We’ve headed south to spend some time with David’s family in New Mexico. Coming from Colorado, the drive is so nice and short. For once, we didn’t arrive at 5am sporting baggy black circles under our eyes! We got here early afternoon, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Very nice, indeed. We brought along a few handmade gifts: […]
So of course, she cut them herself. Alone in the closet. We found her in a pile of curls, a newly found pair of baby scissors in hand. I just stared. Deja vu, all over again. “Baby, I thought you weren’t ever going to cut your hair again.” She avoided my eyes and stood up, […]
We headed south along the mountains for a day trip to Colorado Springs. The mountains form a steady range all the way. They are really breath-takingly beautiful. Little yellow airplanes flying through the mountains. See the paragliders? To me that looks incredibly fun. Paragliders coming in for a landing…wheeeeeee! And then, boom. The mountains themselves […]
Zia and I headed out to the Denver Art museum last weekend. It’s a great, friendly place that really caters to kids, and admission is free on the first Saturday of each month. We stayed for 3 hours…and saw only about a tenth of the museum! Here’s the real reason we stayed so long: the […]
When you find yourself in a brand new land, away from everyone and everything familiar, it seems that everywhere you look are opportunities to make yourself a new life, your own special traditions, and the way to make a place your very own home. You have to actually look for the ways, though. You can’t […]
