Finn has chosen to name our cars after characters in the Cars movie.

The Mazda is McQueen and the Ford has been named Sally, after McQueen’s girlfriend. I can see the connection between the Mazda and McQueen. They’re both red. Sally, though is a blue porsche. Not much like a white stationwagon…

Finn has been asking about Danny for weeks now. Whenever we ask him what he thinks we are doing today he almost always answers “seeing Danny?”.

Yesterday we finally managed this as we met all the cousins for a play in the park. Everyone has a great time. They ran races, chased birds and climbed on everything and anything.

In May it could have been a cold and windy business but instead the afternoon was made by clear blue skies and a warm breeze. You couldn’t ask for more.

Later on Finn asked if Danny was coming. I explained that we had to wait for Aunty Fee to ring us. “But my dad rang to Uncle Fig last night.” he said. Yes, I agreed, but the arrangement Dad made with Uncle Fig was for Aunty Fee to ring us today. And with that he went back to playing on the computer. Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised but I was by Finn’s ability to discuss something he wants really badly with me and accept the answer without becoming upset.

Finn suddenly seems so mature. I’m sure at some stage today he’ll revert to the 3 year old stereotype but for the moment my very grown up little kid has me feeling a combination of fear and pride that is quite new.

Now he’s in his cubby with Thomas and Annie & Clarabel engaged in some adventure.

That’s what being a kid is all about.

When Nicky was awake in the wee hours feeding Leila I heard what sounded like Finn’s voice floating down the house. When Nicky came back to bed she told me Finn had been awake and insisting that the dogs come and eat all the feathers in his room.

Given that Indiana and Emmylou will eat pretty much anything it was strange that they declined these imaginary feathers. But then I guess the rules are different in the wee hours.

It’s been well over a year now that Finn has been all Thomas obsessed and for much of that time he has had very strong opinions about how tracks are built.

For most of the time these opinions have been expressed verbally and with some enthusiasm. However in the last couple of months Finn has gotten the trick of fixing broken track and also adding a few new pieces.

Recently he has jumped to building entire tracks which are wonderful to behold. It doesn’t seem there is any plan in place before he starts (he is only three after all) and just adds his favourite bits (bridges, junctions and so forth) until it goes near a loose end and then he somehow completes the track. Not only is it less work for his train-exhausted parents but these tracks are varied, wonderful, and exactly what we wants.

Most of all thanks for being lovely and being my Mum.

All of which might sound unremarkable however it is the first time he’s managed to actually sleep in our bed since he was very small. Normally Finn kicks and wriggles so much he gets to go back to his down bed and kick Blanky Bear instead.

We bought Finn a book of five Hairy Maclary story and they are currently a big hit. Especially the one with the bones and Rumpus at the Vet.

From this photo it might look like Finn makes a habit of this but he doesn’t. Which is not to say that he isn’t quite accomplished at lounging around, he just normally flops all over his kid sized chair instead.