Road trip, Museums and randomness.....

WARNING, LOTS OF PICS!
What I normally wake up too when I open Aspen's door to her room in the morning. She doesn't know how to get out so she just plays while she lets me sleep until she's done with playing then I hear knocking on the door to let her out. It cracks me up.

After eating lunch one day.

Temple Square

Nice shot of the temple. It was a bit cool but perfect for pics.

Dylan and Aspen on Temple Sqaure

Aspen and her cousins eating popcorn. Aspen had the best time waking up to a house full of kids to play with. I felt bad for her when she had to come home to just Dylan and I. Soon enough she will have someone to wake up to and play with. Only 6 more months.

Aspen sleeping soundly on the air mattress where Dylan was supposed to be sleeping...

Dylan sleeping on the toddler mattress where Aspen was supposed to be sleeping. So funny story...We drove literally all night to Utah. We got in at 3:30 am and Dylan had almost hit the 24 hour mark for how long he had been up. Aspen slept for 5 hours in the car and once we arrived at Danielle's she woke up and was crying. I was tired and my sweet husband told me to go to bed because I'm pregnant. He had lots of patience with Aspen and finally got her calmed down but she kept giving him these huge smiles and touching his face while lying down like she was ready to get up and go for the day. Dylan finally came to bed. Aspen sleeps with her Cookie Monster who sings Old McDonald and talking Elmo. Well all of the sudden we hear (think about Cookie Monsters voice), "Old McDonald." So I think, oh she must of just rolled over on it and it went off. Then soon after we hear, "Old McDonald had a farm, Old McDonald, Old McDonald, Cow a bunga, Moo." Yeah get the point, so I look down at the mattress and I see her dark shadow sitting up playing with her Cookie Monster at 4:30 am. Needless to say it didn't last long, Dylan took the toy away and put her in bed with me and went over to her bed to try to fit in a couple hours of sleep before the day began.

Aspen all packed in and ready to go on her first 8 hour road trip. Which she did awesome by the way. But I have to say thanks to Andrea for letting us borrow her portable DVD player. I will definitely be investing in one of those in the future.

Free day at the Children's Museum. Every 1st Tuesday of the month from 4-8 pm. Aspen playing receptionist for a veterinarian.

Very concentrated on her work and my niece, Lexi, looking for something.

My niece, McKenna and nephew, Wes scoping out the x-rays.

Wes getting ready to give an animal a shot and Aspen observing so she knows what to do when the she has to do it.

Checking the puppies heart rate.

I'm not sure what Lexi and McKenna are doing but whatever it is it has their full attention. Good thing. The dogs are in good hands.

The famous grocery store. Aspen helping another little boy shop. She didn't care who's cart she was throwing food into as long as there was a cart she was throwing food in it.

She finally got her own cart. She must have been trying to save money because the other cart she was throwing food into had a ton more. Until 2 seconds later some other kid totally stole it away from her.

Aspen in a cage

Aspen was absolutely terrified of this dinosaur man. Dylan went up to it and had his head in the mouth and Aspen started crying for her daddy. Such concern. Dylan would start walking towards it and she would yell out, NO! It was hilarious. Aspen is scared of so many things.

I love her face in this pic. Are you frightened by the mummy behind you?

Here's another animal she turned her head twice to make sure it wasn't following her. She did not like the creature she was looking at.

The creature that freaked her out. I don't blame her. It is kind of scary looking.

Aspen looking at Dylan for information. Okay not really but that's what it looks like.

More dinosaur bones. Aspen found them fascinating when they stood still unlike the one that had a man controlling the bone body structure of a t-rex

So that is what we have been up too as of late. We went to the Museum of Nature and Science for free as well. I will definitely be looking up the free days there next year. We were kind of rushed because we waited for Dylan to get off of work but it was fun. I love taking Aspen to all of these places that I grew up going too. It makes it so much fun. For the free days just google free days in Denver and it will tell what days are free for the Art Museum, Museum of Nature and Science, Botanical Gardens, and Zoo. Free days are the best, especially how tight things have been for many.