Broncos Training Camp

Broncos fever has hit our house hard - and it's only August - oh dear!

Last week the three of us packed up and drove down and spent the morning at Broncos Training Camp. We had never been before and didn't know what to expect, but we had a great time! We were able to snag a little shade close enough to watch the team work through their drills and afterwards get a few autographs on Caden's teeny-tiny Broncos hat.

#15 is Tim Tebow. The 3rd string QB had the most people wearing his jersey and the longest line for autographs. Denver has Tebow fever!

#8 is Kyle Orton, the starting QB

On to the autographs

Lance Ball signing C's hat

Eddie Royal

Brady Quinn

Then it was (finally!) time to go home

The most tired boy in the whole world sporting his newly autographed hat

Go Broncos!

Sunday Snapshot {The Big Brown Box}

Who needs toys when one has a

big

brown

box?

Not this kid!

Ok, maybe Tigger needs to stick around

And the car wash too

But that's it!

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Buffalo Bill Days

A few weeks ago (I'm late, I know. Hey, my kid is walking now!) we went to Buffalo Bill Days in downtown Golden. It's an annual tradition for us and the rest of Golden (you can read about Caden's first Buffalo Bill Days experience here).

We started BBD festivities on Friday night. We met some friends for Happy Hour and then walked over to the park where there was music and miles upon miles of booths with food on a stick.

This is Caden schmoozing a new lady friend

On Saturday we started our morning with a pancake breakfast at the firehouse. We loaded C up into the backpack...

...found all of our people (and there was a crew! I had pre-purchased $83 in pancake breakfast tix for all of us!) and headed over to the firehouse

This is our friend, Andrew Mudd. Andrew is a BIG fan of fire trucks. In fact, as I type this, Andrew has just become a big brother to a little boy that he wants to name Fire Truck. Here's Andrew's Mommy, Cara, with Fire Truck still in utero

No pics of the eating, but Caden thought the blueberry pancakes were yummy! After breakfast we watched the parade. Caden watched for a few minutes...

...but was not really into it...

..It was, after all, nap time!

I try to always post nice pictures of Caden (he is a happy guy most of the time, so it's not too hard), but this picture just cracks me up - we're in the middle of the parade, Nana and Grandpa K are smiling so nicely, and Caden is melting. This blog is all about reality, people!

So, we had to have some snacks

Yummy, snow cone!

Notice the snack trap full of Goldfish crackers that I'm carrying? I never go too far without it!

Nana and Grandpa K also took C down to the river to put his teeny-tiny feet in the ice cold river. He loved it!

Hooray for Buffalo Bill Days!

Sunday Snapshot {Take THAT Daddy!}

Kids love Little People toys. My kid is no exception.

He likes to quietly play "house"

and put the animals in the barn

It's a very quiet activity

Maybe not...

Take that Daddy!

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1st Haircut

It was time. He looked unloved and unkempt. He was continually mistaken for a girl. The boy needed a haircut.

So we went to a kiddie salon that specializes in this kind of thing

which, by the way, was too expensive and too far away. We probably won't go back, but for the first haircut it was totally worth it

He got to choose his "chair"

And then the nice lady put a cape on him (not a fan) and went to town chopping off those pretty (but slightly girly) curls he had.Here we are discussing how much to take off - a little off the back and sides, not too much off the top because we still have to do the comb over thing

I was shocked at how good he was. He started fussing at the end, but by that point the cut was almost over!

He even got a certificate to commemorate the occasion

Seriously, so handsome and BIG!

Afterwards we went to a toy store nearby. Caden loved playing with the train table and even made a new friend!

Then it was off to Noodles and Company for lunch - wow, can this boy eat mac and cheese!

It's been quite the week around here! Sometimes I look at him and think, "Who are you?!?" Then he smiles and giggles and I know my baby is still somewhere inside of this big toddler boy! Sigh!