People Person

Yesterday was the first day I was able to go out for a while without getting exhausted. All week long, I had promised Alex that we would go to the 'garden store' to choose a plant for our garden this year. I had hoped to be able to walk all the way to Mangone's nursery on Boston Post Road and then to a nearby restaurant for a snack. I'm thrilled to report that we did just that and I wasn't feeling like I'd been run over by a train at the end of it.

In any event, Alex was thrilled to be at 'the plant store'. He loved seeing the plants and the gardening equipment. He recalled being there last May for Mother's Day when he had chosen a potted cactus as a gift for me. He insisted on going into the covered store part of the shopping area to find another plant just like it. They weren't that stocked on inventory yet.

Alex saw an employee there and walked right up to him - presumably to ask where the cactus were. He said 'Hello. My name is Alex.'

We'd never heard him introduce himself to anyone like that before!

Alex is turning into a little people person it seems. Yay!
Monday, April 19"