We stayed home Thursday night and let them rest from their flight. We got up Friday and headed downtown. We wanted to tour the Mint, but the tours were full. Michael and I had never toured the capitol building, so we headed there. Naturally, the historical tour wasn't available that day, but we did get to climb the stairs to the top of the dome (well, Granny Stills stayed down!). It was neat:
Pretty views at the top:
Olivia had a fit when she realized we couldn't go OUT the windows:
But, calmed down when Daddy let her stand on a table:
Taking a rest:
We left the Capitol and headed to the Denver Botanic Gardens. It was very high on the to-do list for Daddy and Papaw (ha!). The gardens were beautiful, but I (naturally) have tons of pictures of Olivia and not so many of the actual gardens!
About the only way we can get her to walk:
It was starting to rain, so we headed home. Michael and I got to go out by ourselves that night (yay for babysitters!).
Mamaw went with us to gymnastics Saturday morning and then we came home and blew bubbles for awhile:
Granny Stills oversaw the bubble blowing:
Then we headed to Georgetown! Georgetown is a small town in the mountains that has a restored train track. When Michael's parents were here 2 years ago, we went on a train ride in Canon City (2 hours south) and loved it. I was expecting close to the same thing, but it was much different! First off, the trains weren't enclosed. Now, normally that wouldn't be a problem, except it's OCTOBER in COLORADO and we were in the MOUNTAINS. Really, Michael and I should have known better. It was 70 degrees at our house and we all took light jackets, thinking we would be OK. When we got to Georgetown it was snowing. We bought out the gift shop! Lack of planning on our part= 3 matching hats (HATS of all things. Do you have any idea how many hats we have?! Sheesh):
Note the UNenclosed train cars (we sat in the car that had a roof, but there isn't glass in those windows!):
Now, once we got going (and were snuggled up close for warmth!), it wasn't that bad. Then the train stopped and let us off at the "pumpkin patch," which turned out to be waist high bales of hay set up in a simple maze at the bottom of a steep, gravel covered hill. There were pumpkins on top of the hay, NOT in a patch. Ha! You can kind of see it in these pictures:
Olivia did get her face painted for the first time. She did great!
We were there about 15 minutes and were ready to head out, so we asked how long it would be before the train returned. An hour and twenty minutes! There were 2 trains running and the first one that came through was full, so we couldn't fit. Here it is chugging by:
We walked back up the hill to the covered waiting area and well, waited. Olivia loved the train, so it was worth the cold (I think!).
At least she got a good nap!
Sunday, we laid low. The girls went to a local craft fair and the boys stayed home and worked in the garage! Olivia got in lots of play time. She loves this zebra- she's been tilting her head like this since we got it, not sure why!
We had a blast! Come back soon!
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