*Friendship will be terminated if/when any party uses other party's tail as a road for toy cars to drive on.

Always read the fine print, Cael. Always read the fine print!

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Since Cael is turning 3 next week and Finn just turned 1 last month, it's time for another check-in!

Favorite food: chocolate chip pancakes, quesadillas, broccoli
Favorite book: Babybug
Favorite stuffed animal: Hop Hop, Meow, and Monkiki (pictured above)
Favorite tv show: Dora the Explorer
Favorite sport: football, baseball
Favorite hobby: dancing, playing music, taking pictures, hiding in forts
Favorite time of day: bath time
Favorite thing to say: "No, Finn! You don't do that!"
Likes: blocks, music, cooking, doing dishes, hugs, Clio, phones, airplanes, swiping credit cards at the store
Dislikes: nap time, water in eyes, getting out of the bath
Favorite letter: C
Favorite number: 2
Can draw: circles
Can spell: Cael
Can read: Cael, Finn, Dad
Milestones: just switched over to 2T sized clothes, potty trained (except when sleeping), knows most of the letters

Favorite animal: dog
Favorite food: cereal bars, yogurt
Favorite book: Guess Who Adventure Time
Favorite stuffed animal: Floppy (pictured above)
Favorite sport: catch with a football
Favorite toy: Potsy
Favorite hobby: reading by himself
Favorite time of day: any time Dad's home
Words: "Uh oh!"
Knows how to: give kisses, blow kisses, wave bye-bye
Likes: baths, playing with cael, alone time with his toys and books, phones/remotes/cameras, drums, sticks
Dislikes: diaper changes, fingernail trimming, nap time, shopping, when the phone is taken from him, shoes
Milestones: self-feeding with spoon

Favorite food: gummy bears
Favorite reading material: Google news, Vanity Fair
Favorite tv show: Man vs. Wild
Favorite sport: football, baseball, anything he can cheer loudly for
Favorite hobby: playing with Finn and Cael
Favorite time of day: when he walks in the front door after work
Favorite thing to say: "Hi guys!"
Likes: cooking, hugs, noses, building forts, making "nuffin" runs
Dislikes: weekdays, when the Irish lose
Milestones: potty trained (yay!)

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I know this is wildly out of character, as my favorite part of tacos is that they only take 10 minutes to prepare, but I actually took part in some crazy non-prepackaged taco making tonight. And it was worth the time, the hassle and the mess.

Not only did we skip on the prepackaged seasoning, but we added chilies. You all can pick your jaws up off the floor. Yes, I ate something with chilies in it. And admittedly, next time I am halving the amount of them, because I'm still Allie, even if I am a wild and crazy fry-cook('s assistant).

"Fry cook?" you say? Why, yes. We fried our own taco shells. And they were the best thing in the world. I am afraid I may never eat store-bought hard taco shells again, because they pale in comparison. (Who am I kidding. Of course I will. I'm lazy.)

Add some cheese (Monterrey jack and cheddar), shmear on some sour cream, top with lettuce and tomatoes and...

Voila! Aren't they pretty?

Critics agree!

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Today was Finn's very first bubble bath.

Cael was a big fan.

Finn? Not so much.

As you can see by the bubble pattern, Cael had a rockin' good time and Finn sat there, immobile, afraid the bubbles might attack if provoked.

But he still managed to make a significant contribution to the following video.

(Password: Allie)


Happy birthday, Grandma T!

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Cael's friendship with Clio remains strong. He continues to refer to her with her full title, "My friend Clio," and be unusually distressed when she is not with him. This morning he wanted her to play but she wanted to snuggle in Ryan's discarded bathrobe on the floor of our bedroom.

(Password: Allie)

Clio appears to be unmoved. (Literally.)

Lyrics:

Dance, dance.
You've got to feel better with your owie
You've got to! You've got to! (Yeah, yeah!)
You've got to! You've got to!
Now you've got to feel better with your owie
You've got to! You've got to!
And you've got to get down
You've got to! You've got to!
And you've got to - and you've got to feel better with your owie

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