Pooks Canyon

Today I ate Nori Tofu Salad at the tea house with a pot of house green tea. I am ashamed to say that this is the first time I've eaten here. As you can see in the pic, the tea comes with a timer so you know how long it has steeped. The flavors in the salad were amazing. We'll be back soon.

Axel enjoyed the hunt, you could say he was a good egg. When dad and I were hiding the first eggs we found a small lizard and caught it. We decided to put the lizard into a plastic egg, write Special Prize on it, and hide it a nice shady spot. Desi was the lucky recipient. She picked it up and said, "Oh, Special Prize!" and promptly pried it open... I barely had time to point the camera to snap the look on her face as the lizard jumped out. Priceless. Here is Leah and Dez holding "Special Prize"and his Easter home. Leah seemed to like Special Prize more than Dez. Axel was oblivious and continued on the hunt for eggs. Note the size 6 outfit from Mexico Grandma and Grandpa brought back. Fits him perfectly! Dez isn't too old for egg hunting and recovered from her surprise nicely. Leah found an egg floating in the pool. We hid some so well that we had to retrieve them ourselves. Special Prize found a warm home on Axel's head. He continued to be oblivious.

Dad doesn't care for the barking neighbor dogs; they're yappy. Last night he left the living room abruptly and walked out the front door. Shortly thereafter we heard a din of barking coming from outside. Dad had gone over to the fence with his PDA to agitate the neighboring canines then record the ensuing bark-fest. Today he hooked up the PDA to some speakers for doggy stereo. When he cranked the volume, the dogs began barking once again and we had doggy surround sound.

Leah's friend Billie Blue found this cone in our backyard. Leah said it comes from the North American Ginormo Pine and it is ten years old. It's name is Pino Bob.

A balmy afternoon in the backyard :)

Hoppin down the bunny trail

They weren't bird's nests.

Axel seen here restacking bricks in a more visually pleasing configuration.

We went to the southern sun brewery for dinner and Axel fell asleep in his high chair. We brought in his car seat so he'd be a little more comfortable.

Here is Arthur teaching Axel his ABC's.

We closed the deal on our house yesterday and are officially, once again, Boulder homeowners. Yay! The house needs a little work and we also opted to remove a wall between two bedrooms. So this week, before moving the stuff in, we're doing a major bedroom remodel, carpeting about 700 sqft of the basement, and painting 4 rooms. The remodel of the master bedroom: This house has 3 small (11x10) bedrooms upstairs and two larger, sunny, bedrooms in the basement. Since we obviously don't need FIVE bedrooms, we are taking out a wall to make a large 12X20 master. I hired a contractor named Michael Harrington (he was one of the 20 guys who answered my craigslist.org ad) for a ridiculously low rate because he is just getting started in the area. Turns out that when he was living in SoCal he participated in an HGTV episode of Designer's Challenge ! So far he is doing a great job. Laura said she has dibs on him next. The carpeting of the basement: While watching an episode of a