January 19-21, 2018 - Mahahual, Mexico (3 years 6 months)

The next day, it was sunny again, and we went on another boat/snorkel trip, this time with a couple from Homer, Kristen and Fernando.  I didn't get a good photo of Kadin on the boat, but the snorkelling was awesome with lots of sea turtles and rays (I think manta rays and/or eagle rays?)

View of our cozy home, after I had a chance to clean it up a bit while Kadito was napping.

Kadito finds more friends.  The boy in the white lightening shirt was sweet and he and Kadito got along great.  The other two he'd met before and they still have a bit more to learn about sharing toys.  Dito was asking me why they wouldn't share their truck when he was sharing his car.  Eventually, we had to leave and I let the boys know it was because we don't play with kids who don't share.

Ay, que rico! 

Our last night in Mahahual and Kadito breaks open his backpack to show off all of his toys.  I found the key is to try and have more than one of everything to make sharing a bit easier.  However, Kadito made it a bit difficult because he kept losing all of his MatchBox cars in the sand!

July 17 - 31, 2017 - 3 years

We weren't able to keep Sally as a pet.  She wanted to eat our cat Birch and didn't appreciate Kadin's hugs and high energy on a constant level.  But we do still get to take her out for bike rides and forest frolicking which makes all of us happy!

And, we do have a new pet… meet Patch, our 6 year old Nigerian Dwarf goat! 

We went to T-Ball today, where Kadin picked up a bat for the first time and did great!
The "coach" kept trying to get Kadin to do everything just the way it's supposed to be done (one hand here, one there, you stand there, now put the bat here, etc…) and they both got frustrated.  I just handed Dito the bat and said, ok, hit the ball, and he did it – his own way.  It's a good thing to figure stuff out on your own, yet, if that trait sticks around, it might make school a bit challenging… 

Kadin was so excited to help me thin out the carrots that he went a bit overboard and started pulling all of our new-born baby carrots out of the ground and eating them!  They may be small but sure were yummy.

Kadin lined out all of the trucks at the playground today.
If it has wheels and moving parts, he's going to be interested in it! 

Kadito brought all of the mini-carrots he picked with him to show Mia.  I think in the end, Patch ate most of them... 

He was just so photogenic today!  I just can't stand how adorable my little Dito is.
(Of course, he'd correct me: "Dito no pequeño, Dito grande!")

Patch meets Kadin

Third time's a charm

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

September 2 - September 8, 2015 - 13 months and 4 weeks

Sheryl and her Mom were in town and we went on an amazing scenic flight around Denali.  We left Kadin at home because he had a bit of a cold.  Didn't stop him from wanting to play in the bed of the truck with the dogs - needless to say, we did NOT drive with him back there!