Love

Finn is in love.

For a while we used to jokingly ask whom he planned to marry, and it was usually his friend Mazzy. This seemed to us to be a great choice, as we would really like his future in-laws. Then rather suddenly one day, Finn told us he longer wanted to marry Mazzy. He wanted to marry Violet.

Violet is in Finn's class and seems like a nice girl. She is very interested in princesses, which is most likely why Finn was so insistent on giving me a princess tiara for Christmas. With a dreamy look in his eyes, Finn announced recently, "Violet is my princess."

We also like Violet's parents a lot, and appreciate that her mother goes out of her way to make vegan muffins for class so Finn can eat them. This is fortunate, since the romance seems to be blooming. According to their teacher, they spend quite a bit of time cuddling in the corner together, and the teacher has been considering whether to break it up a bit.

Yesterday, the boys insisted on bringing their "cell phones" in the car to church. Liam kept calling Finn, and getting annoyed that he wouldn't answer. Matt and I could hear Finn talking quietly to himself on the phone, and could make out the words "Violet," "purple," and "pansies". Perhaps he was composing a sonnet.