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.

April 1 - 15, 2017 - 2 years 9 months

A kid in a toy store!

All that excitement, including a new tractor, is exhausting!

Comparing candy with Soleil after the Easter egg hunt.

Kadin chose Tinkerbell as his stuffed toy gift at the Easter egg hunt - she can fly!  And her feet are fun to chew on! 

Playing with selfies with the computer's camera - and Kadin is showing off his Matchbox police car (that was mine when I was a little kid!)

June 8, 2016 - June 14, 2016 - 23 months

 A day at the playground and silly dancing at home with Scout.

September 30 - October 6, 2015 - 14 months and 3 weeks

Brrrr… we had a full week of winter in September, with mixed snow and rain.  Kadin got to try out walking in the snow with his yellow rubber boots. 

When it was raining, we'd stay inside and Kadin loves his new (to him) horsey rocker. 

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!

June 5, 2015 - 10 Months, 22 Days Old

Happy Birthday to Me!  I got a wood train toy to share with Kadin and a day's worth of free help and advice from Danial as we began to lay down wood flooring in my loft.  Kadin actually napped through the pounding, the nail gun, and the compressor making all sorts of loud noises.  Haven't finished it yet…

May 27, 2015 - 10 Months, 13 Days Old

I was still in Anchorage, so here is Kadin at our new place, same as yesterday, asleep in his Playland Emporium.

Gigglefest!  And just to the right, you can see Rivet.  She was trying to lick his face anytime Danial dropped him low enough.

These last two photos are from a different day, but show his more usual behavior during the day — active!

May 18, 2015 - 10 Months, 4 Days Old

Yet again, I didn't get a picture today, but these two are from the next day — just a quiet morning playing at the house.

May 3, 2015 - 9 Months, 19 Days Old

I got Kadin a new toy for Danial's birthday and it looks like he's pretty fond of it – especially the moving parts.  Danial liked it as well.

Buck prefers his "toys" to no longer be moving.  Yum.

April 27, 2015 - 9 Months, 13 Days Old

Kadin's first day at Day Care!!!  I think we were both pretty excited about it.  He got to play with LOTS of new toys and a few new friends and I got to run around and actually get a few things done.

April 25, 2015 - 9 Months, 11 Days Old

Big day for Kadin… First we went to the local Earth Day celebration, where Kadin got to see live owls and taste some yummy curry.  Then, that evening, we went to an awesome little cul-de-sac party, with tons of kids and dogs running around like crazy.  He definitely enjoyed himself and slept well tonight!

It's a Great Grey Owl, in permanent captivity due to the loss of her left eye.

Kadin decided to demonstrate the many ways to put himself in danger.
Firstly, by breaking apart his snake toy and trying to swallow the pieces, and secondly… 

By chewing on and wrapping himself up in the cords for the window blinds at Twister Creek.  I swear, kids are programmed to try and kill themselves to test the Darwin theory on their parents!