Finley Gray Freeman: May 2009

Thursday, May 14

Close friends

Earlier today we had our friends Suzette and Vivian over to play. They're only two months apart in age, two houses away in distance, and we're hoping they'll be close friends as they get older. Working on a duet...

One of the cutest things I've ever seen was when Vivi and Finley decided they both wanted to hang out in the bed for a while.

Fox Hollow Farm

This week we took a trip down to the cutest equestrian center and farm that I've seen on the West Coast - Fox Hollow. It's in a gorgeous setting, filled with so many animals that you can visit and pet, and really friendly people.

First, a quick visit to Starbucks. Mia's just checking her email while Finley cleans the bagel off Bunny's face.

Mia really likes to feed Finley things to drink.

At the farm, we saw plenty of horses, ponies, the sweetest miniature horse, Daisy, chickens, peacocks, ducks, bunnies, kitties, a couple of baby goats...

and baby turkeys (neither Finley or I had ever seen a baby turkey before!)

Mia was a big girl, riding on the rope swing in the hay loft.

Finley was fascinated with the animals, but her favorite part of the day was throwing rocks into the stream. It's serious business.

Sunday, May 10

Mother's Day

We had a lovely Mother's Day today - and happy mothers day to our moms and mommy friends and friends' moms. Finley's Aunt Diana, Uncle Jared and Great Aunt Bun came over for dinner tonight. Finley was kind enough to do a demonstration of the newest product in her skin-care line: Prune Facial Mask. As you can see, she's very excited about it.

But she doesn't want a lot of media attention before the big product launch, so she was a little sensitive about the camera.

Look how radiant she looks in her new sunglasses and skirt from Aunt Bun, hanging with her Aunt Dinana and cousin-to-be, who is due on July 12th. We can't wait to meet him!

Friday, May 8

In the great green grass

Finley ran up and down this little hill at my parent's place so many times. She thought it was hilariously fun. Ok - she didn't "run" up. She walked up, crawled up and was carried up. But she really did run down.