Happy 2nd Birthday, Finley Vi!

As you all know, Finley actually turned two today. We measured her in her room to mark the occasion. She got one present today - a "late" arrival from Auntie Hannah. She couldn't quite figure out how to toot those flutes, but she finally got it. A few stories for the record book:

Last night, Finley surprised me when I was reading, "The Lady with the Alligator Purse." I started, "Miss Lucy had a baby, his name was Tiny - " and she shouted "TIM!" I kept going, "She put him in the bathtub to see if he could -" "SWIM!" she chimed in. She just kept going and did the rest of the story with me. I didn't know she knew the story so well. We haven't read it in a looooooong time. Just another example of how genius she is.

I came home with Finley early yesterday because I had to go to the ear doctor (surgery is set for March 18!). I made her lunch and sat down at her little blue table with her. She had a bowl of apples, a bowl of edamame (one of her favorites!), and some chicken patty. I, of course, put ketchup on my chicken sandwich, so she had to have some "kepuch," too. I put some on her plate and it was all over from there. She started eating the kepuch with her fork and didn't touch anything else after that. When hers was gone, she came over to my plate and started dipping her finger in my ketchup until it was all gone. Earlier this month, she came home with a report card from school that said "She only wanted ketchup for lunch".

Two days ago, we called Auntie Hannah to wish her a happy birthday. Finley sang to her, the entire Happy Birthday song. We told Finley all morning that it was her birthday and when we were walking into daycare this morning, I said, "Is it your birthday today?" She said, "No. It's Hannah's." Then, she sang "Happy Birthday" all the way into her room, except she sang it to Hannah.