Day 394

Jamie hosted another Parlor Car Chat today, this one about the California Shortline Railroad Association presented by executive director Don Norton. Jamie's been their webmaster for over a decade. AJ had a baseball game today, for which he's been doing quite a bit of prep and conditioning lately. They won. We had a very rare dining event today: ALL of us out at a restaurant together! At Walter's Pizza. Jamie and Lynn picked up supplies for Jamie's outing to the Calhan Depot tomorrow. Fina's show closed tonight, and I understand they did get to have a cast party of sorts at a park.

Day 393

AJ and Papa found out it was much colder than it appeared walking to school this morning. Windy! Even the car-driven folks were chilled. Flying Horse Foundation activities today included a visit to the two-week-old and her mom. They're Percherons, and the foal will eventually be the same mottled gray. Nana and Papa got to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time tonight, the Spring DCC High School play - live and in person! First live theater for us since COVID began; felt so good. Fina co-choreographed the final dance number AND understudied ALL 5 female roles. While I never really got into the story itself (Nana did big time), every aspect of the production was fabulous: set, blocking, acting, accents, timing, movement, etc. Bravo! See the Theatrics page.

Day 392

Our last outing with Sandy and Syd (before their return to CA) was to the new U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum downtown. If you're into the Olympics, you need to go. If you're interested in the latest technologies for museums of any kind, you need to go. And I didn't mind that we ate lunch overlooking a rail yard beneath us, a park across the way, and Pikes Peak in the background. Pretty good food at their Flame Cafe, too. AJ got going today on using the new exercise bike. Tonight's movies: The Sapphires and The Founder, both real-lifers.

Fina's show at DCC opened tonight: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Fina co-choreographed the one dance number in the show and understudied all five female roles! See the Theatrics page. Sorry for the lack of pics; I wasn't asked to photograph a dress rehearsal this time.

I could read the Hebrew despite the unusually
shaped lamed (in my limited experience).

We ate more Wheaties just because of this.

Day 391

Beautiful day for a trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo! All those photos are here. Later the adults took a little side trip to 300 Days of Shine in Monument, CO. They make moonshine, some really fun ones, too. Apple Pie, Peach Cobbler, and Firebomb (cinnamon) were favorites. We had no idea this was here till Lynn did a search for distilleries. AJ's baseball team had its second game of the season this evening. They lost, not by much, and AJ was very excited to tell us about his hitting a double and stealing home.

Day 390

Right in the middle of a gorgeous week... Snow! It actually was a little exciting for our California visitors. The morning was for the salon and lunch was at P.F. Chang's. Bread and butter was a big hit for dinner, as was the salmon Matt prepared and Lynn's salad. Tonight's movie: K-9.

Day 389

We picked up Sandy and Sydney at the Colorado Springs Airport and went immediately to a new place for lunch, CO.A.T.I. It's a new take on a food court; check it out. AJ went to Art Club after school today. And one of the foster twins tried on his new shoes and braces - and went nuts standing and walking with a push toy. He's on his feet! We ended the day with a fabulous dinner at the Club.

Oscar Medallions at the Club

Day 388 Easter

Easter Sunday! Pretty fun morning at Sunday School, and packed as you might imagine, They even did an Odyssey of the Mind-like activity in Elementary ("using only these materials, build a bridge..."). Then it was Easter at Home! The pics below will give you some idea... All the day's pics are here. And very special Easter donuts from Happy Hour Donuts. Don't miss the last couple of photos below... A photo showed up on Facebook today with Fina and her Mom on stage in Annie (some years ago in CA). It was very rare to catch Tracy on stage, she was usually running backstage operations. And lastly, the back patio fountain was turned on today! Tonight's movie: Selfless.

The capes were a big hit.

Fina as Annie. But who's that back right?!