Daddy Daughter Day

ssshhhhh! This is Richard being sneaky. Ashley is taking a nap, so I'm blogging *giggle*

I recently went to the state capital for work

so I decided to bring Colette along as a little co-pilot

We got up very early while everyone was still asleep and made like a tree and leafed

We drove for four hours

I have a little tablet computer and Colette watched:

Princess and the Frog, Howl's Moving Castle, and Toy Story 3

(like, throughout the trip ... not all at once, notice I said I have 'a' little tablet

I think I would go into shock if I had to watch three movies all at once while riding in a car)

this is a snapshot Colette took of the movie while she was watching
(obviously it wasn't loud enough)

anyhow, I digress, when we finally got there, the machine shop where we were headed said they needed another hour or so to finish my order

so ... we went boating

'paddle' boating that is =)

it was this neat little canal by the downtown that wound back and forth

it then opened into this huge pond

at this point I even let her drive, while I STILL had to paddle

(note to self: don't go on a romantic paddle boat ride with someone who cannot actually assist in the paddling, like a 3 year old toddler with little legs)

on our boat ride we saw:

fish

 

ducks

and goosen ... no it would be geesen ...

who are remarkably slow to move even if a huge boat is about to ruin their lives

this is a snapshot of us running into the side of the canal while I try peddling backwards to avoid hitting them

Colette appeared to have fun, but maybe you can tell me what she is feeling from this video...

yeah... i couldn't tell either, so i'll just continue to say she had fun, haha 

afterwards we headed back to the machine shop

Colette got to help, but she had to wear her safety glasses

this is something very neat about Colette, she can never stand idly by

she always holds on to anything you're doing as if to say, "I'm helping."

after we loaded up our van we headed home

stopping for ice cream along the way

thanks for sharing in our adventure, we had a blast!