She Must Have Been a Farmer in a Past Life

We visited the Children's Farmyard at Shelburne Farms on Saturday. It was a real thrill to meet and touch (gently) some of the farm animals. We saw chickens, sheep and lambs, goats and the newborn piglets! Nora was so interested in all of the animals and when she was observing the piglets a woman next to us commented that Nora "must have been a farmer in a past life".

Gentle, gentle.

*I just think this goat is particularly interesting.
PS Kris took these photos with his new PDA (we forgot our camera). That's why they're not as sharp.

There's a New Baby in Town!

My cousin Carrie had a baby on Tuesday night so Nora and I went to meet the baby this afternoon. Nora and I think he is very cute! Here's a picture of Carrie and her little boy.

Happy Mother's Day!

This Mother's Day we:

examined blades of grass while keeping the sun out of our eyes, played bocce ball,
crawled around like crazy and then...
passed out with our cousin, Ava.

A Double Dose (or What's So Funny?)

This is for all of The Noodle's fans. I received an email today from a friend wanting "more Noodle" so (Beth) here you go!

She Moves Fast!

It's been awhile since I last posted an entry and there are good reasons why. The main reason is that The Noodle crawls faster each day and I spend a fair portion of my day trying to keep up - no time to blog!

Future Librarian??

One of the things Nora likes to do is pull books out of a basket and sort them into piles. Sometimes she picks up a book that she has already placed in a pile, opens it again, looks at the cover and then places it in another pile. It's her own system for cataloging books... Perhaps, she will someday, just like her Grampa John and Aunt Abby, be a librarian.

PS If you look closely there are two teeth coming in!

Oh, Happy Girl

According to my mom and baby book I named my very first doll "Happy Girl". As uninspired as it sounds it is very coincidental as everyone who meets the little noodle remarks on what a "happy girl" she is. Maybe it's a standard comment for any baby who isn't in tears but I am positive that Nora truly is one very happy girl.
Here's a picture of her in her "Easter bonnet" (it's really just a taggies toy but we like to play pretend).