November 16 - 30, 2017 - 3 years 4 months

Kadito writes his name!!!! Who knew the letter "K" looks so much like a horse…

Foster kitties: Mama Trinity and Tony and Prima Gatito (Kadin named the two kittens) 

Hocky stick or weapon?  Need to keep the stick out of his reach except on the hockey rink or it's not a pretty site… 

No skates but on the ice with a hockey stick and puck = FUN! 

No skates but on the ice with a hockey stick and puck = FALLING! 

 

No hockey gear, no ice but in his ice skates with packed snow = FUN! 

 

Looks like I didn't take any pictures of Thanksgiving… it was a mellow dinner at Heather Krompacky's place with lots of yummy food and Kadin liked hanging with the boys as well as visiting Miss Nugget, the happily recovered kitty.

June 16 - 30, 2017 - 2 years 11 months

Chilling in a tarp on the phone.   

Proud Mama displaying Kadin's first girth hitch.  He is constantly trying to tie knots and hook his various toys up to ropes/cords.  

You can't really tell, but he is asleep and still hoding his book!
I pulled this catalog out of the recycle bin and it's his favorite book - full of boats and wild animals.  

Kadin is bottle feeding Pinny, the one and only kid that survived Patches dystocia. 

Kadin and I at the first ever Talkeetna Pride Parade.  Not sure why my phone broke up the picture so much but this was the best one of the two of us.  Kadin was happy (he has icecrean, doesn't he?) but he was intently watching all the commotion. In fact, I had to carry him because if I tried to get him to walk he just stopped and turned around in circles watching everthing.  

Eventually Kadin got too heavy and I found a friend of ours on his tricycle so Kadin rode in the back with Bowie.

Can you find Kadin?   If not, there is a clue at the end of this post...

After all the Pride festivities, we went out for pizza, beer, and music at Mountain High Pizza.  Yum!!

Leftover fruits and veggies going into the Ninja.  Best way for me to get yummy greens into Kadin at this point.

Yummy!!

Kadin brings the cat inside for the night.  Birch loves Kadin and is amazingly tolerant! 

Random Talkeetna scene at the library.  Probably Granddad, his baby granddaughter, and his gun.  I love living here.

Video of Kadin bottle-feeding Pinny, the baby goat.

Another video of Kadin and Pinny, the baby goat (Patches' baby)

Clue for finding Kadin and I in the big Pride photo:  
(We are just to the left of the girl with the white hula hoop.  I am wearing a fuzzy rainbow hat.)

March 2, 2016 - March 8, 2016 - 19 months and 3 weeks

Kadin's friend Farah had her 1st birthday party at the Grove.  You think Kadin was having fun?!  Pillows!

 Look Mom, a lion… Can you roar like one again?  Again?  Again please?

(he's actually thinking, "Mira Mamá, un león… Puedes rugir como el león otra vez?  Otra vez? Y otra vez, por favor?" but I translated it for you all.)

And more sledding fun!

August 12 - August 18, 2015 - 13 months and 1 week.

A few random photos from the week….

Here is Kadin, sleeping with his best bed-buddy, Birch.   Even though Kadin sometimes grabs his feet and his tail, Birch still purrs and loves being around him.  

Another random day, reading his books, and playing with toys scattered everywhere. 

A fun TAT party at Paul's house, with a bunch of little ones playing on the trampoline.  Mostly super fun, with the occasional head-bonk between kids and a few seconds of crying… then, back for more!

Kadin also surprised everyone at the party by sticking his fingers in the cocktail sauce - and liking it so much he went back for seconds!

July 5, 2015 - 11 Months, 21 Days Old

Still recovering from our colds, both Kadin and I were tired and grumpy most of the day, so no big photo shoots today.  I was soon napping alongside him!

June 24, 2015 - 11 Months, 10 Days Old

We went to the grand opening of our new library and Kadin had a blast!  Pulling books off the shelves, walking around with the help of a little chair, and playing with lots of kids his age and up.

April 30, 2015 - 9 Months, 16 Days Old

We've been going to Storytime at the library for a few weeks now, but I finally remembered to get a photo of it.  Lots of kids of all ages! 

(Kadin is the washed out kid in the lower left hand corner)

We sit in the back row for a reason….

He's always making some random (albeit, cute) noises, which gets all of the kids to turn and look at him.  Future class clown?  Uh oh!

April 7, 2015 - 8 Months, 24 Days Old

Kadin has finally figured out that books are more than just square chew toys!  He's looking at the pictures and playing with the furry, feely parts, like the lion's mane.  

March 12, 2015 - 7 Months 26 Days Old

Kadin got to spend the morning with Cole and his baby-sitting buddy, a little girl with an amazing head of hair (I don't know her name).

After so much social time, Kadin spends the afternoon curled up with a book on Emily and Jen's guest bed, while I recover from a sprained knee (injured by playing on a rug with a baby!)

March 7, 2015 - 7 Months 21 Days Old

Kadin loves to just skip the spoon and grab the whole bowl of food whenever possible!  

We ended the evening with a nice bedtime story snuggled up on the couch with Rivet.  Although he still aims to get the book in his mouth, Kadin is starting to pay a bit more attention to the pictures and touches the faces of people and animals in the books.