Golden Farmers' Market

Last weekend we went to Golden again, this time for the farmers' market. I love a farmer's market! This one isn't as big as St. Paul's but is REALLY good for people watching, kettle corn, dog watching, and of course, local produce, vendors, what have you.

What a Daddy! Be it known, Riley selected his outfit this morning. Guess she wanted to get us going!

Fair Trade stall with handmade baskets from Ghana.

In line for balloon animals.

Minuet II! Riley took some convincing that the cello wasn't actually a big violin.

 Joe offered a balloon snake as his token of appreciation.

We picked up some homemade wheat bread and raw honey, which made me feel very "of the earth" this week :)

Sunday we had some friends from Dave's work over and they brought their beautiful little 7 lb baby. I was a little concerned when Joe approached her (Riley is no worry - she loves the babies - says they're "soooo coot!") but he held out his hands and said, "Hold! Pease!"

Turns out, Joe loves little babies too. It's just the ones who can crawl around and take his stuff he is not so fond of.

This week Dave went in Mexico and Texas for business. You know, for an intern, Dave seems to do a lot of legitimate work. They are getting their money's worth out of him - none of this coffee-run stuff, which is clever of them because Dave's awesome. I am so proud of him! But we miss him when he's gone!

I kept the babies super busy so A) they wouldn't get to sad and B) bedtime would be nice and easy. Tuesday was especially busy. Tuesdays are the best day! Largely due to phonetics. Taco Tuesday. Toddler Tuesday. Target Tuesday...Target marks down women's clothes on Tuesday, apparently...the things you learn at Mom's group. Oh, and our local theater has 1 dollar matinees for kids every Tuesday! I took Riley and Joe once, to see the Lego Movie. Unfortunately it was a little intense for them and we left after ten minutes because Riley was yelling, "I don't like this!" at every lego-flame explosion.

Anyways, Tuesday we went hiking, then we went to Cafe Rio, because the one by our house has 5 buck salads and burritos on Tuesday so of course, and then we went swimming, napping, walking to the park, dinner, another walk, and bed by 7! Success! I had planned to catch up blogging that night but guess what: in my zest to wear out the kids, I exhausted myself too and ended up passing out with one on each side! The best laid plans...

This is Riley's official hiking skirt. I ask her if she wants to hike and she runs for this skirt.

It's hard to believe our time here is coming to an end in three more weeks. I don't even think we've been here long enough to feel like we aren't on vacation (and how great is that?!) We hike and swim and explore every week. We haven't explored the half of it yet, and I know if we end up moving here next year it will be a good place to settle down, although, who knows? We could end up anywhere at this point.

2 more baby antics to take us out? Here we go:

Riley "hiding". She giggles and calls to us way to loudly to hide effectively, but it is a good spot!

We were discussing the upcoming beach trip at dinner and Joe started piling his food up like this. "San. Castle," he said.

Now go have a great Thursday!
*Great "Tabless Thursday" video and great blog post about single-tasking found here.