Sleeping Finlay

Sleeping Peensies are the best peensies...

Gingerbread house

We needed instructions off the Internet, one family crisis and most of that case of beer to get through the building of this (Ikea) gingerbread house... Quite a bit of assembly required! One of us enjoyed himself though.

The madness continues

Finlay is going to grow up to design cars, conceive of innovative urban planning solutions, or become a parking attendant...

Finlay at a Christmas market

With "Chrissel".

Lanterns

Building a lantern for St. Martins Day, 10 November 2012

The Walking...Finlay

Scary Finlay for Halloween 2012

Finlay breakfast

More of a morning person than his parents.

Best godfather ever!

Sort of a cross between Keanu Reeves and Dan Savage.

This was where the madness started

Dean and the first load of new cars... Finlay's favourite car was a VW Passat (which James probably remembers well). That was far too bourgeois for Dean's taste - a whole load of Ferraris, Porsches and Mercedes had to be acquired, along with various trucks, streetcars and construction equipment (to build the new high-speed overpass for the race cars...).

Special expertise

Here is one of Europe's top visual designers creating a new parking landscape for Finlay's cars on the coffee table and also contemplating Frederick the Mouse.

The rise of the cars...

This is before Dean and Grandma Cathy arrived. Especially Dean. And before the cars multiplied. And then took over the apartment.

Not in bed yet.

But at least in his French

pyjamas. Sept/Oct 2012.

This is what it looks like

When Finlay listens to Deadmau5.

Finlay and Gruffalo

But who is who? Here with his grandfather, Jupp.

Finlay as squirrel and with turtle

Near Nordbahnhof, Berlin, Sept 2012

Bourdain he is not...

September 2012, making taco pizza...

Finlay and Andreas

September 2012, engaging in age-appropriate activities.

More Finlay (hello Dennis!)

More Finlay... Here in September with his great grandmother Anneliese (now according to Finlay "Annekrise") at his aunt Susanne's wedding.

Blaupause

OK. You asked. You'll get (Stefanie Uhl...). More photos of Finlay coming this weekend. Plus some links to blogs on Studentenverbindungen. It's been an exciting few months. Finlay is busy watching soccer, arguing with "Chrissel" that "those carrots are unfortunately desgnated for someone else" and waving chopsticks. Apologies to his audience and followers.

Cold!

It has gotten remarkably cold here in the past week. Here is Finlay on Friday next to a heater in our apartment, reading one of his books out loud to the cat. And here is Finlay this morning trying on new footwear, which almost fit him, since he is wearing two pairs of thick socks...

Box child

Finlay playing with a shoe box on Saturday.

Lions!

Finlay has a thing for lions...

Visit from Jupp

Finlay's grandfather was here last week for a few days. Here are Finlay and his grandfather - playing with spoons, making frowning faces and enjoying a trampoline outside nearby. Thank you Jupp!

Finlay and toys

Here is Finlay with his stuffed dog and rabbit, both wearing hats because it is cold, watching an aquarium with little moving fish. In the other picture, Finlay is wearing his growly bear costume and getting a bandaid from Oma.

Finlayfood!

Finlay's various meals recently - sausages, sushi, mango and Berlin "Bouletten" - little hamburgers.

Finlay relaxing at Oma Annaliese's in Göttingen

Finlay does 50s decor very well!

Finlay and Oma Annaliese

Here is Finlay with his great-grandmother Annaliese Werner between Christmas and New Years in Göttingen.

Who is calling, please?

Finlay and a workbench!

Finlay got a workbench for Christmas (shades of his grandfathers here...). Here he is fixing things (on the bed with Jupp) and generally enjoying the workbench.

A visit from Annette!

And Leander (here) and Dieter and Lara, just before Christmas. I think they are puzzling (one of Finlay's gavourite activities). The socks here were a kind gift from Annette as well - each one contained a small toy or chocolate for Finlay in the days leading up to Christmas. Thank you Annette! The socks are coming in handy during the cold winter months.