Rocky Mountain Top Childrens Museum in Breckenridge

I took many pictures that day but they weren't of good quality once I looked at them in ACDSee. These are the few that didn't end up looking like bad modern art.

The expandable plastic orb thingy was an endless source or amusement

Mia the Puppet Master!

The dressup corner kind of skeeved me out, but she had fun.

We were in Breckenridge over the weekend with Helen and John. They had an adventure race to attend and needed someone to stay with the kids. I don't need a lot of sweet talking to go to Breck, so it was a win-win situation for everyone! We just hung out at the museum and the pool. Those crazy kids even wanted to swim in the wind and rain! Well, I make it sound like a hurricane, really it was breezy and sprinkly. They had a good time, though trying to swim with a three year old and a four year old clinging to each side for dear life makes it very hard to move! Caden had fun doing cannonball after cannonball and made fast friends with the other kids. It was a nice weekend!

We went to see Mia's dietitian on Monday and the child has LOST a pound. Very little has changed in her diet, so we're not sure what's going on. I'm still keeping food journals so she went through and did a lot of calorie counting. She determined that Mia is getting about 230 calories per day from actual food, for a grand total of about 1330 calories per day with the formula added in. That has been the same for a couple of months, so we're worried about the sudden weight loss. A pound isn't a big deal to an adult, but to a preschooler who weighs 29 lbs when soaking wet it's bad news. I've been adding safflower oil, sugar and amino acid powder to her hot cereals, but she wretches if the taste or texture are too different. Once she wretches, good luck getting her to eat!

I'm nearly finished with class registration, simply waiting on UMUC to send my transcripts so I can get my psych course. I stupidly thought that my transfers from UMUC to Alaska U would show up on the AKU transcript. Not so! I couldn't figure out why they didn't want to give me credit for my English 101, very glad that they accepted my second lit class in it's stead. So far I'm taking Math 030 (go ahead and laugh), a basic nutrition course, computer literacy and a psych (human development/behavior). After I get more of my pre-requisite classes knocked out I will have to get a nursing advisor and from what I gather, you actually have to interview for the program. Now we just have to hope that this new GI bill gets signed this week so that Gary can transfer the rest of his to me, otherwise this is going to be an expensive semester.

Happenings

Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Parade, with her little friend Laney

Looking sweet before ballet class

Playing outside after ballet

Jazz in the park, dancing in front of everyone with Grace

Rose's birthday at Cave of the Winds

A little bit of free play at Iron Horse Park

Helping Mommy with the gardens

Chalk art!

"My Project"

"Mommy it's you with crazy hair!"

"Just this guy with two heads"

3.5 Hours in a doctors office, according to Mia

We have found a numbing cream that she can actually use!

Pikes Peak Art Festival at America the Beautiful Park

Mia and I decided to get out of the house and go to the arts festival at a nearby park. We arrived early, so the vendors were still setting up. We walked around to the giant fountain at the end of the field where I let Mia wade in the water. I didn't realize this was allowed, or I would have had her put on a bathing suit. Luckily the Colorado heat dried her out in no time. We found one of her little friends at the pottery wheel and that's all she wrote as far as Mommy's agenda! We hung out with the other family until we left, which was wet and abrupt! We just happened to be camped out underneath the little kids coloring/clay molding tent when it began to rain. I say rain, but really I mean RAIN. There was even a bit of hail mixed in. It quickly became a giant mud pit so the first chance we got we bid adieu to our friends (whom we will be seeing for a birthday next week) and scampered off to the car. We chose to forgo the fireworks display that was being held on post. We were both wet and dirty and by the time we got out of our clothes she was ready for bed.