Denver Children's Museum

One of my missions while we were all on leave was to visit as many of the "sights" that we've been missing as we could. After all, we were free on weekdays, when everything is so much quieter -and it is, it was great! Anyway, one of the highlights for E was the Children's Museum in August.

Their big feature this summer was a water exhibit, which of course gained my attention. It was fun, and E would have liked to do more, actually...

E really liked this, which was just PVC that you could move around to make the water flow down different ramps. Obviously Ray was entertained as well. We should probably just build one...

E would also like to have this fishing game in his house.

He was impressively good at it, and VERY persistent. (E, that is, although I just realized that Ray has both rods in this pic).

Speaking of persistent, E would wait for FOREVER to catch one of these bubbles.

Success! Look at those determined little shoulders.

This was the highlight for the adults:


T and I had to stay out of the soap filled slippery room, so we have to go back for our turn. Soon.

I would never have thought the pretend grocery store would be such a hit, but here you go:

Cracker and dairy shopper extraordinaire. Carbs and dairy, just like his mama.

And then there was the woodland playground. I had to take E through the intimidating tunnels the first time, and then this rabbit came out and dragged Ray through.


There was even fun to be had outside after the museum closed.



(Hopscotch, the chalkboard cow. Ray's signature duck on her shoulder.)

Follow that up with dinner at the alehouse (probably my first whole beer in a LONG time) and it was a pretty awesome day for all of us!

Boulder County Fair-July

More from the phone that sees everything and goes everywhere!

We rushed from our newborn photo shoot to the Boulder County Fair because I promised E he could pet rabbits. He did pet the rabbits (and T got to eat in the middle of the rabbit barn - possibly first public bottle), but E was way more into the bigger animals and the rides.


Cam literally peed the entire time E was hanging out with him. Also: Cam is small. E is 40 inches tall, people. In other news, the last time I saw Cam was at a college football game where he tried to eat the astroturf. MY mascot drags his four cross-country athlete handlers. Hence, Boulder County fair has to recruit from that school up north.

No, not bitter about the result of this year's football game, why do you ask?


E is finally brave enough to enjoy the petting zoo, but he liked this attraction better:

Yes, corn. Lots of it. In his shoes. Whee!

E got his first carnival ride, and then we dragged him across the fairgrounds for mini donuts. Because they're Ray's favorite fair food. Can't you tell?

Apparently they were "cold", but I've never seen such a sad reaction to DONUTS. (I got ones with chocolate and crazy toppings on them and was quite happy. Goofballs.)

The first real fun at a petting zoo and first fair ride are both milestones, but E's biggest achievement was the last of the night. It cost $5 and fortunately they would give the money back if the kid chickened out - which E did, twice. But in the end, he got on, and it was all he talked about for a couple of days.

Oh yeah, pony ride! (Yes, the ponies were on a turnstile and yes Ray walked around next to him. Still, major achievement.)

Iphonography- July

Okay, time to get updated. When I started downloading pics, I realized that my phone tells the story of the last few months pretty well, and there are a few I've missed, so here we go...

I'm cheating here, because it was June 30, but probably our last big dinner out as a family of three. I do NOT recommend bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers to the highly pregnant. Just sayin'.


Something very important happened mid-July:

And his first manicure followed quickly thereafter (given Ray's hair, this is definitely after he slept in the hospital chair...):


Not even sure what is going on here, but I love the picture, so here you are:

July brought a lot of naps, too.

July was pretty mellow. More to come!