Pooks Canyon

Guess what???? I don't go grocery shopping anymore. My grocer is a Boulder start-up called Aspen Grove. They take your order online -either for pickup of delivery- and there are basically no fees if you do big enough orders. At noon I spent about 5 minutes choosing (based on saved favorites from my previous orders) what I wanted and then took a nap with the baby. I awoke to Leah dutifully putting this counter full of groceries into their appropriate locations. Dishsoap, ice, Salmon, lunchmeat, soy milk, carrot juice, lettuce, kiwis, bananas... you name it! They also sell formula and diapers, but I've got 1-800-Diapers covering all of that with Wal-mart prices and free shipping. Ahhh.

I left a comment at the bottom of this Daily Camera article . Dad, is the yearly premium for lion insurance still $0.25?

Leah's little league team got invited to Coors Field to watch the Rockies play the Royals (Rockies lost in extra innings). So last weekend we all packed up and headed to Denver. They got to parade around the warning track before the game. Leah said she just wanted to know if it was "spongy". Here they are, parading,. I took this photo from the nosebleed section using my zoom lens. Leah is number 5. Cubbies on the big screen. Leah was on it, too but I didn't take the picture in time. Here is Axel with dada (he says dada constantly now... to everybody). Baby "faux"hawks are quite popular. Dada gets hairstyling credits. They call this a helmet sundae, Leah said it was a really good sundae. Jon said the ice cream was low grade. To his credit, it was a pretty long day for a little baby.

For those of you that visited us over the last year, this is the final product of that huge construction project that was going on at Broadway and Canyon. People came to look at the house yesterday and there are two more showings today. Maybe there will be an offer soon...

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Luv Sac not included :) My favorite site for looking at houses now has ours listed! 531517

Our house has its MLS number and you can read all about it here Belgium, here we come!

House goes on the Market this week, MLS # and web info to follow. Realtor website here. Plane tickets have been purchased for Nevada City Classic/Father's Day Weekend We all come in Wednesday 6/13, arriving in NC around midnight Jon leaves 6:30 am Monday 6/18, Leah, baby and I may stay on and have not yet purchased return tickets (don't worry, Jon, we'll come back eventually)

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Click To Play So in AA Minors Little League, 4 balls and the tee comes out (this is because very few pitchers at this level can consistently pitch into the strike zone). Without this rule the game would be a series of walks. You get one swing at the tee; you miss you're out. Why am I explaining all this? Here is video of Leah's at bat in which the tee eventually comes out. By the way, she was 2 for 2 and scored a run, her team won 10-8. She was awarded the game ball by her coach for her effort sliding into second base on a close play. The Cubbies are 5-1-1 which I believe makes them #1 in the league!

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Click To Play Okay, so those of you that haven't seen Napoleon Dynamite at least twice probably have no idea what that title means. What I'm trying to say is the baby has skills -mad skills- and the video proves it!

Some artist got 18,000 people to get naked and all stand together

Leah got a base hit and scored a run!

I took the crib bumper out because I heard they were unnecessary and with all the crib changes this week (yucky illness-I'll say no more) it was much easier without it. Then today I crept into Axel's room during nap time and found him with both arms splayed through the crib and and his mouth firmly chomped on one of the bars. Is this funny or dangerous?

So after I went 0 for 40 at the Hardball slow-pitch -in which Leah was batting about .700- she says, "Don't be afraid of the ball Mommy. You're the one with the stick." I switched to softballs.

Beautiful Sunday morning at the Gateway Fun Center.

If I don't feed him quick he'll find a moth or stink bug to eat.

Even waiting at stoplights in Boulder is pleasant.

You know how Roman Soldiers used to face onslaught by lining up in tight formation linking shields and pointing their javelins upward? Well I am implementing such a strategy against the cats. Yes, I am that bad. They insist on urinating over the back of their $100 self-cleaning, zen garden litter box. Solution? I've taped rows of toothpicks in 3 directions along the back of the unit. Next cat to try to shove their heiny too far back is going to get a pointed reminder not to.

Click To Play So Butters is playing with this moth he caught and Axel tries to get in on the action. They continue passing the moth back and forth until eventually, in the manner of Lennie from "Of Mice and Men", Axel squishes his plaything into a creamy goo and I have to confiscate the sad thing. Note to the GETB (Grandmas for the Ethical Treatment of Babies) : no moth bits were ingested by the baby and his hands were promptly washed.

They are still holding my 5800 dollars, can you believe it?