January 16, 2018 - Mahahual, Mexico (3 years 6 months)

Morning walk along the beach.  He would comment on every boat, especially if it had two outboard motors instead of just one.
He would run out to a pier by himself sometimes, so I made him wear his life jacket!

Kadin is really into learning his letters right now – especially O, K, J, and S – and was practicing in the sand.  I love that sometimes he calls me "Jota", which is the letter J in Spanish.

Kadin met two twins, Sebastian and Tristan, at our campsite beach and LOVED playing with them for hours.  We even hopped on their golf cart for a final ride before they got back onto their cruise ship and left.  As they left, he cried and every time he saw a cruise ship he mentioned them.  I realized it's kind of hard on him to meet kids for just a quick playday and then never see them again and it renewed my quest to find a more permanent community to go to every year.

More cool discoveries… I think he's asking me what made all the holes in the sand.  I believe it's little clams in there.

Later on, we met up with a few more kids and they all started collecting these teensy clams.  Kadin was proud to show the girl how many he'd found.

Video:  Kadin playing in the water.  "Mi mano bote" = my hand is a boat!  "Big bote bajo aqua" = it's a big boat going under water!

July 1 - 13, 2017 - Almost 3 years old…

Kadin meets Wrangell, and it's the classic "boy meets dog"… instant best friends.  We need to make some future play dates with him! 

When I wasn't looking, Kadin grabbed the bottle of Braggs and chugged it.  And loved it.  He definitely goes for the salty stuff! 

Arriba! Arriba! 

As the swing came to a stop, Kadin decided to try to jump off it like the big kids do… but he jumped at the wrong time and belly flopped right onto his nose.  Owww!  After the crying stopped, I asked him if I could take a picture and he smiled and said yes. 

Clean up time! 

A beautiful summer day and we went canoeing on X Lake… Kadito spotted some trolls on a distant beach, so we decided to go visit and share our lunch with them.

October 1 - 15, 2016 - 2 years 3 months

Bubble bath at Mia's house!  Yay!  Ba-was! Ba-was!

Focused, better not fall or you'll bite your tongue in half! :-)

Sharing his bread pieces with another kid in Wasilla.

Yeah, he has some random wound below his eye, but geez, isn't he just adorable!

It's a bit blurry, but note the empty Canine Bordetella vaccine bottle that is serving as a pilot now.

After the balloon filled with warm water is used to compress his eye, Kadin gets to play with it.

Video link:

https://youtu.be/sZGVJ5SObmo

October 21 - October 27, 2015 - 15 months and 1 week

Mish mash collection of random photos from the week... no special events, but a nice time hanging out around home and town.

Hanging out at the Flying Squirrel Cafe.. Mama, can't I go outside and play?!

One minute he's a rascally rabbit, the next, he's an adorable sleeping baby... 

Mmm, I love rice! 

Bummer it's a blurry photo, but we had a fun family evening playing at the playground downtown.

March 21, 2015 - 8 Months, 7 Days Old

Wheeee!

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March 11, 2015 - 7 Months 25 Days Old

Kadin had a social day today, playing in a playground during the day and then getting to meet Cole, Emily and Jen's baby who was born just a week after Kadin.  Fun, Fun, Fun!