Wowed by Wicked

Sunday afternoon was another wonderful cultural outing for me and D-man. We took the light rail downtown to meet friends for brunch at Panzanos. We then walked to the theatre and got to walk in right when they opened the doors. We had 6 ROW seats which were amazing. The kids checked out the orchestra pit and were really into the set.

D-man really enjoyed the show. At the end of the first act he said, "that was a really good way to end it at intermission." He was definitely feeling the power of the scene - so did I.

At the end of the show, we got some frozen yogurt and headed home on the light rail. It was an amazing day and I was so happy to share it with him.

When I tucked him in for bed, he asked if we could sing a song from the show and allowed me to choose. As I knew his favorite scene was "Defying Gravity," I chose that one. What a "wow" moment. Truly.

Minnesota Weekend

Last weekend I was lucky enough to spend a 3-day weekend with my sister and her family. Their new house is GREAT and it was so great to get in some baby time with my adorable nephew. Some walks by the lake, shopping, and some fun dinners made for a memorable trip. Thank you Marshall family!

What a Good welcome home (w some help from dad)

Legos!

T-man has really been enjoying doing Legos. Here he is with his latest creation. After a trip to the Lego store with Marshall this week, he has repeatedly asked to go to the mall. We may be in trouble.

A Commuting Buddy

D-man was finally old enough to attend the the "Take your daughters and sons to work day" at my work today. It was nice to have a companion on the morning drive. It was also a GREAT opportunity to listen to the "Wicked" CD and discuss the story line in preparation for seeing the show on Sunday.

After a couple of exercises in the morning for the kids, I participated in a "guess who" session that was focused on stereotyping. One team thought I was a software engineer because of the necklace I was wearing. I am going to request the software engineers on the product I am working on start wearing more jewelry. :)

After a few introductions, we headed to a sushi lunch (D-man's choice) with my co-worker and his son. We then headed to school so D-man could participate in the "Greek Olympics and festival." Marshall and D-man made some tasty hummus and psomi (Greek bread) for the event and I volunteered.

What a crazy, special day. Not sure how I have a child old enough to go to work with me.......

Lunch Date

Taken at Highline Academy

Doing Something Right

D-man was just having a conversation with his friend from down the street. They had played earlier in the day together but his friend had to have Easter lunch with his family. When his friend came back, D-man said, "that was more like 2 hours." His friend said, "sorry." D-man said, "That's not a sorry. It is nice to be able to eat with your family." When I hear such sweet things come out of my son's mouth, it makes me think we are doing something right. Happy Easter.

Spring Break

There's truly not enough room in a blog for all the wonderful memories and pictures from our spring break trip to see Marshall's family and ski. We may have lacked winter in Colorado, but we made up for it in Idaho with lots of snow and wintery weather. Highlights included:

• The boys (and us) spending time with their grandparents, cousin, and aunt and uncle
• Getting in a swimming pool in winter while staying at the lodge right on the slopes 
  
• D-man practicing card tricks with Granddad
• Both boys getting to ski with Gramma 
• Wonderful dinners, conversations, and family time
• Beverages and hot tubbing after a day on the slopes 
• The boys being SO sweet with their cousin 
• Gramma getting her iPad and T-man teaching her Angry Birds
• A movie for the boys at the Lodge movie theater while I enjoyed reading by the fire and Marshall got time with his parents

A beautiful day on the slopes

With their sweet, adorable cousin

The amazing view

Après-ski

Card tricks with Granddad

What a great vacation!

Spring Hike

While the dry conditions make Colorado a huge fire hazard right now, it made for a great spring hike last weekend. We enjoyed a nice hike along the stream, some snacks, and then came back to Denver for some fro-yo (frozen yogurt). A great Sunday.

Throwing rocks, sticks, anything

is this going to be the brother pose?

Surviving the Science Fair

Another year. Another science fair project completed. D-man did a great job this year. Formatting is better. Organization is better. Still tried my patience. But, we are all better educated about why animals blink. And D-man was proud that his hard work paid off. So were we.

Butterfly Pavilion

Field trip to the Butterfly Pavilion with the Highline Academy 2nd grade class. Was nice to be there with D-man. Thankful for a job with flexibility.