December 23 - December 29, 2015 - 17 months and 2 weeks

Merry Christmas! 

We had a lovely family morning, opening gifts under the tree, snuggling with the dogs, and then going outside to try out Kadin's new skis!

We then headed over to Mia's for a lovely dinner and fun times.

When Kadin first saw "Santa", he burst out crying and was scared of me until I talked in my normal voice AND pulled off the beard.  By the afternoon, he was used to it though, so hopefully when Santa visits next year, it won't be such a scary surprise!

December 16 - December 22, 2015 - 17 months and 1 week

Kadin and I went outside to admire the Northern Lights.  The white vapor is my breath in the cold air.

More Northern Lights, aka Aurora Borealis.
For the first time, it seemed as if Kadin could see the distant lights dancing in the sky and he pointed up at them and said his universal word for "what's that?" which is "Dah!"

December 9 - December 15, 2015 - 17 months

We went up to Cantwell for a couple of days, hiking and sledding in the open country.  Kadin had a wonderful time and barely seemed to mind the -10ºF weather.  Although he didn't try to pull his mittens or hat off either...

Fun photo editing to enhance the classic beauty of our hand-me-down wooden sled.

December 2 - December 8, 2015 - 16 months and 3 weeks

Another week around town…

I'm trying to teach him the main rule of snow-eating – Do not eat the yellow snow!!  (So far, so good, although I'm watching out for him too.)

Storytime at the library ends with a craft project (see next photo) and a bunch of kids playing with the new library's activity wall.  Choo choo!

This was one of the few times I tried to help Kadin with the craft project after storytime.  Actually, what happened was that I made the snowman, despite Kadin's attempts to eat the styrofoam, tear the eyes off, and pull his head and arms off!  We both had fun though...

Another fun meal!