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 […]
Snug as bugs in a rug, we’re having a perfect Thanksgiving tucked away here in the mountains. Although it’s a holiday, David had to work (from home), so Zia and I took a walk in the sunshine, where the cold almost melts away in the warm brightness. Even in the bright sunshine, though, the wind […]
Zia has always been petrified of swings. She would bravely ask to try a baby swing, then shake with fear if I began to move it even a little. Until just the other day, when we were at the big playground watching kids swing. She asked again, and this time she conquered that swing! Now […]
