rory is just about the cutest ever. this weekend, she was 'feeding' her dolly canned cat food (from a closed can) and then, apparently, the dolly asked for more and rory said 'please?' (as in 'say please') and made the ASL sign for 'please' and then made her dolly make the sign for 'please' with her little dolly arms/hands. just when you think they're not paying attention...

later that same day, i put her down for a nap at the same time that brian was trying to put some clapboard on the outside of the house and the hammering was pretty close to rory's room. a few minutes later, i could hear that rory was bouncing around in her crib and not napping so i went up, opened her door a crack and peeked in. she was bouncing around in her crib looking out the window in brian's direction saying 'bang! bang! bang!'

we got her snow clothes from ll bean yesterday and she wanted to try them on right then. also got her a personalized boat and tote bag to haul all her stuff to and fro daycare (aka 'school'). lots of the kids have them, and now i see why.