Had a great Memorial Day Weekend!

Didn't get a photo of it, but Christopher loved the labyrinth in Santa Fe at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis. It's a replica of the one in Chartes and he did it twice by himself! The first time he lead and I followed and the second time was just him while I watched. He is great at mazes.

We'll have to get him into a corn maze in the Fall! That was part of our Saturday adventure, which also included a little tour of the Basilica and then learning about poppies, snails and having some really fabulous chocolate--Christopher chose a mushroom that was the best one!

We had yummy breakfast on Sunday with Dana and Spencer (didn't get

any photos there either :<), but did get some shots on some downtown

rocks!

And we got to hang out with D'Marie and Johnnie a good bit too--who were such gracious hosts that they gave up their bedroom!

Christopher picked out some beads from the hemp shop

and we strung an "Om" necklace on Sunday afternoon.

Plus, we got in hikes on two separate trails--the Borrego Trail and, again,

the Chamisa Trail. The Borrego Trail was more shaded and got a bit chilly for him since it was early morning, but he did find a hiking staff that

he wants to decorate (thanks to Johnnie!) And we had a Memorial Day pic-nic just off the Chamisa Trail that included granola bars, fruit, popcorn, jerky, oj, water and astronaut ice cream. Then we did some plant-identifying and even picked a tiny bit of mullein.

46.5 hours, but it surely went fast! When we talked about him coming to Denver in less than a week, he asked me if he was coming to stay in Colorado "forever." If I hadn't been so shocked by the question, I would have been more saddened by it. But I just quickly explained that it would be for a week and that it would be a fun time.

Several people have asked me what Christopher thinks is going on. That's a hard question to answer. There's not really a way to painlessly explain the truth of the situation. So, I have stuck very closely to the logistics of each step along the way in discussing it with him. A "big picture" would only confuse him and it's actually pretty unknown. The reason he's going back and forth is too ugly to impose on him. And I do actively try to hide my own feelings from him. As he has his own feelings or concerns, though, I just try to talk about them with him and be accepting of wherever he is and give him as much comfort as I can. It's hard. I can promise him little right now even though I still want to promise him the world...