Conquering the Manitou Incline

Jude had the week off and he enjoyed a pretty low key week. He went out to his favorite breakfast place one day, and spent a lot of time playing with Olive and Marcy. Then on Friday he and Marcy drove down to the Manitou Incline, the 2,000 foot stairway near Colorado Springs.

Our young lady all dressed up for the school social

I had to pick up Anna from school that day and take her home to get ready for her school social. She was really excited about it and ended up having a great time. Then, right afterwards she went back to a friend’s house for a birthday party and a sleepover. She stayed up most of the night, saying she got to bed around 4am. Needless to say she was tired on Saturday.

Having fun at the sleepover

On Saturday, with Anna out after her sleepover, I gave Jude the choice of skiing or doing the Manitou Incline again for the second time in two days. He chose the Incline. It is such a great workout, Jude bolted up the 2,744 steps in 39 minutes, two minutes faster than his time the day before; I lumbered up 15 minutes behind him. Coming down the trail was tricky, as it was very slippery in places with the snow so we took it slowly.

It feels great to reach the top of the Manitou Incline

Today, we didn’t do much. The kids did their chores in the morning while I caught up on some work. This afternoon we went to Dave & Busters. Anna wanted to go there to celebrate the grades she received last semester. We took the neighbor kids and they all had a blast.

Lighting Anna’s amazing candle she made at the Waldorf Holiday Fair

This evening Anna decided it was time to light the candle she made at the Waldorf Holiday Fair back in December. She made a candle shaped like Santa’s sleigh and it burned brightly.