Visit with Mum

On Sunday afternoon me Mum came to visit :)    She arrived just towards the end of the Eagles game (ugh, those Eagles!!) so Christian and I watched the game in Stapleton where I work so we would be closer to the airport.  I went and grabbed my mom and brought her back to the bar just in time to see end of that wonderful game.  After the game we came home and relaxed a bit and got ready for dinner.  We had dinner at Olivea which is about a 10 minute walk from out house.

 

 

We started off with some yummy Sangria.

Christian had:

grilled skirt steak, romesco, agro dolce onions and crispy potatoes

 

Maura had:

house made agnolotti: three sided sweet corn stuffed pasta finished with mint and parmesan

I ordered salmon but they were out :(  So I got:

tagliatelle pasta, braised rabbit, exotic
mushrooms and toasted hazelnuts

 Overall it was really good- Maura's was the best!

The next morning poor Christian had to go to work :(  I ended up having off the whole time my mom was here because my client went to Boston to meet his new cousin.  So my mom and I headed to Boulder.   We started off with breakfast at The Buff, then walked around South Pearl street.  I had never been there but it was VERY cute!!  I didn't really get good pictures bu there were lots of shops!

 

The Wenger Shop... for some reason I have several pics from here...

Wall of knives...

Biggest pocket knife EVER

On the way home we randomly stopped at a pumpkin patch.

Here is Maura using her little saw to cut a pumpkin off the vine

Later Monday night we had drinks on South Pearl Street near Wash Park and dinner at the Village Cork.  Dinner was fun- let's just say it was quite the people watching crowd at dinner!!

Children's Museum

On Friday Carolyn and I had a play date with our kiddos at the Children's Museum (I also have a members pass here- yay!).  The museum is very cute.  It's set up a lot like The Please Touch Museum but the rooms are a lot closer together, which makes for a fun day of chasing little ones!  

First up was the Whole Foods Market

Making some pizza

This is Carolyn's oldest charge (3).

And her youngest charge (1)

Next is the Wood Shop Room.

I think it is safe to say this was my client's favorite room.  He LOVES using his tools at home to 'fix things.'  However, I was not prepared for the REAL saws, pliers, scissors, etc.  DANGEROUS!!

Mr. Fix-it hard at work...

On to the Forest/Ant Tunnel Room

The Train Room

The Bubble Room- MESSY!!

 In this booth you pull on the rope and it surrounds you with bubble walls!

Carolyn's little one was a bit terrified ha...

Snack time!

The firetruck room was under construction but they had a little one that we stopped at on our way out. 

Serious business...

 

We ended on a not so good note when Carolyn had to peel the little guy out of the firetruck and in doing so they both slammed their heads on the truck- yikes!

Overall it was a fun morning!