April 2-15, 2018 - 3 years 9 months

Yay!  Spring is (sort of) here!  Warm weather and lots of daylight… some snow to play in still but also some open dirt, water, and pavement to run and bike and boat in!  Good times…

Video:  We went biking in the woods with his Strider bike (no pedals) and stopped at a fun snowy hill to play with Bucky.  Kadito is often fairly conservative with risks, but not today!  He also often cries and gets mad when he falls, but not today!

We made newspaper boats, just like in the Curious George book, and floated them in an icy puddle.  It was Kadito's idea to tie a "rope" to his so he could pull it along. 

After the boats got soggy and sank, we met up with another little boy named Cruz, about a year younger than Kadito and they raced back and forth on their bikes.  Too cute!

Video:  Kadito's first day on his bright green pedal bike.  He still needs a bit of a hand getting started and then… off he goes!  He's too fast for me to walk with so in the future, I'll have to have my bike with me too.

I tweaked this photo a bit to bring out the wispy hair and baby-red lips.  I just can't stand how adorable he is and it reminds me that he is still so little (which is hard to remember when he is racing around on a pedal bike or climbing giant hills or getting into things he shouldn't!)

Video:  I broke down and got Kadito a little remote control car that was on sale.  Of course, he loved it, but what was even funnier was how much Bucky loved it too!

Video:  One more video, especially made for Abuela Baiba (BaBa).  

Lunch at the Flying Squirrel Cafe and Kadito is always serving up yummy muffins, ice cream, and pizza.  We were biking before this and once his helmet is on, he never wants to take it off…

January 12-14, 2018 - Tulúm, Mexico CAMPING at CENOTE ENCANTADO (3 years 6 months)

Kadin checks out the cenote on our first day there.  

We jumped in with just an inner tube that day and enjoyed the fresh water for a change.

We stayed at the Cenote Encantado a beautiful eco-camp hippy dippy place with composting toilets, a yoga space, and a nice clean kitchen.  Not to mention the beautiful cenote to swim in.  But here, Kadin stacks cups and is very proud of his tower (thus, he let me take his picture).

The next day, we rented one of their kayaks and explored the mangrove edges of the cenote.  We saw a 4' caimen basking in the sun, lots of birds, and Kadin helped me pick up lots of trash.

Buenas noches!

June 1 - 15, 2017 - 2 years 11 months

Come on in, Mama!

Stop taking my picture! 

The TRAIN! Choo choo...

Kadin's new tag-a-long bike so we can safely ride on the road and it's so much more fun than the Chariot trailer.

Video of Kadin being a cycling dare-devil and listening for cars.

February 8 - 15, 2017 - 2 years 7 months - Chacala, Mexico, 2nd week

Boat ride to Isla Coral

selfie! 

So many doggies to meet!  This was one of the friendliest.

Long day! 

Playing with Marco at our home away from home.

They were playing "doggies" and would go fetch the toys and bring them back to me! 

My little naked gardener!  He loved helping Concha and Suguey water the garden (as well as turning the hose on them occasionally!)

More sand! 

Kadin quickly learned how to eat the "paletas" (real fruit bars) without dropping a single bit of it on the ground. 

Another day, another friend. 

There was an old go-cart in our backyard.  Super fun.  And Kadin stole my socks today and put them on all by himself!

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 15, 2016 - June 21, 2016 - 23 months and 1 week

Summertime fun at X-Y Lakes…

Moments of indoor silliness (I think he looks like a right Irish lad, no?)

Finally in his own pilot's seat at TAT! (training for next year's flight crew)

and, of course, he is turning 2 next month….

May 4, 2016 - May 10, 2016 - 21 months and 3 weeks

The week started with mellow outdoor fun around the house and XY Lakes...

Kadin was surprised to see me strip down and jump into the lake… He started to take his socks and shoes off but one foot in the water and he changed his mind!

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The next day was an early morning to day care, where I scooped him up asleep in the bed and needless to say, he wasn't too happy about it!  

(Although, of course, he had a blast playing all day at the day care center.)

And the following day was such a long day full of fun that I couldn't just pick 2-3 photos.  

Morning:  First we flew out to Polly Creek and headed out to the mud flats to go clamming.  It was a 4 plane outing and Kadin's best buddy Sky was there so she and Kadin played in the mud to their hearts content, getting as dirty and wet as they wanted.

Afternoon:  The tide started coming in quick, so we went back to the beach and had lunch.  As the tide came in faster and faster, it was time to get the planes off the beach and Kadin snuggled down in his seat for the flight.

Late afternoon:  We were having so much fun, we decided to keep it going and land on a sand bar by ourselves and play in the afternoon sun.  Kadin loved crawling and rolling in the warm sand and so did we!

Early Evening:  Keeping the momentum going, we got back to Talkeetna and had to clean the clams.  Meanwhile, Kadin snacked on his favorite – Popcorn!

Late evening:  And of course, once the clams were prepared, we all met up for an impromtu party and feasted on them.  Kadin and Sky were pretty wired by then (also, someone gave them icecream…) and were running around outside playing with anything and everything!   I love how just a small patch of woods can be a forest for a child.