A lovely weekend in Vermont

We had a great time in Vermont this weekend. The weather was warm (high 80s on Sat, high 60s on Sun). We actually got out of the house on time Saturday morning (at 8 AM) and made it to the book sale by 10:15. It's really not that far of a drive, but add in a stop to get gas, a stop for donuts, a stop for cash, and two potty breaks for Sophie, and you can see what happened!

The book sale was wonderful, and we will definitely be attending this in the future! A high school gym and cafeteria FILLED with tables full of used books. The most expensive thing we bought was $4. I think most of the books were probably a dollar or two. We picked up a few nice books about Chinese culture and some Chinese fairy tales. I grabbed a few cookbooks and a few novels to read. Oh, and a biography of Mao, which I've wanted to read for a while.

At the booksale, we met up with the J family, who traveled to China with us to meet their daughter H. We went out for a nice Mexican lunch with them...here's H and Sophie in the parking lot afterward. They were quite friendly with each other!


After checking into the hotel, we took a little cruise over to Woodstock and Quechee VT. We drove a little further, trying to give Sophie some naptime in the car. Here are some shots from the town green in Woodstock:

We grabbed dinner in Woodstock at a lovely place called Bentley's, but there was no air conditioning and we were stuffed in a corner with no breeze. Ugh. Good food, though. Later that evening, we went to the pool. Sophie LOVED the water and didn't want to get out, despite her chattering teeth.

The next morning, we grabbed some breakfast at the hotel and then went to the King Arthur Bake Shop. It was cookie week (oh darn!), so the girls got to decorate cookies with food coloring markers. Then, we had to have a little snack from their bakery of course! I came out a little poorer (had to have one of those silly bumblebee cake pans), but quite happy with my purchases! And it's so much fun to just browse in that store!

Finally, we went to the Montshire Museum in Hanover NH (home of Dartmouth - the girls' future alma mater - HA!). Sophie had fun moving these panels around to change the path of the rolling golf balls:

EJ had fun making crazy photos with this mirror:

Sophie thought the stuffed moose should talk, like the one at the Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse!

And turning the gears was fun too!

EJ is on school vacation this week. This morning, we took Sophie to the allergist and confirmed that yes, she is allergic to peanuts after all. And cashews. And cats. More on that later. Ugh.