We kicked off our 2017 by attending the Sunday mass and visiting my father-in-law after wards. It is important for the kids to spend as much time with their Pap now that he is still around. Dad might not recognize us anymore but I want them to show their love to their grandfather no matter what the circumstance is. He was there for them all those time since they were born and it is fitting that they return the love especially now. It's sad to see that Alzheimer's really take a toll on Dad.
During our visit, I discovered that in order to engage him fully in our conversation, we kept telling him about the times when he would rock the kids to sleep and he seems to enjoy that and laugh about it. So from now on, we will use this tactic to get him engage in a conversation.
Dad will be 95 years old this year and we hope that he could be relocated near our area so we could visit him frequently. He gets very good care at Gables though so that's a good thing although we are so far away from him.
He was attending a church service when we arrive so after we visited him, we decided to take him back to the church.
Our son volunteered to push his w\heelchair which I thought was a sweet gesture. I remember those times when Dad would take the kids on a stroller and walk them around all the time. I miss those times.
It's really nice that the facility provide this kind of service to the senior folk. The singing really entertains them.
To end the first day of our new year, we started building a 1000 pieces puzzle as part of our family bonding at the end of the day.
It was a great day to start our new year. How about you, what did you guys do during the first day of the year 2017? My Mom always told me when I was a kid that no matter what you do on the first day of the year, that's what you will do for the rest of the year.
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