With your host children
The WhatsApp group is the best way to stay up to date with playdates and activities that other au pairs are doing.
Ideas you can talk about with your host familiy:
The WoW museum (ages 1-6)
Rec centers (all ages)
Library story time (ages 1-6)
Great Outdoors waterpark (2-12)
Water World (2- adult, kids under 40 inches tall free)
Eliches Amusement Park ( all ages, kids 2 and under free, register for a free preschool pass for kids 3-5)
Butterfly Pavilion (all ages)
Denver Children’s Museum (all ages)
The Denver Zoo (all ages)
Denver Museum of Nature and Science (ages 3-adult)
Gymnastics Open Gym (X-treme gymnastics, Airborne, The Little Gym) (ages 1-6 usually)
Skate parks
Best Coffee & Bakeries
Moxie Bread Co.
Jeannot’s Patisserie
Button Rock Bakery// Otis Coffee
BREW Tea & Coffee
Lucca Coffee & Eatery
Bittersweet Cafe
East Simpson Coffee
In your free time-
Ice Cream/ Dessert
Sweet Cow- Louisville
Eats n Sweets- Lafayette
The Melting Pot- Louisville (very expensive, but good for a celebration dessert!)
Dairy Queen
Cow-A-Bunga
Menchies
Good times Custard
Ideas for Activities
Take a hike, many people use an app called AllTrails to find good hiking spots!
Go bowling
Go iceskating
See a movie
Baseball games form March to October (the Colorado Rockies)
Basketball games from October to April (the Denver Nuggets)
Hockey Games from October to April (the Colorado Avalanche)
Football games from September to February (the Denver Broncos)
CU Boulder college sports
DU college sports
Downtown Denver or Boulder (there are many 18+ options!)
Estes Park (parts of the park close for the winter)
Visit the library to help with their community puzzles
Local Stores
Grocery stores
King Soopers
Safeway
Sprouts
Whole Foods
Target (most of the time)
Costco (you must have a membership, it’s for bulk food items)
Sam’s Club (you must have a membership, it’s for bulk food items)
Walmart
Pharmacies
Walgreens
Target (usually has a pharmacy)
King Soopers (usually has a pharmacy)
Walmart (usually has a pharmacy)
Stores with clothes and other random items
Target
Walmart
Jax
ARC (resale store for used clothing)
Goodwill (used clothing)
Where to Shop
Old Town Louisville
Old Town Lafayette
Flatirons Crossing Mall- Superior
The Orchard- Westminster
Denver Premium Outlets- Thornton
29th Street Mall- Boulder
Pearl Street Mall- Boulder