Rid'm Cowboy!

The other day Marlene heard Joshua calling out, "Come, Joel, come." She was curious as to what they were upto and went to see. Joshua wanted Joel to ride the horse with him. Joshua likes the idea of cowboys with guns. If it's a small stick that he finds, it's a gun. If it's much bigger, then it's a sword.

No guns?

This is one of those signs that tends to catch the eye so I took a picture of it. The sign in on the glass door of the parking area entrance to Mi Kasa, a department store here in Quito. I had to do a double-take to make sure that I was seeing things correctly!

The sign is a drawing of a gun with a line through it inside a red circle, like the kind you see for No Smoking or No Drinks.

Requirements for a good office chair

My boss is checking out a new office chair to see if it meets one of his requirements: it must be comfortable enough to sleep in. Ok, I'm not sure that this is an actual requirement of his but it does help for those warm sunny afternoons after a good lunch.

I'm now working out of my new office in the Administration building (where my boss' office is) so I'm more removed from operations. It is good as it gives me some time to work on the many administrative tasks which have been suffering because of my direct involvment in managing the day-to-day.

Future drivers

We went to Parque Carolina the other weekend. After riding his bike around for quite a bit, Joshua spotted these cars that were being rented by the lap (a small lap for a small price). Seeing them, he wanted to drive them.

When we go grocery shopping, many times we'll take the boys to Jugueton where they can climb into these cars and pretend to drive them. Seeing them out in the open where he actually could drive them was something new.

Joshua did quite a good job of driving, although I had to correct his steering several times. The good news is that the cars don't go very fast and I was able to walk alongside them.

Joel was quite content to sit next to his brother and play with the radio...