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.

October 1 - 15, 2017 - 3 years 3 months

We went out for sushi and Kadin did a great job with his chopsticks!

ARGGH.  He LOVED the calamari.  He actually ate everything but wasn't too excited about the raw salmon.

As a surprise reward for being so good in the restaurant and in Value Village, I let Kadin pick out a toy and he is super excited about his new pirate ship!

It even has little mini wheels so it can smoothly sail the concrete seas.

Soleil's Birthday Party!!! Soleil is the girl to the far left.  

Mr. Monkey Acrobat in the bath.

In aerial yoga, this would be the orangutan pose.

Throwing rocks and sticks and leaves and watching them sink or float down the coast like a pirate ship.  (Everything is a pirate ship these days!)

It took Kadin over an hour to finally work up the courage to approach Sparky, the fire dog.  Sparky was quiet and patient and eventually Kadin wanted to show him all of his toys and art.  He even started to "read" the fire activity book to him!

We visited Wendy for a lovely tea and biscuits and a fun romp with her dogs.  Kadin found a feather on her window sill and he let me put it in his hair.  I love his facial expression in this picture for some reason.  

Yes, he's still running around naked.  But the awesome thing is that he had watched me mop the floor a few minutes prior to this and then immediately picked up the mop, mopped the floor, and used the squeegie thing to get the water out.  Kids' amazing ability to watch and imitate never ceases to surprise me.

August 1 - 15, 2016 - 2 years 1 month

Such the little Alaskan!

Lots of daycare photos this week…  

Daycare carnival festivities with Angelo pushing the car. 

Kadin looks serious, but had some seriously silly times with all the kids at Skye's birthday party.  Skye is the girl wearing the purple striped jacket. 

Enjoying his favorite foods at daycare - apple sauce, raisins, and crackers.

This is at Mia's house and he is handing her her margarita.  What a helpful little boy!  Of course, he had to take a teensy sip to see if it was well-made...

June 22, 2016 - June 28, 2016 - 23 months and 2 weeks

I was at a veterinary conference in San Francisco for a week and Kadin had to spend the week without me… here are a few shots of our week apart.

May 18, 2016 - May 24, 2016 - 22 months and 1 week

The frog eggs are now… tadpoles!  Here is one of the little mini pond/swamp aquariums I set up.

And here are two tadpoles!  The one on the left is from May 18th and the one on the right is from May 24th.  Growing fast… just like Kadin!  He is just starting to notice that something is squirming around in the tank.

Kadin does yoga with me!  Downward dog… 

It was Will's birthday so a great excuse for a party.  Kadin got to run around like crazy with Sky and Judy again and was fascinated by the balloon that sang "Happy Birthday".  

We biked around downtown and Kadin got to see the train pass by!  It was his first time noticing the train and afterwards, he loved pointing out the trains in his books and saying, "Chugga chugga, chugga chugga" over and over again. 

We went over to Trapper Creek for Rick Ernst's memorial and Kadin took the John Muir quote to heart and frolicked in the meadow, collecting dandelion tops for me.

This is a portion of the John Muir quote:  

"Let children walk with nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star…" 

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!