Good morning…our youngest climbed into bed with us at midnight and proceeded to squirm, kick and flop around until 5:50a.m. when he exclaimed,”Mom, I am starving”. At that point I got up and put our little man in front of the boob tube with an “organic pop tart”. Not the best breakfast, but there is nothing artificial and no high fructose corn syrup. For those of you that are not familiar with high fructose corn syrup it is proven to damage the body….although corn producers are trying to now call it corn sugar…still bad…and of course the companies can say pretty much anything they want about their product until someone sues and proves otherwise. Anyway, google high fructose corn syrup and read for yourselves… Whole Foods has gone as far as to ban any product with high fructose corn syrup from the shelves and that is a pretty big statement.
We had an awesome “Day in Denver”. We started out at Larimer Square and began our scavenger hunt for historic buildings. Our group was small…just our son and one of his friends…the perfect size group…the Mister, myself and two boys…great ratio of parents to boys. We made our way down to the Oxford Hotel and treated the boys to Brunch and hot chocolate. After our tummies were satisfied we headed to Union Station. The kids had booklets to fill out along the way with questions about the buildings and what they noticed about architecture….we had 17 buildings to see on our tour. We finished off with the Capitol walking up and down all the stairs including the 61 steps up to the Dome. The views from the top were 360 degrees of pure Colorado beauty. We popped our heads in to see if the Governor was available to meet a couple of third graders, but he was out of the office….maybe he was touring NREL with V.P. Biden….Anyway, we made a quick pass through Civic Center Park to answer the last questions in the kids booklet…totally disgusting…urine on the steps and as sad as I feel for the homeless people residing there…maybe a tree would be a better option. We made our way over to the Library for drinks and snacks and sat outside to enjoy the weather and crane watching…major construction was going on across the street with 3 of 4 cranes all working at the same time….very interesting for 9 year old boys!! We then made our way back to the bus for a not so quiet ride back to school….needless to say all of the kids had a great “Day in Denver”.
Dad went to the gym this morning. I’ll take a run when he returns…then I am off to make 7 more invitations for L.O.L.’s 90th birthday party…Grandma, Uncle T. and Auntie B. yours are on the way…Saturday June 4th at her house from 2-4. We will get the critters…little boys included a walk this morning.
I work today and I think Dad is taking the boys to Boulder and then I don’t know what the plan for the day is….I am sure it will be something fun.
The youngest is still starving, so I am off to make a smoothie, flat white eggs and toast….here comes the oldest….have a great day!!!
God Bless
LLF