Today, I took a day off work. I have been working 6 and 7 days every week since the new year. Mommy had an idea to go downtown, so Eric could see the canal dyed green for St. Patrick’s day.
We started off downtown at a restaurant called Potbelly Sandwiches. The sandwiches were very good. Eric ordered a PB&J, and it came on a toasted bun. He really liked it! We ate outside on the patio. The restaurant was right on the circle in downtown Indy, so we had a great view of the Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument.
After lunch, we walked across the street and climbed the monument stairs to the observation deck at the top. Okay, we actually took the elevator. The monument stands 284 feet tall. For comparison, the Statue of Liberty is just 21 feet taller. If we had taken the stairs, the gift shop attendant assured me that there were exactly 330 steps to the top. As it turns out, we still had to climb a few steps from the elevator to the observation deck. Eric really enjoyed the view. I showed him where he could see the restaurant where we had just eaten lunch. It looked very tiny from way up there.
(If you look very closely near the middle of the above photo, you can see where we ate lunch. It is the third arch from the left on the building just to the right of the road.)
After the elevator ride back to the bottom, we walked a few blocks west to the canal. It rained last night, so most of the green dye was gone from the water, but we enjoyed a short walk along the canal and watched the ducks in the water. It was getting close to dinner time, so we walked back toward the circle to get our car and drive home. It was a fun day! What a great idea Mommy had! I thanked her for convincing me to take a day off from work to enjoy the weather, our fine city, and of course my wonderful family!
Since my blog posts have been sparse so far this year (okay, basically nonexistent until now), I have some photos below with captions to catch you up on Eric’s activities this year.
Eric helps put away the Christmas decorations in January. He was not happy about putting away the train until next year.
We had very little snow this winter, but Mommy took every opportunity to let Eric play outside whenever we got new snowfall. Here he gets ready to go outside.
He looks so cool shoveling the snow!
Eric is ready for pajama day at school! As an extra treat, Daddy went to work late and was able to drop Eric off at school!
Eric is playing games on Mommy’s laptop. Just another lazy winter day…
Eric gets to ride his new Super Cycle in the cold January air. Santa brought this all the way from the North Pole, so it must be a cold weather toy!
Get your motor runnin’!
Lookin’ for adventure!
January also gave opportunity to ride his bicycle.
Is Mommy still taking my picture?
Mommy and Eric brought dinner to my office for St. Valentine’s day, since I was working late. Eric helped Mommy make heart-shaped chocolate brownies with pink icing. They were delicious!
Eric taking a self portrait. He does have an eye for cuteness!
Grandma D read Eric a bedtime story via webcam last week and again tonight. Eric was very excited! Grandma was very excited, too! It is so wonderful that modern technology can bring these special moments to both of them, although they are separated by 150 miles!
This week was green week at Eric’s preschool. Eric chose his favorite tee shirt for Tuesday. I bought this for him about 1 1/2 years ago while travelling in Mexico on business. It was quite large on him then, but it seems to fit just right today.
Mommy bought this new outfit for Eric. He wore it to school on Thursday during green week.
Mommy and Eric played at the playground this week. The unseasonably warm weather this past week meant plenty of outdoor activities!
Enough of this ride…on to the next activity!
Eric is a great climber! This ladder was no challenge at all!
Weeeeeeeee!