Two Monkeys: Nicholas & Joshua Read

Thursday July 10, 2014 - Our day with Nicholas ! Because Joshua wasn’t with us today, we decided to go bike riding with Nicholas.  We set out at about 10 a.m., going east on the Pleasant Park sidewalk.  Jean went ahead, then Nicholas, and then me.  Nicholas was a little slow, but very steady.  Jean got ahead a way, but I was just behind Nicholas, ringing my bell when I wanted him to go a bit faster.  He stopped me underneath an oak tree and told me he wanted to pick up the “dreidles” lying about.  He pocketed 4 acorns and we resumed riding. It took about 20 minutes to get to the bike path that leads to the allotments; Nicholas was more relaxed and zipped along the paved path to our garden.   The first thing we did was check the peas that he’d planted 2 weeks ago - growing nicely.  Then I attached the hose and Nicholas watered much of the garden.  Then he noticed me using the Japanese hand-hoe I bought 2 or 3 years ago at Lee Valley, cutting off weeds.  He wanted to try!  The zucchini p

Nicholas had a fantastic time at his first bluesfest. He danced and ate beaver tails with mama. He did complain that it was a bit hot. We had taken the bus down to the site. It was a fantastic day with mama.