This past weekend we headed to Santa Fe for a little fun. We wanted to get Finn some fall clothes and decided to make a trip out of it.
He was so excited to go. He packed up his new backpack for the trip...
He will be doing two times a week at mother's day out when it starts back up. His first backpack was too small and had a broken zipper. He got to look through the online options and decide what he liked. (Moms..if you would like to hear my rant about toxic kid's stuff ask me about bags and lunch boxes and I can also suggest brands.) He loved "robot backpack." He is so proud of it. He has carried it with him many places. I love seeing him so proud about his decision.
With "robot backpack" loaded and ready to go, we set off for Santa Fe.
We usually plan our travels around Finn and what works best for him. We decided to leave late thinking he would go to bed in the car. We were so wrong. Up until this year, Finn has been a night owl. Now he has taken a turn the complete opposite direction. He is in bed asleep by 7 and sleeps 13 hours. This makes for a happy Finn. It is sacred. Our plan didn't work out and he didn't fall asleep until much later. So he asked if we were "there yet" a lot. Then having to wake him up and get him back to bed was hard on him. So lesson learned. That will not be our travel time next time around.
We did get to enjoy this beautiful sunset....
When a child misses out on sleep, or my child at least, it is like someone put crack cocaine in his breakfast.
Our first early morning stop was Target because no matter where we go, it is our favorite. Finn was so excited. Tosh too...Tosh loves Target. By love I mean dreads going to Target with us.
Finn was so excited as he picked out new underwear and clothes. We worked with him on really getting what he liked. We had him make some choices between items, put stuff back, and decide will you wear this? He really picked out things that he loved. And he nicely put back stuff that maybe he didn't love as much.
Right there by the boy's underwear was a package of Ninja Turtle "Maskas" as Finn says. And so we couldn't resist...
The funniest thing was when Finn spotted a vest. He is a huge muscle shirt fan. So he saw the vest and gasped and said, "Look it's like a muscle shirt jacket."
He got some new Nike tennis shoes. He loves them so much. He wanted to sleep in them. He has run around like crazy because he says they make him so fast...
He slept in the vest two nights in a row. He is so proud of it...
We tell him to pose and he does this...
If he sees the camera come out, the arm goes up...
We hit up the outlet malls and I was impressed. I think we got some good deals. We enjoyed a late lunch at the Pantry. Juevos Rancheros are my new addiction. Then it was back to the hotel.
Since we knew better than to screw up bedtime two nights in a row we made sure he got his beauty rest. After he was asleep, I went off and ate peanut M&Ms. The next day Finn saw the wrapper in my purse and very accusatory said, "What is that?" I said, "Oh, just trash." Not buying it Finn says, "It's m&ns." I told him, "Oh yeah it is from that time we had those M&Ms and shared." He says, "No, those were brown." Busted. We laughed. You can't fool him. But he was cool with it because we let him eat Corn Flake cereal that morning so we were in good standing.
Finn was so happy with his new stuff and looks so cute and grown in it. I can't wait to see him go off to MDO with his new gear. I am not super thrilled to be sending him off two days. It will be a huge change for us. I know he will love it though.
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