Burlington, Baby!

Chocolate in the morning: The St. Lawrence Chocolate Factory!!!

Our good friend Matt Carlson is currently performing in a fabulous 2-person show entitled 'My Ohio' in Burlington, VT. We decided to drive over to see him perform this past weekend.

According to Dave, he was incredible (I was on baby-duty). Not only is he a wildly talented actor, playwright, and singer (he also dances a little), he's also fantastic companion. We four had a great time visiting all of the touristy sites that the city had to offer.

Next, we visited Shelburne Farms.

To get to their farm building, we hiked for about 15 minutes through a beautiful landscape of field and forest.

Taa da!

First stop: The chicken yard.

Eleanor realized that chickens don't just live in storybooks.

Eleanor wanted to see if there were any eggs.

Daddy pretended to feed the chickens, and they flocked toward us!

Free-range chickens are friendly!

Eleanor finds that she likes them almost as much as her cats.

Next, we met a goat, but we didn't pretend to feed him anything (we valued our fingers).

Peek-a-boo, we see...

A little pink piglet!

We'll come back again!

Eleanor gets a good parting-view.

We also visited the Burlington Teddy Bear factory and went on a tour!

The chair was for the bear, but Eleanor decided to play Goldie Locks and found that it was juuuuust right.

Eleanor watches the process of Teddy Bear making with interest.

Time out on the tour with Mom.

Eleanor holds sample teddy bear fur.

Time to explore the merchandise!

Bear-y cute, guys.

Finally, we visited the Magic Hat brewery (again).

Eleanor was wild for the lights in the flooring.

We burned off a little excess energy here- and guess who slept the whole ride home?!