traveling - day 3

A retirement party was the highlight of the day.

Jace and I joined the celebration honoring Elaine. She isn't officially done at Cherry Creek High School until later this summer. After that I'm sure she will still be a welcome help substituting in the offices when they need her. The party was very nice. There was a ton of cake and lots of flowers. Friends and staff came by to wish her well. Jace made himself comfortable in the office. He immediately noticed the computer screens that had photos of bears on them (he pointed and growled). He tapped away at Grandma Elaine's computer like he knew what he was doing. He explored the staff mailboxes. Most entertaining was when he discovered an empty recycling bin and pushed it round and round the entire office space. He payed little attention to obstacles (including peoples legs). When he would bump into anything he would just pause for a few moments to shift the box around and then continue on his way. I can't count how many people said how adorable he was. I think he likes an audience.
At Friday night dinner with Gary and Elaine Jace did pretty well considering how tired he was. There was a two year old boy at the restaurant that Jace stared and waved at until he and his Mom came over to say hello. The other boy wanted Jace to get out of the highchair so that they could play. They left, Jace ate a little more and then started to show how tired he was by getting louder and more frantic. Luckily we finished our meal before his head started to spin. When we arrived home I found him slumped over in the car seat fast asleep. I made a lot of noise getting things unpacked and even took a few photos of him sleeping. He didn't wake up until we were walking to the house.

We are on our way to Wray tomorrow. I wish I felt more ready to be gone for a few days. We are only half packed, nothing is organized and we desperately need to buy diapers before we leave town. Hope the trip goes well.

Wow, this is my 100th blog post!