More of the World According to Finn

Yesterday while riding in the car Finn says to me, "Mom, did you know that the younger someone is, the hotter they are?"

"Really, Finn?" Wow, what the heck, this boy seriously understands the way the world works.

He proceeded to explain to me that young people have more skin than old people. As people get older their skin gets smaller, and sucks in. It gets weaker and colder and skin gets gone and comes away and you get colder. Then when the skin gets weaker and older the person just dies. Thats why kids don't really need jackets, and old people are always cold.

Totally makes sense! I love this guy!

Library Finn

Several months ago a new Library opened in Eagle Idaho.

It is very clean and organized.

And it has the nicest, and most helpful librarian.

I love that the dress code is so casual. The staff even wears gorilla jammies. And you get the best smile at checkout.

Finn absolutely loves running his library. He spends a lot of time creating original works of art to display and sell there. He also sells clothing that he has outgrown, and toys that no longer interest him. Recently when his school library had a book fair, so did the Library Finn. We got to purchase books during the book fair. The prices were based on the size of the book. A fact I didn't know until I purchased a huge art book for $200. Luckily I have 5 million in my library account. One time Finn asked me what book I was going to check out next. I picked one and told him I would come back and get it when I finished the stack I was reading. A few minutes later he found me and told me that there was a long line outside the library and that he was afraid all of the people were there to get my book. I rushed to the library and he led me in. I was so disappointed to find that the book I had been planning to get next was missing from the shelves, probably checked out by one of the invisible patrons. I expressed my sadness, but then Finn took me to the front of the line and opened his special librarian cabinet to reveal that he had put the book aside for me. I was overjoyed. If only I had realized that the painful c-section I went through to get Finn would also mean I would someday have special privileges at the library, I may have endured it more happily.

HEAVEN!

I can't believe that I skipped one of the most heavenly parts of my San Fransisco trip. Kirk took me to a fabric store that was 4 stories of amazing fabrics.

Yes that's right ladies, I just said that my HUSBAND went to a huge, amazing fabric store with me. Actually he walked there with me, and took this picture because he just had to see my reaction to a fabulous store, that he has been telling me about since I met him. Then, he walked back to the hotel to prepare for some client meetings while I browsed, and browsed. One of the best parts was that they were having a special 1 day everything in the store 30 percent off sale. It was incredible! It was like the day after Thanksgiving shopping, but for fabric. I LOVED it. And I LOVE Kirk for taking me there. Kirk told me about this store during our first conversation. Now I can say, you had me at "I know this great fabric store!"

You Can't Stab Anyone's Eyes Out With A Snuggle Animal

Tonight while laying with Finn he started talking about a friend of his who sometimes gets in trouble. He told me (with shock and outrage,) that the friend once brought a rock to the carpet time. (This is where the whole class sits really close together on a giant alphabet carpet, and reads stories etc.) I reminded him, in an attempt to restore some humility, that he once got in trouble for bringing a snuggle animal to the carpet time. He covered his eyes. Oh the shame of being in trouble. And then perked right back up to tell me that bringing a rock was much worser than bringing a snuggle animal. I asked why, and he told me that the rock was sharp and could be used to stab someones eyes out. But A SNUGGLE ANIMAL CAN'T STAB ANYONE'S EYES OUT! This last line said with much emphasis as if punctuated with a big fat DUH MOM!

So there you go. One more tidbit of wisdom from Finn McPherson. I can't imagine what has happened in Finn's life that he is measuring every object by its ability to stab someones eyes out. Yikes. Next weeks family home evening will be on Thou Shalt Not Stab Anyone's Eyes Out.

The Best Way To Tell A Secret

Today Finn woke me up from a nap and told me he had a new way to tell a secret. He cupped his hands around his mouth and then put his hands around my nose and whispered a secret. He told me that this is the best way to tell a secret, because the person can't even hear it because you whisper it right up their nostrils, and nostrils can't hear.

I wonder if this is a technique the CIA or FBI could use. He tried the same technique whispering things into my mouth and eye, but determined that the eye whisper wasn't as effective because the eye is to close to the ear. Smart boy!

Its all about the bling!

Last night while I was laying with Porter he was playing with the wedding ring on my finger. He commented on it, and I told him how I loved it. He said that I should trade my diamond in for a heart shaped one because Daddy and I are so in love. I told him that I was more of a simple, round cut girl. He told me that someday when he gets engaged he will probably give the girl he wants to marry a diamond shaped like a big Y, you know, for BYU. Then he said that maybe he would just get one of those brass knuckle BLING*BLING kind of things made out of diamonds that says BYU. I told him that if he got down on one knee and opened a jewelry box with that in it, and the girl said YES. She is definetly the ONE!

My kids crack me up!

Porter has been feeling like he needs a little extra one on one mom time lately, so tonight I asked him if he would like to go for a walk with me in the morning. He was really excited about it, and then said "this will be great, we can talk about our social lives!"