Goat Lady Farm and Visit to Poppy & Grommy's

We visited the Goat Lady Farm a few weeks back. Liam got to see and pet a number of farm animals including cows, chickens, pigs, and of course goats. The pigs were a little ripe so we didn't spend a lot of time there. Liam wanted to go back and see them wallow in the mud and make funny "grunting" noises.

His name was Billy - go figure!

The chickens were very docile and about tummy-high to Liam. He didn't venture too close to the hen house, though.

What does LIVE chicken taste like?

We also went to visit Poppy and Grommy over the weekend. Liam and Elijah got their first rides on the carousel. Elijah didn't care too much for it, but Liam had a blast. I think Liam rode four times while we were there.

Round and round the carousel goes...

Liam and Elijah got another treat - a ride on the TRAIN! Liam had a great time riding the train. There was a playground in the center of the circle that the train ran on. Everytime the train came by he would run up to the edge of the fence and let us know that there was a train going by (as if we didn't already notice).

Until next time... Safe travels!

Long-Overdue Update

Elijah is pulling to a stand and crawling like a champ. He's pretty quick when he does his bear crawl on his hands and feet. He likes to make a mad dash for the dog-food bowl and/or water bowl and gets REALLY upset when he's intercepted. I'll upload a video if I can catch him in the act.

This is one of the first times I realized his ability to pull up and stand. I walked into his room and there he was, looking over the edge of his crib down at Liam, and just had a BIG smile on his face. Needless to say we lowered his crib to the lowest setting that night.


Elijah (just like Liam) has a craving for pasta and the uncontrollable desire to smear it all over and into every accessible orifice. Is it the smell? Is it the touch/sensation? Does marinara sauce have some sort of exfoliating effect to the skin? And, why all over the face, in the hair, in the eyes, in the ears, on the dog (if he's within reach), and finger-painting on his tray?

"My mug shot for Quentin Tarantino's next film"

We celebrated Easter with an Egg Hunt at the church. Liam was more interested in the slides on the playground than hunting for eggs. Elijah was able to snag one for himself and proudly shows it off to everyone.

"Thats Daddy's candy making that rattle noise"

We had a little more luck in getting Liam to look for eggs in the back yard. He seemed to find the well-hidden eggs fairly quickly, but as you can see, had some issues with the blatently obvious ones. His reward for finding the eggs: Chocolate!!

Those are actual self-portraits of Liam, Elijah, and Einstein

Two Swingin' Boys:

We stopped at a park outside Cary when we went to Durham to meet some friends for dinner. Liam and Elijah both love to swing. I see two dare-devils in the making. I just hope they don't nearly cut their pinky off with a Rambo-style "survivor" knife, 40 feet up a tree, while attemting to cut a vine to make a swing across the creek. That's just Daddy's concern.