September 22-26, 2005
Our
Best Pals Nick & Michelle are here to play with us. HOORAY!
They came
all the long way from Atlanta (we don't know where that is, but we
know it is farther than Denver).
All week
we've been waiting for them to arrive. Every time a plane flew
overhead we asked if it might be their plane.
Jeremy
is so excited to have them here!
To
celebrate he put on his Statue of Library Hat for a very Special
Performance of
"New York, New
York" for Michelle!
We played a Very Silly game of Wheelbarrow!
One
evening we took our Nick & Michelle up to our favorite place, Maroon
Lake.
We ran
along the Lake, and Michelle showed us how to throw stones into the
water!
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The
leaves are all changing, and soon it will snow (and then we will
ski!). The evening turned chilly, and Alex Bear cuddled with Mummy
to stay warm while Jeremy Bear & Michelle ran back to the car. |
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Back at
home we took our baths, after which Jeremy dressed up like a Nun
and sang a stirring version of "How Do You Solve a Problem Like
Maria" from The Sound of Music.... |
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Sometimes in
the morning we like to read books in our toy-cave before we get
dressed... |
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...and
sometimes after we get dressed Jeremy likes to take his clothes
off and run around the back deck. That's silly! |
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On Saturday morning we took Nick and Michelle down to the Farmers'
Market for our regular Saturday morning exploration! |
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Here are Nick
and Michelle, mouths full of food! |
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We ate kettle corn and apples and lollypops. We love the Farmers'
Market!
(why did we have the feeling
someone was watching us?) |
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Then we went to visit our pals at the Aspen Fire
Protection barn.
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We said "bye-bye" to Michelle and drove off in
Engine 2!
(Just kidding, Even though we said "please!" they
wouldn't give us the keys.) |
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We're not the only Firemen in Aspen.
...Michelle
is an Honorary member,
and so is our little pal Anders...
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Off to
Scotland...
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We took Nick & Michelle with us to Scotland. When
we got there, it look just like Snowmass.
Well, Snowmass with men wearing plaid skirts.
Daddy told us it was the "Highlands Game".
Okay, but we still think the skirts looked pretty
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We watched Men in Skirts trying to through a
telephone pole. Mummy said it was a caber toss. We still think
the phone company is going to be upset when they find out about
this. We cheered on the competitors, even though we think we
still prefer baseball. |
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We had hotdogs for lunch.
(Do they eat hotdogs in Scotland?) |
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And a Man in a Skirt played a bagpipe while Alex danced an
authentic Scottish dance of His Own Invention! |
(Mr. Bagpipes had some Very Big Swords, so it was a
good thing no one made fun of his skirt.)
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Alex kept trying to cross the rope to enter
the competi- tion himself... |
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So, Mummy & Daddy suggested
that he enter the Stone Put.
(The Men in Skirts called it
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Then it was time for another snack before heading home
for our nap.
It is Very Tiring being Scottish.
The only thing better than having Nick & Michelle here
to play with us is...
eating ice cream at the Paradise with Nick & Michelle!
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Alex can't decide whether, when he grows up, he
wants to be an airplane pilot or an airplane... |
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If the airplane career doesn't pan out, he can fall
back on his skills as a star basketball player... |
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Jeremy and Alex like to talk to each other on the Secret
Speakerphone at the park. For reasons known only to us, we like to
shout: "FRIES & NUGGETS, HOORAY!!!" |
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On Sunday we took Michelle & Nick for our favorite hike up in
Independence Pass. We gathered lots of twigs for a competitive
game of Pooh Sticks. And then we taught Nick & Michelle how to
play. They learned very fast (but we still won). |
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But then all of a sudden it was Monday morning and Nick & Michelle
had to say goodbye. |
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we were VERY SAD. Jeremy cried and cried. Alex kept asking why
they had to leave. |
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After Nick & Michelle left it began to rain. It doesn’t rain very
often in Aspen. But we knew just what to do: we put on our yellow
slickers and our boots (Bee Boots for Jeremy and Froggy Boots for
Alex). Even when it rains, we
never stop exploring! |
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