for me so I decided to scrub the kitchen down. I was sitting in the floor cleaning the cabinets when I heard Finn thundering through the kitchen toward me. Then I felt Finn lift up my shirt from the back. He then squatted next to me. While still holding my shirt up with one hand, he took his other hand and starting pushing it into my "love handles." He laughed so hard. He obviously thought it was hilarious that his mom is squishy. This went on for a while. I had some mixed emotions about the whole thing. My first reaction was to laugh (I laughed so hard) my second reaction was to feel mortified. Today really was a great day. I have put in a ton of hours this week. I haven't gotten home one night before 6:00 this week and then after Finn goes to bed I have worked until 11:00. It was a welcomed relief to spend some quality time with Finn. We ate breakfast together. Finn a...

Today (Monday) after getting out of court I went to Manchester to pick up the Finnster. I couldn't wait to see him, after being away for almost a week. I crept into Mom's house very quietly hoping to surprise Finn. When he finally looked over and saw me he smiled, but did not get overly excited. He he hurry over to me and give me a big hug. If you hold your arms out and say "big hug" Finn will run over to you and hug you. We play this game at home a lot. Anyway, I guess I would characterized Finn's response as relieved. I think that he was just happy that I hadn't left him for good. We had a good time at Nana's. Nana fixed us some chili, Finn played with the Sesame Street toy and imitated the "cookie monster" and then we went to the bank to close out one of my old accounts. Mom told me that Finn didn't nap very well while with her so I wasn't at all surprised that he slept the entire way home. Finn was very excited to see Michael -...

I have already blogged about Harry Potter, but there were other really great rides at Islands of Adventure. After leaving Hogsmeade we headed over to Jurassic Park to ride the River Adventure. This is a water ride that takes you on a tour of Jurassic Park. It is a nice quiet ride until you find out that the mean dinosaurs have broken loose and have a mind to eat you. We were shocked that the wait for this ride was only five (5) minutes. It is great going to Orlando theme parks in the Fall! Even though it looks like a bunch of water we really didn't get that wet. At point a dinosaur spit at us and a little boy in front of us said, "it shot me in the ear." To which a little girl behind us (not at all related to little boy) said, "that's what she said." Michael and I thought that was so funny. Next we moseyed over the Marvel Super Hero area where we rode . . . The Hulk Spiderman And Doctor Doom. This ride is a free fall. The best part of this ride ...

Today we woke up at 6:30 to prepare for our big day at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. The shuttle from the hotel left for the park at 8:00 meaning that we had to be downstairs and ready to go at 7:45. At 7:30 we realized that we had to book our spot on the shuttle the night before. Oops. For two people with jobs requiring close attention to detail we completely fall apart in our personal life. Fortunately we were able to purchase a ticket and catch the 8:00 shuttle anyway. The shuttle ride was interesting; we ended up sitting behind a young couple that could have left about 90% of their PDA in their hotel room and it still would have been too much for my taste. When we got to the park we noticed our ticket required that we show I.D. Well, I didn't bring my purse with me. Oops. After reading and rereading the fine print, we lawyerly types figured out an interpretation that would allow me to get into the park without producing photo i.d. We geared up for the fight...