September

We had a garage sale, in large part to sell Quentin's old baby stuff. We did pretty well, but there were long periods of just sitting around in the front yard. Fortunately, we were also trying to sell the couch, so there was plenty of comfortable seating.

Telling stories on the front porch:

Once more, for old time's sake...

Taking it easy:

Drinking the profits...

At the Zoo with Friends:

In Golden:

At the "Firebird" Playground:

August

Quentin's favorite activity recently has been building "set ups" and "palaces" out of legos. Here is an example of one:

We hooped up the Super NES on the TV in the guest room. Quentin isn't interested in playing it himself, but he loves to watch. He prefers games with monsters:

This picture is primarily to show off his ankylosaurus shoes. In addition to the pictures and dinosaur footprints on the bottom, they also have eyes on the top that light up. I think it is safe to say that these are his favorite shoes ever:

I have no idea what is going on here:

At the new Children's Garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens:

Our last camping trip of the year. A two-day trip near Dillon reservoir. We spent a lot of time around the lake. Matthew skipped stones and Quentin just threw rocks into the water.

Bigger rocks, like this one, were "magic books." I'm not sure exactly what they did, but that's beside the point...

July

At the museum:

Belleview Park.  We had never been here before, but it turned out to be a great park.  Aside from the traditional playground, it had a creek for wading, a petting zoo, and a train.

One of Quentin's favorite things this summer has been drawing monsters with sidewalk chalk. 

We decided to try growing broccoli this year and it has been a great success.  It is also the first thing we have grown in the garden that Quentin will actually eat (including the strawberries).

Playing cyclops (yes, he looks like a pirate, but he's really a cyclops).

Playing Hero Quest.  We have had this game for years, but never played it. Quentin discovered it and liked playing with the pieces, so we decided to try an actual game.  He did great!  Of course he needed help, but he actually remained interested for the entire game, and we have played it again since.

Quentin and I spontaneously decided to go to Lakeside one day.  He had a great time and was much less timid about the rides than last year.  The turtles were his favorite.  We steered clear of the roller coaster.

Camping: The highlight of the month was a camping trip at Trinidad State Park with the Smith family, our friends who live in New Mexico.  We had a great time, although Quentin would have preferred to skip the car trip.

At the playground in Pueblo where we stopped for a picnic.

Group picture, minus Matthew.

Complete group picture.

There was supposed to be a playground at the campground, but it had been torn out (possibly in preparation for an upgrade), so we played on the walls instead. Despite some initial dissapointment about the missing playground, everybody had fun anyway.

In the tent.

Bent's Old Fort, a reconstructed fur trading post from the 1840s.