Yum...pizza!

I don't love pizza. I avoid ordering it as much as possible. So, when Jake took us to lunch at Marco's Coal Fired Pizza a few weeks ago, I wasn't thrilled. This joint is downtown on Larimer, between 21st and 22nd. Boy was I in for an awesome treat.

I ordered their lunch special, which was a salad, beverage, and pizza. It cost about $9. Jake ordered the chicken wings appetizer and the Brooklyn pizza.

My lunch special could have easily fed 2 people. The salad had tomatoes and fresh mozarella--very nice. My pizza (remember I don't like pizza) was wonderful. It was a Margherita--tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozarella. The crust was perfect and the toppings were very fresh. I had one of the coal-fired chicken wings--lemon and herb flavored. Delicious. Unfortunately, the Brooklyn pizza had mushrooms on it.

The food was delicious. The portions were generous--each pizza could easily feed 2 people. Jake's could have fed 3. The cost was quite reasonable--the range for pizzas was $9 to $17.

Another highlight was that the owner gave the kids a ball of pizza dough to play with while our food was cooking. They loved that.

If you find that you like pizza, and you also find that you are downtown, and you also find that you are hungry, definitely eat here. Check out their website: www.marcoscoalfiredpizza.com

Trouble

Ellie and Maki enjoying quality cable programming.

Ellie and her buddy Gunnar in Mickey ears. This one, I didn't really understand, but as Gunnar explained it, they are Princess Minnie and Superman Mickey. ("Pwintheth Minnie and Thupewman Mickey.")

This is why these two can't be left unsupervised for any amount of time.

Ellie is 3...and so is Daddy!

No, I'm not making fun of Jake's maturity. Ellie turned three, and Jake turned thirty-three.

Ellie wanted a PINK cake. So, she got a very pink cake.


Jake's on a diet, so he got a little cake.

3 Ellie Accomplishments:

1. Ellie is potty trained! Hooray!

2. Ellie knows the alphabet, can identify all the letters, and knows what sound they make.

3. Ellie can talk non-stop in the car, no matter the distance. She doesn't stop talking the whole time--not even if you ask her to, not even if you bribe her.

Judd Eats Crud

This is Judd...



...eating crud.

Dithneyland!

If you know how our spring season has gone down this year, you know that a pick-me-up was in order. Good thing we had planned to go to Disneyland! We spent 6 days in Anaheim, 4 of those at Disneyland resort, the other two spent traveling and visiting Little Tokyo.

4 days at Disneyland is a lot of time spent there.

Climbing around at ToonTown.

Ellie had been looking for Minnie for a long time.

Judd likes hats.

Ellie loves Mickey.

Other highlights:

1. Ellie won a screaming contest at the Monsters, Inc. ride.

2. We ate at an upscale restaurant one night and Judd screamed the whole time we were there. He wasn't mad, I just wasn't feeding him fast enough.

3. Jake and I don't do Teacups--motion sickness issues. Jake was the unlucky one who had to ride them with Ellie. I noticed that his and Ellie's teacup was the only one that wasn't spinning.
4. The ladybug ride at California Adventure is the same as the Teacup ride.

5. Shooting is fun. (Just ask Ellie.)