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-"Has anybody seen my snack?"

- Yogi Bear Toddler gets his head stuck in yet another picnic basket..."I'm smarter than the average bear!"

-"A pen? Yep - hold on just a sec..."

-"Hold on buddy, let me get the dynamite and we can blast that thing right off there...."

--NorthernDaddy is sure that our readers can come up with something better-- let's hear them.

More Cows? Are You People Crazy?

In an on-going effort to see every last cow in the state of Vermont, the Northerns visited yet another dairy farm. It wasn't really a new farm; it was the dairy barn part of Shelburne Farms. The milking barns there are usually off-limits to the public, but once a year the barns are opened to visitors. NorthernMommy found out when the open house barn was happening, and encouraged Daddy and Toddler to go with her to the event ("Gotta see all the cows - all of 'em).

Well, okay: Toddler and Daddy will go if they can look at the tractors, too.

Cows and tractors - it seems that every thing the Northerns do is related to cows and tractors!

 This warning sign is on the outside of a manure pond. To take a dip in the lovely brown goo, one would have to crawl through the wooden fence, get past some strands of a nasty electric fence, and then perform their belly-flop into the nicely fermented cow poo.

Is the sign really necessary?

I'm a Worker!

NorthernToddler has been helping NorthernDaddy with some building tasks this week. First, he helped with the retrieval and hauling of some scrap wood that was pulled from the rafters of the barn and transformed into a nice, solid door for the duck house. Second, he helped measure, hammer, and saw as the dutch door on the other opening of the duck house was reconfigured to meet the needs of the duck keeper (aka NorthernDaddy - he likes his ducks. NorthernMommy can have her chickens, the ducks are more fun!). Toddler also served as an all-around gofer as he brought tools and hardware to Daddy.

At one point, after measuring some lumber, Toddler clipped the tape rule to his jeans because "that's what workers do, and I'm a worker." NorthernDaddy had to agree - Toddler had been working, just like the construction guys he was emulating. Besides, with his tools in place, Toddler looked the part. From this picture, it appears that the Northerns are raising the next Ty Pennington. Doesn't he have the same style and out-there good attitude? NorthernDaddy doesn't think it's too bad to have a little insane carpenter/model/television host  running around - as long as he doesn't pick up the drug/alcohol problems that are rumored to affect the real Ty.

Anyway, NorthernDaddy salutes the hard little worker known as 'Toddler' - keep up the good work, buddy!