Finn’s First Birthday

Finn Steinhoff's 1st Bday party 04-24-2016_7360I had to get back to the Sunshine State in time for Grandson Finn’s first birthday party on April 24. Adam and Carly put together a super pool-oriented party that kept the kids maximally occupied and minimally melted down.

Finn took awhile to get the idea of what to do with his cake, but it didn’t take long before he was covered from head to toe with what looked like cake measles.

Herding cats

Finn Steinhoff's 1st Bday party 04-24-2016_7346Son Adam is trying to direct the scene, but Elliot, 3, left, and Graham, 5, right, weren’t getting with the program.

Can you blame them?

Finn Steinhoff's 1st Bday party 04-24-2016_7340I’d be scared of facing this crowd myself.

That, like so many things, reminds me of a story. During the Watergate hearings, Sen. Walter Mondale walked down the Capitol steps to be confronted with a media scrum waiting for a witness to come out.

“Hey, guys, what do I have to do to get this much attention?” he joked.

“Easy,” a photographer said, “Just screw up one time.”

These folks are all wet

Here’s a gallery of photos that could be filed under “chaos” in the dictionary. Another parent and I were noting how young kids in Florida learn to swim. Graham and Elliot are strong swimmers for their age, and Finn will get drownproofing lessons soon.

Click on any photo to make it larger, then use your arrow keys to move through the images.

2 Replies to “Finn’s First Birthday”

  1. Thank you for sharing your adorable family on such a happy occasion. All I can say to these pics is “awwwwww…”

  2. Love the photos and especially birthday boys name! We just had a granddaughter Finley but had she been a boy the name would have been Finn….which is what grandpa calls her because that is what he called my dad! Your Finn is adorable….enjoy him and the other ones also!

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