Germs and the City

I am pretty sure Finn made a mental "To Do" list.  I think the list is as follows:

-catch some type of bird/and or swine flu

-get Hepatitis A, B, or C

-break a bone

-gross mom and dad out

He is trying so hard to reach his goals.  He has done so many nasty things that make us just shake our heads in disbelief.  My personal favorite was him dropping a ball on the subway then licking it. Or the time I looked up and saw him with his entire foot (shoe included) in his mouth on the Subway.  He is still a daredevil and has a few bruises to prove it.  Anyone who thinks my child "will be sick all the time when he starts school because he hasn't been exposed" is mistaken. This child is vaccinating himself everyday by touching gum on the street, digging under the table at restaurants, and putting his shoe in his mouth.  

I have kind of given up on germ prevention.  Urban living and germ x kind of cancel each other out. 

Here are some photos from the week:

Finn playing in his new "clubhouse." (It is the closet)

 Finn screaming in his new clubhouse...

 Finn checking himself out in the mirror...

 Eating some peanut butter yogurt at our new favorite spot in the world. Peanut butter yogurt = the best...

 Taking a germ bath at the park...

 Waiting on the train.  This is the Earth ball that he dropped on the subway.  He later destroyed it. He wanted it "opened."

 He always travels with a car and ball...

 Here are some photos from our day sight seeing in downtown D.C.

 Ignore my head in this photo.  I had Tosh take this picture to show off my resourcefulness.  I was heading out with Finn to buy groceries.  How do you walk to the grocery store with a stroller and carry them back?  Easy, you put a dog collar around a shopping bag and fasten it to the stroller.  Worked perfectly! (The dog collar was actually purchased for our fridge by my father in law.   Our fridge here is not a side by side so the dog collar only enabled Finn to open both doors.)

We have not even been here a week but we are already adjusting nicely.  I think if anything this has been a great exposure therapy.  OCD levels are decreasing -).