The three (+1) of us, along with a few friends, hit the concert circuit for the first time together…heading to a special family show put on by Michael Franti and Spearhead. It was a mid-afternoon affair that featured a puppet show, a 9-year-old girl from Denver covering the Flobots and the Beatles, and Franti and gang singing some great dancing songs. Unfortunately, the pre-Franti stuff took a lot longer than we anticipated so we had to leave the show after only a few songs because we had a dinner commitment.

The show was scheduled at the exact same time as Ezra’s nap normally occurs, so we were anticipating some difficulties with the sleep schedule. While Ezra did have some trouble with being tired, he really did a great job. And when there was good music playing, he was dancing all around. You just can’t stop him from showing off his moves to the world – security be damned (he kept encroaching on the hula hoop area). It was really fun to have Ezra at a concert with us, and has left us anticipating our next good opportunity.

During a visit to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, we found an exhibit there all about the body and health…and while the entire exhibit was really quite interesting (including a VERY disturbing aging computer), by far the most fun part for Ezra was the walking/running analyzer. Since there were only a few people in the place while we were there, Ezra was able to run through it three times in a row – with his results displayed for the world to see – and a bad camera phone to try to capture.

It came really late this year (average first snowfall is Oct 19), but it’s better late than never. One day, we had 70 degrees and sunny….the next brought temps in the 30’s and snow. The trace-2 inches that the esteemed forecasters called for materialized as 6 inches on the grass. Ezra and I took the opportunity to head outside and play around a little – and ever since we bought his snow shovel a couple of weeks ago, every time I mentioned the snow he immediately responded with a request to go outside and use it. Well, his chance finally presented itself and he took full advantage; coming in after about 30 minutes soaking wet and freezing cold. As winter does around here (shows up out of nowhere to stay) we have snow in the forecast for 2 more time this week. Here’s to a long and fun snow season!