Zoo Trip

This weekend we are staying in Denver and are planning on taking a family trip to the zoo. I found out that this weekend is the appreciation day at the zoo for my hospital, and they gave us free tickets to go to the zoo and they have lunch and dinnered catered for employees and their families. Yipee- guess that seals the deal- we are going on Sunday! We will go in the morning and then have a birthday party in the afternoon- busy day. :)

Chomp!

Yesterday Lauren got bit at school – it was a bad one. Her class is full of biters, Lauren is the only one that doesn’t bite (that is what her teachers tell us). She has been bit before, but never left much of a mark. This time a little boy got her on her sholder- in that little soft skin above the back of her arm-pit, YOUCH!! She was wearing a tank top and had that delicate area exposed. They had to ice it, and when we picked her up it was still swollen and very red with broken skin. Poor baby, she must have cried and had a bad time with it because she kept telling us about it last night. Why do kids do that??


On a better note~ this morning when I was helping her get dressed she looked me in the eye, put her and on my cheek and said “Mommy, I love you” and smiled. I cried (happy tears of course) and she said it again and hugged me and held me tight. What a loving little girl! She has been saying “I Love you” for a couple weeks, but this was in just such a loving context I was overwhelmed. I wish I could bottle that moment forever….

Elmo Shirt

Lauren is the hit of her class at daycare in this shirt. Thanks Grandma V! ~ Lauren loves to open the random packages!

Winter Park

On a little nature hike near wear Jeff and his dad hunt for elk.

What kind of berries are these?

I am starting to see where those eyes come from...

Tamboreen

Playing along with the band. She helped dress herself, so Yes, that is an inside-out-and-backwards pink t-shirt underneath her tank-top. I would have picked out a taste-full plain tshirt sans tank-top.

Camping

Last weekend was our annual camping trip with friends. We has a BLAST!! We had friends come from as far away as Madison, WI- although everyone was missing my brother "the woodsman". Not a huge fan of the campground we went to- they cut down all the trees so we were pretty much in the open (this is the case in much of Grand County because of the pine beetle...).

Some moose at the campground.

I brought a bag of "googly eyes" and some tacky glue and the kids glued them to leaves, sticks, pinecones, rocks and fungi.  They had a blast, then when everything was dry Ava organized an art show of their work. They even had the chairs all lined up for us- it was too cute.

Kelty

We got a Kelty backpack at a thrift store, so excited to use it this summer. We got the one with the sunshade, although we didn't have it on this trip because it is very wooded and not sunny.  Poor Lauren was tired and fell asleep right away, but she enjoyed carrying some sticks in her hands, and Elmo was her friend for the hike. :)

Tricycle

Lauren's new tricycle, her and Grandma V talked me into it one day... she is a bit short in the legs to peddle very well, but she really likes it anyway.

Hard-drive is dead

So.... the hard drive on my Dell died, that is why I am having so many computer problems. They are sending someone to my house to replace it (nice!) and it is thankfully still under warranty. But, in the meantime I might not be posting much. I will be busily and nervously trying to back-up all of my pictures and videos. Lucky enough, I am pretty good about backing up things.  Be warned- my computer is less than 2 years old and this is happening- ALWAYS back-up your important pics and stuff- you just never know.