Adventures at the Hospital

One part I love about being a mother is seeing the world through the kids' eyes. Everything is new and exciting.

Yesterday we went to Harris Hospital in downtown Fort Worth to visit our friend Richard. He's one of the greeters at church and one of our favorite people. Going to visit an old sick man at the hospital might not sound like an adventure to some, but those people would be wrong.

First we had the excitement of the parking garage. "We're getting higher and higher! We're in the sky now!"

We parked on the top level. Adam taught me to do that a long time ago. That way I always remember where the car is. At Harris, the top level also has a Careflite helicopter, which we got to see take off.

Then there's all the elevators. Up! Down! Woohoo! We like to split up the button pressing and one one kid will press the button outside the elevator and the other one will press the button inside the elevator. "Look! There's a window on the elevator and you can see outside!"

Then we went to see Richard and give everyone a hug. It was so touching watching his wife leaning over him to tell him that she loves him.

After our visit, we rode the elevator again...more fun!

Then we followed our noses to the popcorn machine where we got to watch popcorn popping and a magic trick performed by the popcorn volunteer.

After that we chucked some pennies in the fountain and stared at that for a while.

We followed that with a few laps in the revolving doors and then the trek back to the car. It was an adventurous afternoon.