March 2019 – Gribblog

March 1

Benjamin went to Children’s Hospital for a developmental review. Good news; while he still experiences a developmental delay, they didn’t see any learning disabilities, and he’s not on the autism spectrum.

Playing while we wait for the doctors to confer.

March 5

Phoebe and I treated ourselves to an early birthday present: a Face concert at the Boulder Dinner Theater. I don’t know if she loves Face as much as I do, but we both love the dinner theater, and we always have a great time. This time we got really lucky: the marimba group that studies in Boulder, Kutandara, was the opening act. It was hard to decide which group was better!

Kutandara

Face

March 9

Reading at the main branch of the Denver Public Library. Lisa Gawenus and I took the kids to Denver for the day.

Earth sculpture at the Wings over the Rockies museum.

Wing painting. Benjamin liked that it was a cougar.

March 10

March 13

Dragging them over to Peak to Peak on the sled.

She said she doesn’t like playing in the snow, but we had a good time.

March 16

Phoebe invited her friends to a Greek mythology costume birthday party. They came in all kinds of outfits and had a homemade Olympics over at Peak to Peak. We’ve always been lucky to have her birthday party on a beautiful day!

The kids went over to Peak to Peak to play.

March 17

I cooked myself a delicious dinner for my birthday, and Dave brought home a bottle of wine.

Birthday dinner: Julia Child’s beef and mushrooms with homemade noodles.

March 18

Phoebe started gymnastics class at Xtreme Altitude back in early March. I signed her up for a ninja class, but it turned out to be for little kids, so she moved into Gym Stars 1 after the first class.

March 20

March 22

My author Jaclyn Schildkraut published a book called Columbine, 20 Years Later and Beyond: Lessons from Tragedy. We helped set up a book launch and signing at the Barnes & Noble in Littleton—academic authors don’t do a lot of book launches, so it was my first one. Before the event, Jackie took me over to the Columbine Memorial. I hadn’t really wanted to go, but it was a moving tribute to the many lives lost.