since the last regular update, we've bought a family membership for and made a visit to billings farm and museum, put up a tire swing for rory, watched the branch holding the tire swing crack and fall to the ground with ryan and rory on said swing (the branch fell a little ways away from them-thankfully not on them), roasted a leg of lamb in anticipation of getting this year's lamb in about a month or so, got rory to use the potty several times, got rory to sleep in her 'big girl bed' several times, got alix to sleep through the night several times, and belatedly celebrated our 4th anniversary by seeing a couple of vermont musicians in concert in strafford.

phew!

but seriously, the billings farm was great. and they do all kinds of events year round. we plan to take anybody who comes to visit with us if they want to go (you'll get $1 off admission! yeeha!). next visit there up on our calendar: sheep herding day with border collies! but pearl can't come with us as brian had hoped. :-(

a little tip for family and friends-if you want to get rory excited, send her a postcard. she's been getting postcards every once in a while from a few friends and familyand she LOVES getting mail. brian and i thought we'd put the word out so she could get some more and she could get a little collection going. maybe i'll even do something crafty like cover a shoe box with contact paper or fabric for her to keep her postcard collection in. you never know.