sheepshearing festival

Today we went to the 20th annual Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place [in Waltham, MA]. We met our friend Max and his parents there. They had all kinds of fun animals—oxen, miniature ponies, goats, sheep, sheep-herding dogs, and even the alpaca Lucy is checking out above.

There was lots of food, activities, and entertainment for everyone. And of course, some sheep were sheared.

To find out more about the festival, check out the website: http://www.goreplace.org/sheepshearing.htm

nice mommy

Lucy is taking good care of her babies . . . she is even making the "sipping" sounds as if the baby is drinking.

Milk for everybody . . .

a day at the beach

The weather was so beautiful last weekend, that we just had to go to the beach. Lucy had a fun time playing in the sand with her brand-new beach toys. All the while, Auntie Linda was trying to bury her foot and toes with sand. ["Wiggly worms . . . "]

Then, she went for a walk down by the water [with Mommy and then with Auntie Linda]. Even though it is only April, She kept putting her feet in the surf. [brrrr]

on the move [part two]

Three days shy of 15 months, Lucy took her first solo steps. It happened so spontaneously that her Daddy and I didn't even realize it had happened at first. We were hanging out and Lucy just side-stepped [about three steps] from the couch to me. I was lying on the floor and said, "Did she just walk over here? She was not holding onto me." As soon as we realized, we broke out in a loud, joyous chorus of "Hip! Hip! Horray!" Which Lucy most enjoyed, and begged for more. We did manage to coerce her to take a few more steps to me, but that was it for the night.

Today, however, Lucy and I played a fun game where she ran from the couch to me and back again. I managed to get a few seconds on tape but filming really is a 2-man job. [Especially, where she wants to see herself in the camera (thus the crying).]



Hopefully, we'll get better footage this weekend.

i outta be in pictures

This past weekend Lucy and her cousins, Genna, Henry, and Vivi, were in their first movie together. And, not a home-movie that their parents took either — it was an educational film.

Auntie Linda and some of her colleagues filmed the kids for a communication in-service. [We really don't fully understand what that means but . . . it's something like, they show the movie to parents who want to improve communication skills with their babies/toddlers. (Right, Linda?)]

Anyhoo, they were all stars and communicated brilliantly. Linda and her crew were very accommodating, and fulfilled all the demands of the rider lists we submitted.

another screaming holiday

As you can see from the series of blogging I have done, it has become increasingly clear that Lucy is not a big fan of holidays or their traditions. [Except, perhaps, Halloween which is Mommy's favorite too].

We spent Easter weekend at Lucy's Uncle Richard's house, in upstate New York — he was kind enough to purchase this cute little bunny suit for her. Since I couldn't get her picture with the Easter Bunny, why not dress her like him instead? [It really is adorable and Lucy only cried for the 20 seconds I put on the hood for her picture.]

Anyhoo, a good time was had by all at our good-old-fashioned Easter [with ham, jelly beans, and snow].

I guess fair's fair — Lucy doesn't like Santa, why would we expect her to like the Easter Bunny?

Happy Birthday GrandMum, Mémé, GramGram, Gama, Grammy . . . !

spring has sprung?

Happy Easter! Happy Spring!

It is spring, right? You'd never know it by the weather we've been having — cold temperatures and SNOW!! Fortunately, Lucy's backyard is lush, green, and cute-critter filled.

Thanks to the help of the image I found on downLoadsofts.com, [I think, created by Pixel-Artistry software] and a few other pictures I borrowed from the internet and embellished, I was able to create a nice place for Lucy's Easter egg hunt.