Finally, some snow to play in.....

Visitors

This weekend Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us. We tried to pack in as many fun things as possible: the zoo, Wash Park, Duffeyroll, Rioja, d Bar, hiking around Red Rocks, the Denver Mint tour (did you know that the Denver Mint holds 1/4 of the nations gold?), Casa Bonita, the 16th Street mall, our library, Confluence Park to feed the ducks and play at REI, church, and playing Rockband to name a few. Hannah had so much fun and skipped a few naps and stayed up way too late because she was just too excited to have them here. It was a great visit.

On the stage at the amphitheatre in Red Rocks there was a group playing called "The Free Jam Society"- anyone could come up and pick and instrument and play or just dance around. Hannah liked playing the maracas and the cow bell.

We hiked around the Trading Post Trail and saw a lot of beautiful scenery and luckily no rattlesnakes. Hannah even fell asleep at the end, which I could hardly believe. By the end our pants had red dust all over them!

View from our hike

enjoying some frozen yogurt with rainbow sprinkles

Of course we had to visit the famous Casa Bonita! It's a themed Mexican restaurant complete with cliff divers, a mariachi band, Black Bart's cave, an arcade, and a treasure chest filled with tootsie rolls!

Casa Bonita has all-you-can-eat sopapillas!

Hannah has always loved riding on carousels- this one is at the zoo.

our lucky day

When Hannah woke up she discovered that a leprechaun had been to our house! She followed the green footprints around the kitchen and into the family room. When there were no more footprints, she looked under the blanket that they led to and found a special St. Patrick's Day book he left for her. It was pretty funny because when I told her to follow the footprints she was a little scared (thinking the leprechaun was real) and was scared to lift up the blanket because she thought he was hiding under there. But after realizing he gave her a present, she spent the rest of the day asking where the leprechaun was and saying that he was so nice. Then we had Lucky Charms for breakfast. Hannah had 3 bowls! She especially loved the marshmallows and picked out the moons and rainbows to eat first.

After playing at the park with a friend (yeah for 70 degree weather) we went to Duffeyroll for delicious cinnamon rolls. They're flaky like croissants and very delicious. Hannah had the kind with green sprinkles and I chose Pecanilla Crunch. Yum.

Our day got very lucky when we stopped by Einstein Bagels to get some green bagels. I ordered 3 and the man helping me put 12 in and said they were free! So for dinner we had green bagels and green eggs and ham (eggs with chives and bacon).

The Latest....

This morning Ryan took Hannah to the St Patrick's Day parade-she came home with these beads and couldn't stop talking about the drums, the candy, and the dancers.

Hannah bed head. I asked her if she had crazy dreams that gave her crazy hair and she said, "No, mom. I dreamed about books, and Mom, and Dad."

The other night Hannah went into her room to dress up and this is what she came out in.

At the Aquarium

More Aquarium

We went to the art museum last weekend because it was a free day and Hannah really enjoyed it. A funny thing that happened was when I took her up to see the modern art and she saw a painting and said "She's naked!" really loud. There were some laughs from those around us.

Hannah particularly liked this piece of art. She could relate. She told me "that girl is having a fit. I have fits too!" She spent several minutes looking at all of the toys on the ground.

No, we didn't see any bears!

Since we've been having 70+ degree weather here lately, I decided to take Hannah on a hike the other day. We drove up to a place called "Lair O' the Bear." There were a few nice trails and we picked one of the shorter ones. Even though it was only a mile or so, it took a long time because we stopped a lot to look at things and Hannah wanted to poke around with her stick in the dirt. There was also a little creek with a few ducks swimming around in it. Towards the end we found a bench to sit down on and Hannah said, "hiking is fun, Mom!"

making Hannah happy

If you want to make Hannah happy, all that you have to do is take her to Noodles & Company and order some Wisconsin Mac & Cheese. Way better than out-of-the box.

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Me: What makes you happy?

Hannah: I don't know. Swans, probably.

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Hannah: Mom, what button did you just push? (on the elevator)

Me: 11

Hannah: Oh. When you push that I say 1 to 1. That's 1 to 1.

(laughter from other person riding the elevator)

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Me: What did you dream about last night?

Hannah: Cupcakes and rice.

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(we were playing an animal guessing game)

Hannah: This animal goes sssssssssssss.......it lives in a dark and spooky cave- it's not stinky.

Me: A snake?

Hannah: Yes. Snakes are a little snakey.

crafty

Look at what my sister Robyn made for Hannah. These slippers are so cute! When Hannah opened the package she said "Mom, these are wonderful!" The last crafty thing that I did was to print out some Diego clip-art onto full sheet label paper for Hannah- homeade stickers are way cheaper!

Thanks Heidi

My sister, Heidi, posted this on her blog and although she just barely sent me a surprise in the mail, I wanted to get in on this challenge. So....the first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year a special treat from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! (But it will be sooner than later!) The catch is that you must participate as well. Before you leave your comment, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Then come back, let me know you're going to play and sit back and look forward to the arrival of some delicious treat in the mail or at your door.