Be a nice boy

Finn's lesson of the day: be a nice boy.

1. no poking people in the eye (he poked Austin in the eye this morning and Austin was quite put out by it, "I'm going to go tell mommy and Pete what Finn did.")

2. no grabbing people's eye glasses (he does this constantly to daddy and it drives daddy nuts)

3. no breaking necklaces (he pulls on mine all the time, but is good about stopping when I say, "gentle" and touch his hand)

4. no pulling hair (unless you like a girl, then it is an acceptable way to let her know...when you are WAY WAY older, like 20!)

That's enough for one day. There was a #5 to the lesson, but I can't remember now. Not sure how much of the lesson sunk in, though, especially when the teacher (mommy) can't even remember all the points ;) There will be a test tomorrow! Better practice, buddy.

I got my first question about Finn's helmet today. We were at Target and the check-out lady asked if he'd had head surgery. I was caught off guard, especially since she didn't mention the helmet as the reason for her asking. He had his hood on, so I forgot that you could even see it. I didn't know what to say. I quickly recovered and just said it is to reshape his head. Weird, but I survived. The helmet, in general, isn't as bad as I was anticipating it would be. I'm just thankful that Finn likes wearing it.