Emma and her husband Jay are threatening to come visit the farm with Robin in the Spring. There are numerous logistics to figure out, namely how they will get here. I also need get a crib for her and a car seat and other things so that they won’t have to haul a ton of things up from New York.

I think the farm will be something of a shock for Robin, although I think it will be a nice shock. Lulu and Fanny love kids, and kids love Lulu and Fanny. A good place to start the tour.

The current plan calls for them to take the train to Albany, where we can pick them up, or they might rent a car. We’ll see. To prepare Robin, I’ve begun a series of video/letters for her so she will be prepared for things like donkeys, chickens, barn cats and sheep, things she has never seen in Brooklyn.

In the video. I sneer a bit at her hip and snooty parents, but I’m mostly kidding. They are not snooty at all. Anyway, I’ll  share these videos with you. I told Robin donkeys are a lot like small and precocious children – independent, sometimes affectionate, sometimes not, unpredictable and wicked smart. Come along.