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| Kadin and Baiba in Rehobeth on the kiddy rides - August 2018 |
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| Kadin visits his cousin Maddox - August 2018 |
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| We took the flag-stop train to a pretty camping spot along a river. Nice fall camping trip (September). |
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| Kadin's first school picture - Preschool |
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| Yes, he is repetitively stabbing his pumpkin with knives. No, I am not overly worried about this. :-) |
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| Kadin all dressed up for Suzy and Kassie's wedding in November. This is one of the few photos when he wasn't wearing a mask due to all of the smoke from the Paradise Fires. |
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| Feliz Navidad mi amor |
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| We made newspaper boats, just like in the Curious George book, and floated them in an icy puddle. It was Kadito's idea to tie a "rope" to his so he could pull it along. |
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| After the boats got soggy and sank, we met up with another little boy named Cruz, about a year younger than Kadito and they raced back and forth on their bikes. Too cute! |
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| I tweaked this photo a bit to bring out the wispy hair and baby-red lips. I just can't stand how adorable he is and it reminds me that he is still so little (which is hard to remember when he is racing around on a pedal bike or climbing giant hills or getting into things he shouldn't!) |
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| Lunch at the Flying Squirrel Cafe and Kadito is always serving up yummy muffins, ice cream, and pizza. We were biking before this and once his helmet is on, he never wants to take it off… |
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| We started the day with a hike with Laura and her dog, Ricca. During the hike, we ran into Mark, Laura's husband, and Kadito took a spin on his snow machine, helping Mark clear some down trees. |
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| Towards the end of the hike, we explored a snow cave that Laura's teenaged daughters had built over the winter. It was a little sunken and a tight fit. Kadin wouldn't go in it until I did and then he loved it. |
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| Kadito wouldn't leave the snow cave until Laura was coaxed to go in there with him. She's a bit claustrophobic but didn't want to disappoint nor scare Kadito so in the cave she went and then they both crawed out. Thanks Laura! |
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| Back at the house, we pulled out the EasyBake Oven and made some M&M sugar cookies to bring to Mia's house for Easter. They are teensy! |
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| Yet more candy at the Easter egg hunt at Mia's house. They were mostly the little red and white mints… Thank you Mia! After Easter, Kadito was a little candy monster, searching the house for hidden sweets to the point that I finally had to give them all away or eat them myself and completely rid the house of candy. (At least until Halloween, I guess.) When I told him no more sweets, he said, "Mi sabo (Me knows), me eat candy, me loco." Ha! |
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| Kadin's art for his Mama… |
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| And Kadin's art for his Abu Baiba. He was very specific as to who got which painting. |
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| When we go to pick up our milk, Kadito loves checking out the cows who are giving it to us. That particular cow in the photo, however, is a beef cow grandma and she's HUGE. |
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| I got a used little car bed for Kadito. We still share a bed, but it's fun to play in and eventually may even be slept in… |
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| First… the cake… |
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| Then, the cream cheese icing… |
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| Feliz Cumpleaños Abu Baiba!!! (decorated with a bit acai powder mixed with the icing) |
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| Kadito has already learned to never turn your back on the ocean! Either that or he just really doesn't want to leave. |
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| Laughter is such a beautiful thing. As is that cute little "tickle button"! |
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| He is pointing to some boats in the ocean, I think. This was when we took the golf cart around the island to check out some other sites. |
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| At the turtle sanctuary, we saw turtles of all ages getting prepared to be released to the wild. This is the second stage – outdoor pools. |
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| We bought a little baggie of turtle pellets to feed them (and the gulls). You can see one little pellet at the edge of the pool between Kadin's foot and the turtle. |
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| We went out for lobster for our last dinner in Mexico and Kadito was the Lobster Monster. Grrrh! |
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| And Abuela Baiba was the Lobster Eater! Yum! |
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| Our ferry ride back to Cancun to get to the airport and start the long journey home. He's such an awesome travel buddy. |
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| Grandma Baiba and Grandpa Butchie come to Talkeetna for a visit! First stop… Twister! |
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| While the grandparents are resting, Kadin and I wander through the railroad station and Kadin enjoyed his time behind bars. |
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| Butch shops the local "produce" while Kadin races around on his bicycle. |
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| Weeeeeee!!! |
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| I had to stop into the VFW to meet up with a friend and Kadin was instantly fascinated with the pool table. He watched every shot, gave recommendations, and waited for the ball to travel from the pocket to the storage underneath. Physics scientist or pool shark to be? |
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| Finally, a break in the rain and we get to be back on our bikes. If you can see how muddy his legs are, on this trip we went looking for all the big mud puddles! In fact, he had a communication melt down when I went onto the bike path… yelling, no, no, bdda, bdda, (or something like that) and pointing across the street to the dirt trail. I wasn't thinking in English and it took me forever to figure out he was saying "Puddles! Puddles!" I confirmed it with, "Oh, ¿quieres charcos?" Yes!!!!! We turned around as soon as I figured it out and had a muddy fun time. |
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| Fun little BBQ and bonfire at Sarah's place with Sarah, Drover, and Franny. Kadin and Jorie ran around like crazy, ate hotdogs and roasted marshmellows, and then finally chilled out by the fire. |
Kadin's beautiful and silly and wonderful Grandma Baiba…. Alaska's cold in September!
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