What we've been up to

We've been having a bit of a heat wave here in Vermont. Last week it was all subzero and snow this week it's been in the fifties and sixties for the last few days. While I love the cold and the snow we did take advantage of the weather for some hiking on our favorite rail trail.
Things have been changing a lot around here, Kevin is starting to see patients which means there is more time that Alder's in the shop (we're still figuring out what to do thats quiet). It also seems that suddenly Alder is understanding tons of things. While he isn't saying a lot he can do almost anything you asked him to. He has gotten in the habit of handing us his boots and jacket when he want to go out and he can find things that he put down the day before. Oh yeah he's beginning to really enjoy looking through books (this being the boy who used to think that books were just skinny blocks to build with).