Nothing Much

I haven't taken any pictures in a couple weeks, and nothing new has happened. I feel bad if I let my blog go too long without an update, so here are a few insignificant events to share:

The carpet cleaners came last week to our upstairs neighbors (the smoking ones that I referred to in the previous post). I can only assume they just signed another year lease because they didn't move out. Thanks for all the optomistic vibes though.

I rearranged Paul's bedroom and set-up the baby's changing table. I am hoping that the transition of having a roomate will go smoothly for Paul. I am nervous about it.

The Democratic National Convention is here in town this week. The crazies come out of the woodwork for things like this. I thought it was interesting that Denver gave all the downtown bums free passes to a day spa, the movie theaters, and the museums around town to temporarily get them off the streets. I am glad to see our tax dollars in good use (with a large amount of sarcasm).

Rain Storm

We had a torrential rain storm come through tonight. It was enjoyable to watch. We have a plastic tarp stapled to the roof of our patio because our upstairs neighbors don't bother to use an ash tray or a trash can. We occasionally get a cigarette butt when it melts itself through the plastic, but a vast improvement from before. Anyway, so we were sitting on our ottoman in the doorway of our patio with the door open listening and watching the rain. Paul got bored and started opening and closing the sliding door. All of a sudden the wind changed and a few gallons of water pooled instantly on the tarp and burst through, along with butts and ashes, and it covered the sliding door. We sat there with our eyebrows raised thanking a higher power for the door being closed. That was a close call. It is a running joke that Secret Santa will deliver an ash tray and trash can upstairs for Christmas. I wish they'd move instead though because I don't like confrontation.

The storm lasted for about an hour, during which Pat took Paul out in it to go look around. They discovered a lake between our apartments. The pit the water was pooling in was designed for overflow, but I couldn't imagine what it would look like in use until now. Here are a couple videos. The first is of the lake during the rain storm and the second is a video I took of Paul and Pat a couple months ago playing in the same pit (just so you get a little idea of how deep the water is.)




Crazy, huh?

Heat Wave

We had a heat wave hit Denver last week. It was too hot for me to go outside, but Paul didn't seem to care. He hung out in his diaper playing in the kitchen sink or out on the patio playing in a tub of water. I didn't want to leave the air conditioning.



Paul found a fun use for the bottle scrubber. I thought it was pretty clever of him.

Makeup Fetish

Paul has always enjoyed getting into my makeup. Ever since he has been able to climb on top of the toilet my makeup has been in jeopardy. I found Paul making himself at home putting on my makeup once again. I hope he grows out of it. :)