Congrats to Supermom again! This time for doing her first Olympic distance triathlon. She did the
Loveland Lake to
Lake Triathlon (1.5K swim, 30 mile biking and a 10K run). As usual we are very proud of her. Interestingly, this is just a warm up for the August 2007 EAS 5430 Long Course Triathlon. This one is a half Iron Man (1.2 mile swim, 56 miles biking and 13.1 mile run).
What else? I will catch you up on Morhéa’s past week. We will start with a photo from last month that we really enjoyed. It is of Morhéa dancing at Patrick and Jeannie’s wedding. She had a blast there and we are really glad that they were nice enough to let Morhéa be a part of their special day.
Then we move onto Splash day at school. Every Thursday afternoon the kids dress in everything from swim suits to bare butts. It is pretty funny. They turn on all of the sprinklers and let them go at it. It is around 100 degrees these days here so the water is a welcome relief whether you know it or not. Morhéa loves water of all kinds.
A few weeks ago we went to “La Piazza dell’Arte” in Larimer Square downtown. This was a pretty cool art show where artists and students transformed Larimer Square into a street museum. Anything from general artwork to famous painting were drawn on the sidewalks for everyone to enjoy.
Morhéa also loves her Splash Park near where we live. They have lots of activities for the kids to enjoy and most of them are very shallow which limits the chance of injury. Her and her friends love to play there.
Lastly, the 4th of July!!! Our party started on the 3rd. We wanted to take Morhéa to somewhere where she would have a good time. We took her to the Heritage Square near our house. It is a nice old school museum/activity place for the kids. It wasn’t really what I expected. Beer tents and loud music plus all of the rides. We ended up riding on the train around the park and then on a few others before standing in a very long line for 1 hot dog, 1 elk Braut, 1 small nachos and some drinks. Got those and headed out to the parking lot for the fireworks. This year Morhéa understood what was going on and didn’t like the noise so much. She loved the fireworks minus the noise. We ended up watching them with some friends in the car and everything went better.
The next morning we got up and went to the Lyons Park 4th of July party in Golden sponsored by the Lions Club. It was really fun. They had free blow-up jumpy houses to bounce around in for Morhéa, a free jungle gym, mimi-golf, music, food and beer at 10 AM. We spent the better part of the morning plus part of the afternoon there. Went home for a nap and then started cooking dinner for the family. The neighbors around the corner started shooting off fireworks around 4:00PM and didn’t end until around 11:00 PM. Most of their spent cartridges ended up in our yard. We ate dinner on the deck and you could here rocket parts falling through the trees everywhere. None exploded in the yard or else I would of have to bust out some Todd on them. Again, Morhéa got scared with all of the big booms. So we decided to watch the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on TV. I have seen a lot of fireworks in my day but the Boston ones were pretty cool. Since they weren’t as loud Morhéa loved them and we watched most of them. Then waited until the neighbors cooled off and finally got her into bed around 10-10:30.
I will say that Colorado has got nothin’ in upstate, NY. Come down to my cousins place on Lake Ontario and you will experience some of the best food and entertainment ever. Things haven’t changed on ounce from the first 4th I can remember. (minus the fact my brother and I no longer wear matching swim suits.) The food is the same: white hot dogs, Dad’s German Potato Salad, wilted cabbage salad, macaroni salad, regular potato salad, red hots, hamburgers, jello salad, Kitt’s meat hot sauce and the list goes on. Washers, which has become a very popular game around these parts. Fireworks in every direction. Fireworks are illegal in NY but that doesn’t stop us New Yorker’s from driving 3-4 hours to Pennsylvania to buy real fireworks. The result is truly amazing. Think the Rockies fireworks show in every direction for miles and miles. Bonfires that start with wood 20 feet high and then when lit double their height. One of the best time you will every have. I missed every minute this year!! We will be back next year for sure though!!
T
P.S. – Dad and Carolyn are headed to Alaska for a few weeks for a trip of their lifetimes!! Have fun kids!
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