The blur of January & February...

Very little posts coming in January & February from the Finkler's (unless Larry somehow manages to take over blogging?!) - reason being that is my VERY busy season at work. Closing the books at year end for the Marina on my own is always a feat in it of itself - esp the more docks we add, the more we grow, etc. and in addition to that, the double whammy is preparing for a financial audit as well.
I seem to think every year it gets better and it does, but truth is that it started from a very rough place to begin with. I'm confident every year will get better though, have to hold on to some hope out there!
So life around the Finkler house in Jan & Feb is full of 'Mom' closeting herself in our office. The children fare well enough, but the little one growing in my belly sure doesn't like late hours in the office. She would much rather be sending her Mommy to sleep around 9PM every night. Happily I would go but procrastination is never a good choice...
Come the end of Feb, beg of Mar, we do intend on taking a family vacation. Most likely to a water park in the Dells - another reqiurement of the 'spot' is that it must have a nice spa as well. Any recommendations, please let us know.
OK that's it for now. Back to work I go!!!

Lexie @ 15 Months

The 4 year old artist at work on his sister's hair...


Another successful rest time for Josiah, not so much for Lexie!

No she was not going outside anytime soon but had to complete the look :).

Bedtime Fun

Children all bathed and put away in bed by 7.30 this evening - but alas, as always happens, I hear the scurrying of feet upstairs on the hardwood floors. And as usual, the culprit is Noah. This time he comes out of the bathRM with toothpaste smeared all over his face. I ask him just what he was doing (as if the evidence was not obvious enough itself) AND the answer is, "I was looking for Josiah's sticker." Hmmm...good try but I just didn't buy it.

Back to bed we go - again.

Noah is forever and always trying to get out of bed. For several months it seemed he always had to go to the bathRM just one more time after we just had him on the toilet.

And another one of his latest excuses is that his bed is so sleepy that he just can't stay there...?!

Sometimes I'm just laughing so hard at his antics it is so difficult to discipline him and I'm reminded of just how fun it is to have the privilege of parenting this child. :)