Ringing the Bell

Today was a very wonderful day for this reason above:  we were on hand to see Ba-Ba as he came back from his last visit for radiation.  As is the new tradition, he got to ring the bell on the way out - there's a bell that many chemotherapy and radiation facilities are installing, one hanging on the wall.  When used, it signals to everyone another patient that has done all the prescribed radiation treatments.  Mommy didn't have this at the time when she was going through her procedures, but there is a bell in Gainesville now, as there is one here in the Daytona clinic.  So Ba-Ba rang that bell today, and on top of that they gave him this "certificate," which was nice as well.

It definitely gives us something spectacular to be thankful for, just before Thanksgiving.  How wonderful!

This commercial keeps repeating, one where cancer patients are in a bell choir, ringing those bells in harmony.  Cancer patients are seen ringing the bell on the wall as the bell choir performs, and it's very moving.  Especially so, with Ba-Ba sitting right there on the couch.  He rang that bell today, and the music of it is sweet to our ears.

On their way home, they were doing a bit of shopping for dinner tomorrow.  And we were watching dolphins surf:

Surfing Dolphins!

They came by about the same time as yesterday, but this time, not only were they looking for food, they were also surfing the waves!  Pictures don't do the moment justice, of course.  It was pretty neat!

Today Daddy and Madison were out on the beach, and we did go for a little walk - this time southward.  But on the way back, we were working on this big project in the sand.  I'm not sure how these things start, but we decided to create a water channel that connected this large reservoir of water with the ocean.  The end result was this raging river the two of us created, a water project we were quite proud of.  The channel kept moving along rather well, and we talked about irrigation for the community, saving those folks in the flood zone, and hydroelectric dams.  We've got big dreams for this little bit of property here!

Tonight, we aired out KidPak Thanksgiving Special!

We shared this online tonight, having obviously filmed it beforehand.  These are some of our favorite Thanksgiving videos from the past, connected by host videos - the hosts dressed in Pilgrim costumes.  And of course we also have the short videos filmed in all our campuses of staff, volunteers and kids all wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving.  We put this on the big television here late this afternoon, watching it together with Ba-Ba, Nana, Mommy, Madison and Daddy.  And everyone enjoyed it quite a bit.  As of this typing, it has a few hundred views, so hopefully others in the KidPak family are enjoying this as well, wherever they are.

Madison and Daddy were at the pool again, the indoor pool through.  It was nice and warm in there.  We swam for about an hour, and also used the jacuzzi, as Madison was wanting to jump in there again.  We swim for a bit, and play "Yes or No" still, trying to guess various obscure Marvel or Star Wars characters.  Or sometimes real people from play practice...!

It was a nice day, a big one of course.  Tonight as we wound down, we were watching "Christmas in Connecticut," and Nana and Mommy were doing some genealogy research together, looking at really old pictures collected on this computer.  It was a nice day, a pretty important one, and one we're all super thankful for!