Enjoying a day with Miriam

... and Gabriel latter on. I usually watch Miriam on Tuesdays and we try to do something fun or at least to get out of the house. Last week did not work so well but today was a really nice day. After doing our Tuesday chores, we met with Ama Eileen, had cappucinos at home (Miriam loves ordering a cappucino, it's basically foam and chocolate powder but she feels like it's the real thing) and then went to the beach at Dash Point for a little bit of trike riding. I just love going out there. It's always pretty, there's always something fun to see (today a seal and a jelly fish) and it's just a very relaxing place. I guess it's the effect of the Pacific on me. It calms me. After that we had lunch at a Teriaky place close to our house and got home just in time for Miriam to take her nap. I had two very quiet hours to myself, which i used to do some more chores, watch some tv and read a little bit. After Miriam's nap, it was time to go get Gabe at school. He seemed to have had a good day. We got home and he played his star wars game for a bit while Miriam and I got some painting done...she had so much fun, and was so concentrated I didn't think i could make her stop... Once both were done with their activities, we took one last trip to the park that's really close to our house. We go there often between 5 and 6 pm. It seems that it's a good way to bring the evening to a close. And it is kind of fun to see the people there...we always see one guy walking his black lab and the kids get all excited because the dog reminds them of Zelda and Athos. Fortunately, the guy is really nice and always lets the kids pet his dog. After that, we got home, did dinner and all this and now i just have to put Gabe in bed and then hopefully i can enjoy a quiet evening with Brent who's already back from his meeting.