Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label denver. Show all posts

Friday, July 13

Pete the Cat

We had a special opportunity today to watch Eric Litwin perform.
He is the author of the Pete the Cat books; one of our all time favorite authors. 

 Eric Litwin

 practicing our Metallica concert moves to Four Groovy Buttons



 book signing with Eric

enjoying the splash pad (after the concert)





 sooooo cold !





Thursday, July 24

Tiny Town

Our first Colorado adventure was the Tiny Town Railroad!

On our way to Tiny Town, we had to traverse a bit of the city, starting out in Highlands Ranch and heading west on the highway...Charlie (especially) seemed very shocked by the sudden elevation changes and curvy roads, he would shout, "HANG ON" and hold tight to the car's roof handle. He wasn't scared, instead, very, very excited! Keep in mind - we were still in the city - then Charles decided to take us through Deer Creek Canyon. At this point, the kids started repeating lines from one of their favorite stories, We're Going on a Bear Hunt! The whole rest of the trip we were on a bear hunt...


We visited Tiny Town 2 years ago in 2006.
Ella (3 years), Danika (my friend Kylie's daughter, 11 months), Charlie (10 months)


Charlie (2 years 10 months), Sophie (11 months), Ella (5 years), Danika (2 years 11 months)

Ella was very excited to get back to Tiny Town, she remembers her visit 2 years ago vividly.


Charlie would wait for the train each time it circled around. Needless to say, he was VERY excited to be SO close!


The roundhouse!


Many businesses in town have donated small replicas of themselves creating the (child-size) Tiny Town village. The Rocky Mountain Harley dealership is always one of our favorites!


I love this picture, look at the way the kids are looking at each other...what do you think they were talking about?!?

Wednesday, July 23

gran's ponies

This is Ella (proudly) with the collection of My Little Ponies my mom has saved from when we were kids. Actually, I learned that they were purchased from a garage sale for Audrey (my youngest sister). The collection includes many different ponies, a stable, and accessories (with a very exciting birthday party set). Ella played with these ponies 2 years ago when we last visited Denver. She has talked about "the ponies that live in Gran's basement" non-stop since...just aching to play with these ponies. It's no surprise that it was one of the first things she did when we arrived! These ponies have definitly ridden out some miles!