Gold Star for Finn!

So as I mentioned before, Finn is obsessed with lawnmowers. Today we went to the trike park in Decatur, a little park with a tricycle track and grassy field filled with TONS of ride on toys, some playground equipment and swings too. While we were there today, Finn found a plastic lawnmower that was missing the handle....how he even knew that the bottom piece was a lawnmower fascinated me enough. But he knew what it was and kept saying "lawnmower" over and over again. I felt bad for him that the handle was missing so he couldn't push it around and I said "we should see if we can find the handle" and off he went playing with other toys. About 10 minutes later I see him looking over at a bench, he quick, takes off running toward the bench, crouches down behind it and throws his arms up in the air victorious with the lawnmower handle in his hands! It was the cutest thing EVER! I was worried that the handle might not be able to reattach but it did and he took off playing with it for what seemed like an hour.

Finally it was snack time, and he brought the lawnmower over to the bench with him and would not let go. A little boy suddenly came running over and grabbed it out of his hands and started to run away but his mommy stopped him and gave it back to us. While the mom was apologizing and trying to tell her son that mine was playing with it first, I asked Finn if he could share the lawnmower with the little boy......and little Finn, walked over to the little boy and handed him the lawnmower. Tears welled up in my eyes, I was SO proud of him! I know how much he loved that lawnmower and he easily shared it. Such a sweet proud moment for me!

And because grandma is in town and is a sucker for little Finn and just couldn't wait two months until his birthday, she bought him his own little mower today! The joy when he realized he was getting his own mower and bringing it home with him was priceless. The whole way home from the store he kept saying "Finn mower in car!". Here are some pictures of him mowing in the tall grass at the park, and of his own mower at home!