Ready for Preschool

Every morning Justin tries to grab Katie's lunch bag or her jacket as she is getting ready for school. I think he wants to go too. So one morning after she had left I found him holding all this stuff. He had grabbed and balanced all of it on his own and came to me saying "heavy."

So of course I helped him clean up his load and got a picture of it. I think he's trying to tell me he's ready for preschool.

Sibling Fun

Justin decided to put this Halloween bucket on his head. Katie saw this and decided to copy him. These two monsters of mine are constantly copying each other.

Great Park Pumpkin Harvest & Food Drive 10-22-11

We took the kids to the Great Park Pumpkin Harvest and Food Drive on Saturday for some pre-Halloween fun. First stop, the carousel.

For this event there was a free train ride. What did David do to past the time while waiting in line? Play with his iPhone! He is always on this machine every chance he gets.

After we were done with the rides it was time to pick out a pumpkin.

As you can see Katie did not enjoy this process at all. Here she is complaining about how heavy the pumpkin is.

Finally it's time for lunch! We went to this placed called Asian Tapas.

Green onion pancakes

Chinese style roast beef roll

Beef noodle soup

 Fried pork chop with rice

After lunch, Katie had her first lollipop ever.

After a few sucks she decided she didn't like lollipops and threw it away.

Colorado's State Capitol 10-16-11

Our last day in Colorado we had some time to kill before our flight so we went to visit the state capitol.

This step is exactly one mile above sea level.

Air Force Academy 10-15-11

On Saturday we took the kids to the United States Air Force Academy.

The kids got a souvenir football.

This is the Cadet Chapel. It was very pretty.

What's interesting about this chapel is there are four different areas of worship. This is the main chapel for Protestants. This chapel was the largest of the four.

This is the chapel for Catholics. The chapels got progressively smaller.

This is the chapel for Buddhists. The Buddhist and Jewish chapels got progressively smaller. I can't post the picture of the Jewish chapel because for some reason the picture isn't in the proper direction.

The kids were so amazed by the view that they couldn't stop looking at it.

For lunch we stumbled upon a really good place called Schlotzsky's Deli. Katie needed to use the bathroom so we were actually going to pull into a McDonald's because it was close but then we saw this place and decided to try it. I'm glad we did. This is their original hot sauce.

I got the angus roast beef & cheese. These buns are amazing! I think that's what made this place so good.

David got the fiesta chicken.

This is the kids turkey and cheese.

Justin absolutely loves chips.

And so does his sister!

I thought the bathroom signs in this place was funny.

After lunch we took the kids for a train ride on Pike's Peak Cog Railway.

Apparently Katharine Lee Bates, the author of America the Beautiful, first wrote this poem while visiting Colorado Springs. This is a monument with the lyrics of the poem on it.

I didn't know this but apparently it is difficult to bake at high altitudes. These are special donuts baked at the summit of Pike's Peak.

The kids were so tired out that they fell asleep on the way down.

For our last dinner in Colorado we went back to Biker Jim's Restaurant.

David got the off the street burger with fries. Which was very good but also very big.

This is the first hot dog the kids ever had and they actually loved it.

I got the duck cilantro dog with fried green tomatoes. I think the southwest buffalo dog was the best. I really wanted the charred tahini cauliflower one last time but when we got there there was a sign saying they were out of it for the night. Oh wells.