Catching up with Rory

So, I was just scanning through the photos on our camera and realized that there are tons of fun ones that I have yet to put up on the blog. Also, I've realized that we've done a lot of fun things this month like apple picking and hiking, learning how to use a spoon and cheering for the Patriots, walking the dog and finding a new musical instrument in the kitchen. Here is a slew of photos so everyone can catch up with Rory...meanwhile, we're just trying to keep up with him at home. He's EVERYWHERE...and so much fun.
Do you like my shirt?


Can I play with these while you cook?


Bang, bang, bang...I love noise


Did you like my song?

What's out there?!

At the top...bagged it!!

He had to touch as many trees as he could...made for a long climb up.

He loves riding in the wagon.

Our little farm boy driving the tractor.

Silly face.

Go Pats!!

Do you like my hat?!

Eating with a spoon is tiring.

YUMMMMM!!!

Oh...there's a spoon in my bowl.

Can someone put the game on? I can't find the clicker.

Ahh...our little Toddler

So, Rory had a truly "toddler" evening last night. Within the first 30 minutes of being home, he managed to scare the cat, climb on the dog, eat a raisin off the floor, pull books off the bookshelf (our books, not his), swing the cord to my computer around, unplug the computer, and try to stick his finger in the outlet. After being given a lecture about outlets and danger (which I'm sure he understood completely) he proceeded to throw the dog food across the kitchen floor, dip his hand in the water bowl for the animals, roll his ball over near the litter box, hang on the gate blocking the stairs and try to climb up the cd rack. Of course, its that time of night when there is chaos anyway because Bev is busy cooking and I'm trying to get his bag unpacked and get the laundry in, and he's wired from school and excited to see the animals.

We have certainly done our best to try to babyproof our house, and redirect his attention from things we don't want him touching, and not constantly be saying "no, no, no" to everything he does, but last night he must have heard "NO" at least 50 times in a 30 minute span.

Fun times!!!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

More house photos

Living the Dream House

Somewhere between raising our Little Baby Pigeon, working and trying to spend some time in the woods, we lost our minds and decided life wasn't complicated enough, we'd build a house.

Actually, it was an idea hatched over dinner last winter with our dear friends, mothers of the Tiny Sri Lankan. We thought it'd be neat to build houses side by side so the kids would grow up together and we could grow a big garden, keep chickens (maybe a goat), plant some apple trees and keep a hive or two of bees. ..Cause life's not busy enough already.

Fast forward to now, we're well underway with construction, our neighbors are about a month ahead of us and a stone's throw away, and we're shaking our heads not believing that this is actually happening. What's that Journey song? Anyway, here are a few overdue photos of the construction's progress over at our dream house.