kidtopia - summer edition

Summer Kidtopia has started!  
(not as fun as the winter version, but fun enough to check out).  
The main activity for summer Kidtopia, is waiting in lines, not really fun for kids, really not fun for parents.  We did meet up with the Haser clan, which is always fun.

Balloon artist.  W got a Spiderman.

(Free) bouncy castle!

Copper Cowboy.  W was too afraid to go up and give him a dollar.

Being artsy with Ripparoo.

W always likes to stop by Ripparoo's Dog House.

Skateboard (in the winter it's a snowboard).

Watching the entertainment, which was pretty neat.

It was hot (for the mountains), lucky Z gets to stay cool in the shade.

More entertainment.

Having some lunch at Kickapoo (they have a sweet deck).

Checking out the playground.  

Spiderman did not make it home.  It was hot enough that he slowly popped.

We did a little gold panning.  W was really into it. 

It was fun, but not fun enough to spend $9 for a bag of "gems".

 

Z was really into trying to get his entire body into the sluice box.

We can wait for winter Kidtopia!

4th of July

 

This year we met Mads and her Mom & little brother for the parade.  Her Dad rode in the Fire Cracker 50, which is a crazy 50 mile mountain bike race that is the start of the parade. 

As with all parades that Breck puts on, they start late.  But you have to get their early, especially for the 4th if you want to be able to see, so we have to get creative with the waiting time.  The kids did pretty good.  The parents did better (because we could get bloody marys from The Whale's Tale).  Once the parade started, they were pretty excited.

 

"Whennnnnnn is the parade going to startttttttttt?"

Cheering on the start of the Fire Cracker 50 with Mads.

Hanging with daddy.

Collecting candy (so much candy, it was rediculious!)

Z having fun at the parade (even though it was his nap time).

W getting a hug from one of his classmates, Piper (she was in the parade).

Cool Cat.

Having some lunch at my office (which is right by where we watch the parade).

W watching fireworks from the comfort of our couch.  

Due to fire restrictions, fireworks were cancelled for the entire county, so this worked.  We could see really well and didn't have to set outside in the cold!

hiking iowa hill

I took the boys hiking earlier this summer on a town trail named Iowa Hill.  It is not a very long hike, but there are tons of old mining stuff to look at along the way.  Back in the 1800s this was the location of a mining operation that used hydraulics.

W has gotten so good at peeing outside.

Boarding house at the top of the hill.

View of town.  This hike is located out on Airport Road (north of town).

 W posing.

Zeph did a little napping on our hike.

Eating a granola bar on the way back down.