The Mint

A couple pics from our trip to the Mint last Friday. Brenda Jones and I took the younger kids, basically just to get out of the house and do something. Yes that is a real gold bar in the picture...worth a lot of cashola, that guard had a real gun strapped in his holster. As you can see from below, Jacob quite liked the Moose Mountie. At the Winnipeg Mint they only make coins, no paper, but this is no small job, they pump out over 600,000 coins a day, and also make currency for more than 20 other countries. It's actually an interesting tour if you are ever in Winnipeg.

I took a few pictures of Jack outside before Brenda arrived, I loved this one of him mid clapping, he was quite delighted with something, I think the flags fluttering in the wind.

After we left here I had to take Jack to the pediatrician. What a hassle, there should be laws about pediatiricians running on schedule. It was almost 2 hours from the time we arrived to the time we left, and we only saw him for 15 minutes. argh. I think that's one of the hardest things about mothering, keeping all of your kids appointments and being patient about it.