Fun days in Colorado

3 days left before we leave to "Kapal" (as J calls it); although we have TONS of responsible tasks remaining to prepare for our trip...    INSTEAD!...   

We went to C's birthday party - She's ONE!  Can we love any little girl more??  I think not!

AND... We went bowling.  "HAPPY (early) BIRTHDAY", Uncle Michael!

THEN, we went to the Aquarium.

those were some nice trout, Grandpa...

Uhh, mermaids??  I later assured J that they were just girls in suits.  He looked relieved!

J in the glass reflection checking out the jelly fish

and finally, today, I watched both C & J all day (hip hip hurray!) while K & C went snow boarding!

Here's J fixing his rescue helicopter engines -

"There's 'hoop a doops' stuck in the engines, Grandma!"   (translation:  fruit loops)

C slept soundly in the next room until J went in to wake up sleepy head Uncle Michael  Hey!  It's 2 pm!  Wake up!  His last indoor game is tonite... :-(

J practiced his picture taking skills; he's to be the photographer while I'm gone so I can see him grow!

a little blurry, but he'll improve!

C later fell asleep in my arms to my 'Peter, Paul and Mary' rendition of "Puff the magic dragon"... as I tried not to cry...

So, instead of doing all the important stuff we were supposed to do before leaving....(like income taxes, ugh!) well, we had some fun days in Colorado!