Mighty Mites

Mighty Mites Soccer started yesterday. FFM's one of two 'littlies' in a group of mostly 5 year old kids, this group is for 3-5 year olds (he is as big as the 5 year olds, but not nearly as coordinated as they are). Watching little kids learn to play group sports is one of the cutest things. The coach knows her stuff and kept them all entertained and learning skills the whole hour. We're looking forward to soccer!

F's the one in the green shirt and denim shorts right in the middle of the picture.

(Sorry the picture is so dark, practice is in a bubble dome so it can continue all winter and the light is really tricky for cameras. Frantic soccer moms were foaming at the mouth! Just kidding, we were all totally mellow about it-but we WERE all taking pictures!).

Farewell Fountain

One of our favorite hangouts this summer was the fountain at Southglenn. Nothing fancy, just some choreographed water jumping out of the concrete, but when it was hot, boy was this the place for us. Some enterprising staff member at the developers office thought some benches and café tables would be a good idea, so on any warm day you could always find a group of parents armed with snacks and towels camped out.

We are still having some pretty warm days, but with school in session and soccer staring up our days are getting too full for fountain playtime before naps. After naps, well, it's getting cool and dark early enough now there's just not enough time in the day to do all we want to do. So now we go to watch the light show at the fountains which is almost, but not quite, as much fun as playing in them.

Grand Canyon

We went on vacation! It was a two part affair- first Phoenix to visit Uncle Q and Aunt Karen, and then we all filled our cars with camping gear and headed up to the Grand Canyon for a bit of camping. After many trips flying over the Grand Canyon I finally got to see it from the ground.

As always, Mr. Man was thrilled to be camping. The first morning we woke to find a buck nonchalantly nibbling the tree next to our tent.
Since we were hiking with a three year old we chose to stick to the south rim trail, along the top of the canyon, and not venture down into the canyon itself. None of us was interested in hauling a pooped kiddo uphill when he gave up. However, he maintained full steam for our entire hike along the rim.

"C'mon Aunt Karen, this way!"

I tried not to panic about edges, and the rule was that off the path FFM had to have hold of someone's hand. He was excellent about remembering it, much to the relief of all in our party. Often the edge of the canyon was steps from the path!

Way, way, way down there you just might be able to see the mighty Colorado River (it's green). While I wouldn't rank the Grand Canyon as the prettiest canyon I've ever seen (it is good looking, though - I took plenty of photos!) it's vastness is astounding.

Hey, look, here we are at the Grand Canyon!

Typical Fall Day

I'm not sure what our official temperature readings for today will be, but it was a typical fall day here in the front range. Our reading here at Euclid Place was a low of 41F and a high of 100F.

This afternoon was the Broncos home opener, yippee! Especially since I got to go to the game with my sweetie while Grannie Annie and Eric babysat. By halftime our seats were well shaded and nice breeze came up, making the game (which we won) quite enjoyable.

It was my mom's birthday today (Happy Birthday Mom!) and while she refused my offer to make her a cake, when we arrived to pick up FFM WE were presented with a tin full of cupcakes the two of them baked today in honor of her birthday. Yum.

Quote of the Day

"Mommy, I did a 'little' naughty."