Cabin #1

Dan and I decided to leave for Dave and Mary Jo's cabin at Lake Gogebic in U.P Michigan on Monday for however long the kids would last. I was thinking it would be 3 days but we ended up coming home Saturday! It was the first time Anya and Finn had been up there and was actually the first time for me in almost 3 years! Anya and Finn did really well and had a ton of fun!

Anya had fun running around the yard, watching Aebo swim, and swinging in the hammock with Daddy.





Anya also loved taking "hikes in the forest". She really did not like the mosquitos and would tell Dan to say "Bugs. This is my daughter. Leave her alone. Go back into the forest by yourself. Don't bite her anymore!"
We also took a couple trips to Lake Superior where Anya and Mary Jo collected rocks and Dan collected drift wood. We went to Presque Isle and hiked to a couple different waterfalls and then out to Lake Superior where Dan and Anya had fun skipping rocks.





After a fun filled day, Anya and Finn were pretty messy, so we decided to give them their first "Sauna" really just a bath in the warm sauna in a red storage tub! Anya said "I took my first Sauna and it was great!"

Here a just some cute bedtime pictures...







Some funny ones of Anya making faces

Her chipmunk face


Craft time: I made a birch bark bead necklace. You take strips of birch bark, cut them in to long triangles, put on some glue and roll them up into beads. String them onto some leather and there you have it! It turned out pretty cool, I think I'm going to have to make some more.

Dan woodburned into driftwood

This is just a brief snippet of what we encounter on a daily basis in the Seppala household. Anya just can't help herself from singing and dancing. She is like her daddy and will just make up a song for anything and everything.

9 month stats

Finn is 28 in and 21lb in the 50-75% which is funny to me because he looks so big and is wearing 12-18 month clothes. He is eating more big people foods now. Only two teeth, but he can munch on real cooked peas and carrots, watermelon, strawberries, pears, crackers, cheerios, etc... We still have not found a food he hasn't liked. He says "mama", "dada" ,"nighnigh" and is pretty close to Anya "ana" and all the other typical baby sounds. Tonight he said "nighnigh" when he saw me bring out his pj's and sleep sack. He absolutely loves aebo and giggles whenever he walks by. Aebo lets him "pet" him which is more like pull on him-we're working on that...
Next week is Finn's last week at his current daycare and then he's home for the summer with Dan, Anya, and me. Then next fall he will go with Anya to the daycare at my school!

Anya the ballerina

Here are a few pictures of Anya's technique as it's been developing thanks to bella dancerella.

Anya

Well, she's 2 months away from being 3 years old and is pretty much self sufficient. She can get herself dressed, brush her teeth, wash her hands, make herself dinner, and clean up after.
Tonight she made homemade pizza and it was the best we've ever made. Now some of that might be because Dan made all the ingredients, but she did assemble it. She doesn't need us anymore.

9 months

Finn is now 9 months! He has 2 teeth, and is starting to eat more real people foods. Yesterday he tried some mashed potatoes and stuffing and loved them. He is doing well with sitting up and rolling all over and has gotten up on his hands and knees a little bit. He is happy all the time. He absolutely loves Aebo and giggles any time Aebo is near him. He likes to swing in the backyard and jump in his jumparoo. We went to the Minnesota Zoo and he really liked the fish. He laughes really hard when I play peek-a-boo with him. Mom got him a pirate ship toy and he's been playing with that all afternoon. He continues to be a happy, low key, easy going guy.