Manitou Springs

After hanging out at The Garden of the Gods for awhile we took a little jaunt over to Manitou Springs and found a little park.

Jared and I came here back in June and had such a great time that we decided to come back.

The kids (and adults) had a blast.Elizabeth is really into slides right now. Once she goes down a slide one time she wants to keep sliding. If you try and get her away from the slides she throws a tantrum. That's right. I finally have a child that can be one of those "terrible twos" kids. 

Anna even got to play around a little bit.

I think our children are like monkeys. They love climbing whatever is in sight.

This was more Elizabeth's forte compared to the spinning merry go round.

There was a crazy teeter totter thing that looks kind of like a rainbow. It was pretty fun to play on.

After playing around we walked the town. There's really only one main street with a bunch of cute little shops.

The Cliff House

Jared and I stayed at The Cliff House for two nights. It was an incredibly charming hotel with some beautiful character. There was an enormous porch out front where we enjoyed dinner one evening along with some people watching.There was a beautiful music room however we missed the piano music.

Our room had nice paintings along with a gas fireplace.We also had a little sitting area stocked with ice and glasses.   Aren’t we cute with our matching computers checking emails and surfing the internet?Now it’s the little things that I get excited about.  I have thing for hotel toiletries.  I love them.  Jared makes fun of me.  I love Aveda products and this shampoo was incredible!

And the mirrors!  The mirrors were fun and I played while Jared took a nap.  Someday I’ll get this mirror photography figured out, maybe.

And guess what this is?  Can you tell?  It was a heated toilet seat.  Seriously!  It was so cool.  I left it on the whole time, but when the cleaning lady came she would shut it off.  I’m telling you, it’s the little things…

We even had a little workout.  Okay, maybe Jared was just messing around a little. And while he was pretending to workout I was playing around with the mirrors, of course.  :)  

I hated to leave this place.  The Cliff House was beautiful and I would go back in a heart beat!