December 16 - 31, 2017 - 3 years 5 months

Making cookies with an active and enthusiastic 3 year old is challenging… I mixed half of the chocolate chip recipe with half of the molasses cookie recipe and came out with something in between… Still yummy and fun in then end and with enough sugar, butter, flour, and chocolate chips, anything takes good, right?

El Capitán Kadito Finn  ¡Arrgh!  My Mom's yearly Christmas tree ornament gift for Kadito, in line with his latest fascination with pirates and boats.

Christmas Day

He was so cute with the Santa hat on but would NOT let me take his picture… this was all I could get.

Video:  Kadin with his Rocket Shooter on Christmas Day.  I have to admit, it might be a one-day-wonder, but I still want to try it at night and see if they really glow in the dark… it just has to get above 0ºF at some point.

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!