on the shores of denver

The week before school started we had our final hurrah of the summer. Dan & Kassidy were in town on their way to Missouri, and like us, they were going to be hundreds of miles from any ocean. Na-worries, mahn! We headed on down to the finest beach in Colorado at the Aurora Reservoir and got right to work…

The harbor for our kingdom of sand was constructed first. Eleanor expressed some concern about the tide causing too much erosion. I think we need to worry more about what tide you might bring in Ellie! 

The kingdom took shape quickly. Hey Brinley! Workin’ hard or hardly workin’?!

See?! I told you we’d have to worry about Ele-tide!

Where’d all your sand-slaves go Princess Binnie? Nice sopping wet hat by the way!

Kingdoom of Sand complete! “Kingdoom”? Well look at it! It’s starting to crumble already. And I think these villagers are about to re-purpose the sand for other fun projects. Way to go green!

I’m not so sure that Ellie was entirely thrilled with this re-purposing idea:

She’s got her own shovel! Everybody scoop faster! Don’t let her escape!

Eleanor may not have loved being a pile of sand with a head, but all the rest of the kids enjoyed it…and I mean all the rest. Look at the envy on those girls in the background!

The Princess appears to be having some difficulty giving her commands…the sooner we get that hand covered the sooner we can revolt!

The sun was high in the sky when this little sand crab noticed that she was finally bigger than something else: Her own shadow!

Enough with the sweat and chafing, it’s time to take a dip! Our water aerobics teacher seems pretty excited!

Or maybe it’s just that chilly ocean…mountain water!

Looks like the water aerobics teacher also does sand scrub pedicures on the side. She’ll take your cash under the table…

Boy. Shovel. Beach. Nuf. Said.

I thought Rowan did pedicures, not manicures!? How much did that cost Ellie? 2 buckets of lake water and a Dora shovel…deal!

Astronomists are dumfounded: Full moon visible in broad daylight in Denver!

This one’s only a crescent moon, but those kids are still laughing!

It’s not quite the beaches of Mexico for these two honeymooners, butt…we did provide them with quite a show. Hopefully they are brave enough to come back for another visit!