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| Gotta love dem O's! |
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| We met up with Ama, Maya and a friend of theirs and went on a train ride to the Spencer Whistle Stop. Then we boarded our rafts and got to explore and touch icebergs on the Spencer Glacier Lake. And finally, we floated down the Placer River. Kadin loved the class I and II rapids and kept yelling, "more waves, more waves". At one point, I had to put him in the middle of the boat because he kept leaning too far over to touch the water. Towards the end, he got a bit bored of the flat water and I had him jump up and down in the raft trying to make his own waves (with the guide's ok, of course). |
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| Mama Ama with Maya. |
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| After the trip, we went to a restaurant in Cooper Landing, where Kadin found a bunch of wild raspberry bushes and was happy to pick some for Maya. He even offered some raspberries to a random man eating at the restaurant, saying, "They're really yummy… you should eat some." |
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| We said good-bye to Ama and Maya the next day and Kadin was so sleepy, he slept as I got him out of his carseat, put him in the cart, did all my shopping, and then put him back in his carseat! |
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| Instead of going straight home, we decided to camp another couple of nights and Kadin always looks forward to a campfire so he can roast his marshmallows and hotdogs! |
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| The second campsite was by a lake and Kadin was fascinated (and maybe a bit scared) by the crazy energy that these four girls had. He just stood and stared at them for about 5 minutes before one of them gently brought him into the action. |
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Conversation in an outhouse (original version in Spanish, mostly):
K: what that say?
J: "Nixon lives" Es un poco una bobada sobre un hombre que esta muerto pero alguien piensa que todavia viva.
K: Hombre? No have tetas? No leche?
J: Sí, Dito. Los hombres no tiened tetas y no pueden dar leche a los bebes; solo las mujeres.
K: Tu give me leche?
J: No Kadito, no podia. Mis tetas no hacian leche.
K: Why tu no leche?
J: Para tener leche en las tetas, hay que tener el bebe en la barriga, el utero, antes y yo no te tenia en la barriga Kadito. Otra mujer te llevaba en su utero y como ella no podia cuidarte y te querria mucho, asi que ella te dio a mi para cuidar y ser tu mama. Eso quire decir que tu eres adoptado.
Conversation in an outhouse (English version):
K: what that say?
J: "Nixon lives" It's a bit silly, about a man who is dead but someone thinks he's still alive.
K: A man? So he no have boobs? He no have milk?
J: Yes, Dito. Men do not have boobs and they cannot give milk to their babies, only women can do that.
K: You give me milk?
J: No Kadin, my boobs didn't have any milk.
K: Why you no have milk?
J: To have milk in your boobs, you have to have a baby in your belly, your uterus, beforehand and I didn't have you in my belly, Kadito. Another woman carried you in her belly. She wasn't able to take care of you and since she loved you very much she gave you to me to care for and be your mommy. That means you're adopted.
You never know when and where you'll be having these important conversations…. |
