At the office

Today became a family day at Joe's office. We helped him move from one work space into another.


Below is a picture of our son, Aaron, picking up some priceless objects to be transfered to the other office space.




"Now dad, we need to get this place organized"





"Just make a decision about this piece of paper, then we'll move on to the next item"



Sarah got off from work and came over to her dad's office to add her services.


Thanks to Aaron's great organizational skills and Sarah's 'go-fer' skills, the dadoos office is neat, tidy and ready to do business. Oh yes, the Mom helped a little too.

An evening walk

Today has been a good exercise day. This afternoon I walked for over an hour around my neighborhood. I hadn't been home to long when my hubby called me and said "Let's go walking at the Point Gardens."
The sun was setting, but we got in another good hour walk. We had a chance to explore the children's garden this time. There is so much there: a splash park with a Noah's Ark. Of course the water isn't turned on yet. It's still crazy Spring weather here . A bear cave with a huge bear sculpture inside, and there's a recording of a bear growling. There are actually several very nice bronze animal sculptures around.
We walked around in a maze. We meandered all about on a path lined with bushes. It was really well done. There's a playhouse, an art sculpture that kids can climb through; little waterfalls and a pond; and several activity buildings that were closed.
It was getting to dark by then to get any good pictures, but next time I'm down there I'll take a couple. The Noah ark is pretty neat.



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Tulip time

Joe and I went back to the gardens at Thanksgiving point. This time many of the Tulips were up. We bought ourselves a season pass, so now we have a nice place to take walks. The pass allows us to take guests in for half price. An adult guest will be $5. and children , 3 and over, are only about $2. with our pass. If needed, there are several modes of transportation for rent.: children's wagons, motorized wheelchairs (there are a couple of styles), large strollers, golf carts and we even saw some people on some crazy motorized Segways. Those looked weird. We prefer getting our exercise, but some people can't do that.
We noticed that there's also a separate children's garden with a separate entrance. We don't know what's in there and that part's not open yet. It has it's own large building. Maybe, it has some educational stuff for kids. That would be good.
I look forward to seeing the trees fill with leaves and more flowers.
In the main building, where we bought our pass, there's a sign that tells how much is in bloom in the gardens. It's so early in the year, that it's only at 25%. So it's just going to get better and better in there.

Here is where three streams, combine and fall down a deep hole.


A few of the Tulips, here in the fore ground.


Yellow Daffodils and some Tulips that are still closed.

Knitted blanket

Today I finished knitting a blanket. When laid out it covers most of the top of my king sized bed. It took somewhere between 50-60 hours to complete. Soon I'm moving on to an embroidery project for a change of pace. I've never been crafty before this. But with my family grown, it's nice to move beyond the world of child care and into some fun projects.