A Denver Family's Adventure Through The Ups And Downs of Life



Friday, January 29, 2010

Top 50 Things We Must Do With Our Kids In Denver Before They Grow Up

I'm not sure where I found this list, but I like it. As of today, we have already completed two items (visit the Denver Children's Museum and National Western Stock Show). We have gone to the museum twice and went to the Stock Show on January 16th. Tomorrow we will cross off another one, Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Competition. I have been to this for the past 4 years and plan to go every year with the family.

Top 50 Things We Must Do With Our Kids In Denver Before They Grow Up
(And pssst, some of these stretch outside of Denver a teensy bit. Don't tell!)

1. Concert at Red Rocks
2. Tiny Town
3. Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Competition
4. Georgetown Loop Railroad
5. Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum
6. Ice Cream at Liks
7. Boo At The Zoo
8. See flowers in bloom at (Wash)ington Park
9. Water World
10. Books at the Tattered Cover
11. Denver Children's Museum
12. Rockies game
13. Blossom of Lights at the Denver Botanic Gardens
14. Pumpkin Patch at Anderson Farms
15. Hike a 14er (OK, an EASY one)
16. Denver Firefighters Museum
17. Picnic in Civic Center Park
18. Films on Fillmore
19. Broncos game
20. City Park Jazz
21. Forney Museum
22. Ski trip to the Molly Hogan lift at A-Basin
23. Butterfly Pavilion
24. Sandwiches at the original Heidi's Deli
25. Nuggets game
26. Serve Thanksgiving dinner at the Denver Mission
27. Tour Celestial Seasonings
28. Paint-a-pottery
29. Elitch Gardens
30. Horse-drawn carriage ride through LoDo
31. Nutcracker by the Colorado Ballet (I really HATE the Nutcracker, but I will go for Sam's sake)
32. Wildlife Experience
33. Parade of Lights
34. Avalanche game
35. Dinosaur Ridge
36. Paddle boats in City Park
37. Free Saturday at Denver Art Museum
38. National Western Stock Show
39. See a play at the Arvada Center
40. Colorado Railroad Museum
41. Rapids game
42. Saturday events at Denver Public Library
43. People's Fair
44. Play in the fountain behind Museum of Nature & Science
45. Ride the Light Rail
46. Feed stingrays at Downtown Aquarium
47. Cliff divers at Casa Bonita
48. Gondola ride on Cherry Creek
49. Oktoberfest in Larimer Square
50. Have a plot in a community garden

I found a few more that we could do as a family.
51. Ride the Moonlight Classic
52. A day at the Denver Art Museum
53. Climb to the top of the Mother Cabrini Shrine
54. Dinner at the Spaghetti Factory
55. Goldpanning in Clear Creek
56. The Nature Center at Lookout Mountain
57. Cave of the Winds and the Fairy Caves at Glenwood Springs
58. Cherry Creek Sneak

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