Merry Chrippett!

We got our Christmas tree last Saturday. We went to the tree lot that's a fundraiser for the boys' day care, and picked out the shortest one they had, about five feet tall. Here's Finn checking out some of its bigger brothers. He was a big help with the decorating, as you might imagine.
Finn is very excited about all things Christmas - Rudolph, both the show and the song, Christmas trees, Santa (at least in theory, see below), and even his advent calendar. It's a paper one that matches an Eric Carle book we have. I wasn't sure if he'd find it interesting, but he's very excited to open a new door every morning, and will sometimes stand and look at it for ages, theorizing about what might be behind the different doors. The 25th, he has decided, is a pig.
My office's children's holiday party was Friday night, and Finn got to see Santa. He was very excited about it, so long as Santa kept his distance. Trying to put him on Santa's lap was met with terrified screaming, just like last year. We didn't get pictures of that this year - I forgot to charge the camera battery, and the light was kind of dim in there anyway, but I might score some from someone else at the office later. In the meantime, here's one of Graham's turn with Santa, with Finn edging as close as he dared.

Next up, for you grandparents and other Fortney-boy-antic-addicts, are two videos, both taken the other night while Finn ate dinner and we waited for Jonathan to get home from work. First is Graham playing his favorite game: kick off the blanket. Finn was also a fan at this age.

Graham kicks off the blanket from Katie on Vimeo.
Next up, here I am making Finn giggle, just because I can.

Making Finn giggle from Katie on Vimeo.
And finally, here's the "classic Finn" imp look, finally captured on film.
I'm updating Flickr tonight with October and November. Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the rest of the way caught up.