Random Observation/Comment #727: I love showing my parents how I’ve become a functional and independent adult. Now we can move into the next parent-child phase of being awesome friends.
Why this List?
My parents are here for almost a month and we managed to squeeze in a lot of fun activities. We tried to keep things interesting and I took some half days to go on some adventures. If you have friends/parents visiting Denver, you can get inspired from some of these activities.
- Showing the house and different random stuff we’ve bought through the pandemic – Workout stations like Peloton and Rower, table tennis robot, VR headset
- Clemens cooks a few quick lunch meals – Ramen, Pasta, Cous cous vege meals for Evie
- Lunch at Stanley Marketplace (La Comida) for griddled tacos and trying the Stanely Beer Hall
- Lunch at ramen place (Katsu Ramen) with an initial Costco run
- Mom’s home cooked meal with rice and Veges
- Denver Zoo adventures – Love the zoo for a few hours of walking
- Lunch at pho place (Pho Le) and explore hmart and Chinese Cha Sui places
- Soccer practice fun with Evie at Bladium
- Dumpling making with Tando and friends
- Party with local friends – BBQ at Danillos!
- Walk around the neighborhood North end trail and look at a few open houses
- Night walks with Evie to local rock jumping spots – good for digestion
- Lunch at Wahoos and Visit Blue Moon brewery with rino spots
- Drive through the Rocky Mountain Arsenal
- Lunch at Bird Call by Five Points for fried chicken and fried tofu
- Dumpling making with Josh Tanisha and smoked turkey jook
- Kids Birthday party with Spiderman and Rapunzel
- Boulder hike to Centennial Trailhead – climb up the mini mountain
- Visit Boulder shops and bookstores while I get a beer with my dad in the middle of the day
- Dumpling making with Santosh & Eliza
- Drive up Mt Evans and Summit lake – Remember to go online early and get a reservation (recreation.gov)
- Costco run to buy seafood – Seafood dinner with lobster claws – More Mom home cooked meals!
- Denver Art museum day with Furniture shopping and browsing
- Dad fixes the firepit and rehangs the backyard sun shade – Definitely better than my poor house maintenance activities
- Make a brunch meal – Frittatas and toast
- Make my own BBQ – Sliders, fresh sausage and roasted pork ribs
- Boulder second trip with a bit of walking around furniture stores and visiting Stranahan’s Whiskey Distillery
- Joint birthday party festivities! – Ice cream cakes
- Overnight stays at the Gaylord hotel with Evie – much needed time to prep for the next grandparents to visit!
- Grandparent pick up drop off routine will definitely be missed – We’ve literally only done drop off and pick up a handful of times
If this wasn’t a list of 30 (TL;DR):
- Sharing cooked meals
- Meet some of our local friends
- Take half days and go out to different lunch spots to explore
- Hike when it’s not too hot and make sure it’s flat ground
- Drive around dangerous places for fun
- Getting into a joint routine as fast as possible
- Go out on date nights and take advantage of free babysitting
Things Vinessa and I got to do (yay, free babysitting!):
- Clemens & Vinessa separate drinks meet up (the day after they landed)
- Impromptu date night at Tables
- Vinessa yoga nights
- Clemens bad dad beer night after Evie goes to bed
- Visit to REI & Mani pedi afternoon break
- The Beer Spa afternoon – Now I need a zero gravity massage chair
- Redrock amphitheatre show
- Random bike riding on weekends
~See Lemons Love my Parents Here
