Finn and Luke

Enjoying his ice cream (note the spilled portion on the bottom left which is why we are enjoying our ice cream outside!)

He's asking me to "see" the picture I just took

Time to rinse off the steps (and Finn) after ice cream

Watering the plants

There were just a few DVDs stuck in the DVD player (courtesy of Finn)

One thing John and I know for sure....Finn loves Luke and Luke loves Finn.  Recently, however, Luke has become Finn's "partner in crime" which isn't really a good thing.  Finn knows that he can go to Luke when I say no to something and most of the time, Luke will give it to him.  We had a talk with Luke to explain that he cannot give Finn anything he wants even if Finn is crying and throwing a fit for it.  Not an easy lesson for a seven year old!

Let me give you a couple of examples....The other day as we are all getting ready for school, I heard the door to the garage open and shut loudly.  When I went to see what was going on, Luke told me that Finn wanted to go outside so he let him out the door!

One of Finn's favorite things to do right now is to sit in the car and pretend he is driving.  It is relatively harmless since I have removed everything from the car that Finn can get into unless, of course, he has someone to help him.  Luke opened the glove compartment (Finn cannot open on his own) and gave Finn the chap stick that he wanted.  Since Finn couldn't open the chap stick on his own, Luke opened it for him.  I was working on dinner and had the door open listening to them in the garage, but when I went out to check on Finn, he was covered in chap stick.  It was in his hair, on his face, all over his clothes, etc...

In the picture of the DVDs above, Luke also got the DVDs down for Finn to play with.  I put the book of DVDs up high so that Finn couldn't reach it, but Luke, of course, could reach them and gave them to Finn when he asked for them.  Finn loves to stuff as many DVDs as possible into the DVD player.  Thankfully, John was able to disconnect the DVD player and empty out the six or so DVDs that were stuck inside.

Another one of Finn's favorites is "mum," also known as gum.  I don't know ANY kids that are Finn's age who chew gum.  That's right, Finn wanted to try gum from a gum ball machine that Liam had so Luke gave him a "little piece."  I was in the shower at the time and Luke ran in and said, "Mom, just so you know, Finn wanted some gum and I gave him a little piece." What???

As you can see, if we can train Luke, then we might have a chance with Finn.  As much as it sounds like we shouldn't leave Luke and Finn alone (which is true), Luke really is a huge help with Finn.  He always watches out for him, tries to make Finn happy, shares everything with Finn, etc...I am thankful that Finn loves his brother so much; however, Luke is definitely not ready to be a babysitter anytime soon.