We went to the SB Fair last week – and saw a professional (actor?) cowboy guy do a bunch of lasso rope tricks. So Max has a small rope that he’s been ‘lassoing’ around the front yard. It’s very, very funny to watch – he’s really just yanking it around his body as fast as he can. So today, the kids were playing in the front yard, I’m working in the office and can hear the happy noises, so I’m not paying attention to what the game is. Then they both come inside, and Lucy has the rope tied very tightly around her neck, with like 16 different nots, and he’s been pulling her around, I guess like some cow. OH MY GOODNESS. It was very hard not to run and get the camera, but I’m sure the severity of the situation would have been lost. I untied her (despite her objections – “but I like it!”) and said, “You do not ever tie any living thing around it’s neck with a rope, okay?” Crazyness.