Recap of Herb's visit

Had a few busy days and wasn't able to get to blogging while Herb was here, so here's a quick summary of what we did while he was here:

Monday March 19
Herb didn't get in until fairly late in the evening, so we did the mandatory house tour and fed him some frozen pizza (which we did reheat, of course). Then we caught up for a while before turning in for the night.

Tuesday March 20
Logan slept in later than Herb, so no rude awakening for Grandpa. We decided to keep Logan home one more day out of respect for the other families at his school, so he and Herb got a lot of quality bonding time. Which was especially helpful since we foolishly scheduled a lot of moving related activity for the day - we had a handyman in for most of the day taking care of our punch list, had a guy come by to pick up our moving boxes (gotta love Craigslist) and also had to wait around to receive a delivery of four 100-pound boxes that would eventually morph into basement furniture (see below). In the meantime we spent some time showing Herb around our back yard and then sitting in the side yard to escape the intense sunlight and heat. In an excellent grandparenting moment, Herb redirected Logan's destructive impulses from some desirable garden plants to dandelion weeds, and a marathon weeding session ensued. While scouting the garden, I noticed all sorts of pretty little flowers that I've never seen before all over the garden. Some were definitely wild violets, and then there were a number of other bulb-type flowers that I am not sure about. I'm going to need help figuring out what are weeds and what belongs in this yard!

In the afternoon, a playdate with some friends, and then dinner at the Walnut brewery, where Herb discovered that the altitude affect one's ability to hold his beer. After putting the kids to bed, Jason and Herb set to building one of the pieces of furniture for the basement. Witness the explosion of the box into a million pieces. It took three hours, but the cabinet is done save for one hinge that was missing from the box. Hence no "after" picture yet...




Wednesday March 21
Had a little more freedom today, so Herb accompanied me to drop Logan off, and then he, Zach and I headed down to the Pearl Street Mall to check out the Boulder city center. Had a nice, leisurely walk and a tasty lunch at the Boulder Cafe. Picked Logan up and played around the house and yard, and then we took the whole crew to "Protos Pizza" in North Boulder. Logan and Zach were both very hungry and Logan was demanding pasta, which we knew the place didn't have. He also doesn't like pizza, but for some reason we stubbornly decided we wanted to go to this place and he would just have to find something to eat. Thank GOODNESS we ordered a "white pizza" and he and Zach devoured the whole thing, with Logan happily declaring that he now loved pizza. The evening could have been disastrous but it turned out just fine.

Thursday March 22
Herb's last day in town. Jason played hooky from work for the morning so he could take us on a scenic drive after dropping Logan off at school. It was very scenic! Then back home so Herb could have some R&R while I took Zach shopping for new shoes. While Zach napped, Herb and I picked Logan up and ran a few errands (including new shoes for Logan). Then home to pack and the whole family drove Herb out to the Denver Airport to see him off. Poor Logan fell asleep on the way, and though he did rouse briefly to say goodbye, he didn't remember it later. He loved having his Grandpa visiting and we hope Herb will return (with Kathryn!) very soon!