Alice, Art History, and Haircuts for all...

Today was our lazy morning day. Unfortunately I was unable to sleep in this morning due to Jesse's alarm clock, but Cody managed to get some extra winks. We were nice enough to let Jesse have the car today, so we took the bus downtown. We had lunch @ a 50's diner greasy spoon burger joint. Then headed over to the Pavillions to see Alice in Wonderland in 3D. We both enjoyed the movie, but we both agreed that the 3D in this movie was mediocre and not really necessary. Our recommendation is to see the movie, but you wouldn't be missing much if you skipped the 3D on this one.

Next up was the Colorado History Museum. The History Museum is moving locations starting at the end of this month, so it was free to get in. Unfortunately most of their exhibits were all packed up already. We did manage to see and exhibition of a local artist who painted murals in several Denver buildings in the early 1900s.

Cody always manages to find something to ride.

Really Really Big Murals.

Checking out the Tee Pees.

Horses. A sculptural mural in the Colorado History Museum.

Cody got swept away outside the Denver Art Museum.

Senior picture outside the Denver Public Library.

Denver Capital.
This picture was to demonstrate how nice it was out today. Temps in the 60s, before the temperature drops and the blizzard hits us. *Blizzard predicted to hit tonight, temps expected to drop 30 degrees and a possibility of 10+ inches of snow. Boo!

Before... Shag City!

After... Shortness Relief.

Haircuts all around.
Jesse and I both had appointments to get our shaggy locks shaved down this evening. I asked Cody if he was interested in getting a haircut to and his mom told me to try to talk him into it, but he seemed hesitant. That is until he saw my cut and Jesse was setting in the chair. $16 for a shampoo, cut, and massage? Hmm... I tried to get him an appointment on the PureTalent side of the salon (the side with the stylist in training), but they were all booked up so last minute. The only available stylist charged $40 a cut, a little out of Cody's price range, but today must have been his lucky day. She said she would cut his hair for $16 a far cry from the $40. And so it came to pass that the 3 of us all chopped off our lovely locks. Since we were all looking so spiffy I figured we should commemorate this experience with a picture.

Candies, Mini-Golf, and Go Karts...

First up we went to Hammond's Candies and took their free tour. Now I've been on this tour before and they give you a couple free little pieces of candy, but today they gave us big ol' Wintergreen candy canes. AWESOME!

Hammond's Candies is one of the few places in America that still makes candies by hand. Their candies are sold in designer food stores and magazines all over the US as well as in mom & pop shops. Often times their Hammond's label is replaced with the store's label, so you don't even know it's actually made by Hammond's. They're most famously known for their ribbon candy and many flavored candy canes.

Easter Bunnies were everywhere @ Hammond's.

Having fun in the candy shop after our tour.

Showing off our free green candy canes.

Next up we decided to enjoy this beautiful 70 degree weather @ Adventure golf & raceway.

Putting up hill into the castle.

Cody putting up to the castle.

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater!

Classic windmill shot, throwing Cody for a loop.

A whole in one on the 18th hole.
The only one of the entire game, Thank you Very Much.
*Note the red glowing eyes on the sphinx. That means I WIN!

Posing by the 18th hole.

Cody speeding to catch up with me, because I totally kicked his butt.

Cheyenne & Pikes...

Cody was popular with the ladies.

Me feeding the slobber old giraffe. I definitely got slimmed. Thank goodness for hand sanitizer. They were cute, but very slobbery.

We spent lots of time feeding the giraffes, especially the old wrinkly one. She was our favorite.

This guy wouldn't stop rubbing his tongue all over the fence. It was hilarious. Back and forth all over the railing of the fence. It was almost like he was scratching his tongue.

Feeding the birds. Not as cool as last time when the bird tried to nest in
Jesse's lovely locks, but still fun.

Hanging out in the Tiger viewing portal.

Cody being attacked by a grizzly.

Hanging out on the overlook @ the zoo.
Too bad the camera didn't pick up the amazing view of Colorado Springs.

The thinking man.

Sad faces.

Boring!

Beautiful Cheyenne Mountain views.

Riding a Mountain Goat.

Trouble Maker.

After dropping Jesse off at work this morning we headed down to Colorado Springs to check out the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Then we decided to drive up Pikes Peak. Could have been an expensive day, but we saved big
with coupons on both experiences.

I made him stand climb up that giant snow pile. He kept sinking in up to his ankles. I think someone should have brought their snow boots.

My new friend.

Beautiful Mountain Vistas from 3/4 the way up Pikes Peak.
The weather was gorgeous in Denver today (60 degrees). The weather was of course much cooler on the mountain. We were only allowed to drive up 13 of the 19miles to the top of the mountain. If I remember correctly at that height the temperature was only 35degrees, so a wee bit colder.

Munnies, Museum, & Ice Cream...

Cody, Erin, Jesse
Our Munny Dolls. We chose the boxes @ random not knowing
what color or accessory we would get.

The start of my supplies. My original idea was to do a 1/2 angel 1/2 devil figure. I was hoping for a pitch fork as my accessory. Instead I was given a pinwheel, so my design has been altered.

Jesse's design sketches. He had originally dreamed of making his into some sort of a sasquatch like character, but once the spikes were discovered his design had some major alterations as well.

Our living room has been taking over with crafting supplies. We originally thought we would make our Munny dolls on Monday, but we're all really getting into them. It's looking more like the end of the week for the final products, so stay tuned for more.

Cody as a Junior Space Ranger.
On Monday afternoon after working hard on our Munnies we met up with our old friend Ryan to check out the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's traveling exhibit Body Worlds. For those of you who don't know Body Worlds is a traveling exhibit all about the human body. It's actual displays of human bodies and parts of bodies that have been plasticized. It's very educational, interesting, and yes slighting creepy at times. No cameras were aloud in the exhibit, so we snapped this picture of Cody in the gift shop.

After learning about all that healthy living we decided to get a tasty ice cream treat @ the locally made delicious ice cream shop called Liks. Once again I have no idea why the picture is crooked. I think our blog is just messing with me or maybe it's our computer. Who knows?

For more pictures check out Cody's Doom-omatic Blog.

An old friend ...

This is Jesse's My Pet Monster . He was delivered to our house today. We found him setting on our door step when we got back from the parade. I've heard many a story about how little Jesse was obsessed with this guy. Apparently he slept with it and slobbered on it every night. As Jesse says "He was my best friend." Well lucky for Jesse his mom saved My Pet Monster all these years, so the 2 friends could be reunited. I did take a picture of Jesse opening the box and pulling the monster out, but I was forbidden from posting it. Probably because we had just gotten home from riding our bikes 8miles round trip, 1/2 of that up hill. Who looks good after that? My Pet Monster is a big fella towering in at just around 22" tall. We're currently trying to find the perfect spot for him in our apartment and NO he will not be sleeping in our bed.

Thank You, so much Bobbi!