Sunny Afternoon In Colorado Springs with the Girls

Sunday, April 18, 2010
I slept in till 6:00 and Evie seemed to have a good night as well, despite the fact that Halle, as usual, ended up in her bed. The girls watched some tv shows, ICarly until 9:00 when we took them to Safeways, for donuts with sprinkles, a Sunday routine according to Hayden. We picked up some food for the week, as well, and were back by 9:45. The girls then went to the basement to play, until we called them up for a bath.
We decided to go into the city for the afternoon, and it was so easy, just get on Route 24, head about 15 miles, and you are right there, at Acacia Park, right in the heart of the city. Fortunately, there was a playground there, and the kids enjoyed it for about an hour until they got buried. We decided to go for a walk, and eventually ended up at Josh and John’s, an ice cream parlor right next to the old CS theater. For 8 bucks, we got two small cones, home made though! We sat outside, ate the cones, tried to talk Hayden into sharing but she is not into that at the moment, despite our imploring. We headed back, played at the playground for about 15 more minutes, and because the storm clouds were coming in, we decided to head back. I did spend about 15 minutes in the Chateau Mountain shop, loaded with cool, expensive things, for the runner, hiker, rock climber, camper or skier. I liked lots of things but did not want to spend 65 for a pair of cargo shorts. I did look at some Marmot tall pants, but they had full length zippers on each side of the pant, and felcro fasteners at each side, making it quite complicated to get in and out. We got back just before the hail hit the area, a quite common occurrence in this part of CS. We had a dinner of salmon, spinach, and rice, all of which the kids enjoyed, except for the spinach. We tried to get them in bed early, but Hayden did not end up in going to sleep till nine, as Evie kept reading their book. Halle went to sleep earlier, as she seemed really tired. I read her The Moody Badger, a new book she really likes. Not much was on tv, so we went off to our caves for the night.