November 25 - December 1, 2015 - 16 months and 2 weeks

It was supposed to be a "napping" walk, but Kadin struggled out of the carrier, took his hat off, and was practically dancing in the streets!

We got lots of snow this week.  My poor moose is up to his antlers in it!

Kadin and his brother Birch are happy to watch the chickadees from the window instead of going out in -10ºF weather.

The next day was warmer, so we went for a little hike around our pond and within minutes of taking these photos, Kadin was fast asleep.

Another favorite indoor activy of Kadin's is snacking on a bowl full of snow!  I now have 10 snowballs in the freezer to pull out as snacks here and there.  I've "spiked" them with juice, but so far, he actually prefers them plain.  

November 18 - November 24, 2015 - 16 months and 1 week

It's all about playing in the snow these days…  

Already got 2-3 feet of snow on the ground – woo hoo!

A musher with a small dog team passed us… Kadin was fascinated!! 

Dreaming of being out in the snow with his own dog team...

November 11 - November 17, 2015 - 16 months

Random assortment from the week…

Kadin is quite the little helper, helping me collect and split and stack the firewood.  He also LOVES helping me get the woodstove going and watching the fire.

Bathtime!

The EMS Station's newest employee - the well-dressed janitor. 

Snuggle-time with his siblings, the doggies Rudder (left) and Rivet (right).

Woo hoo!  Blue tarp ball and fashion show!  Super fun and Kadin was quite the charmer in his moment in the starlight.

During the few hours of naptime each day, I've been working on getting a woodshed up.  Brrr, it was -20ºF here, as I was finishing the roof.

November 4 - November 10, 2015 - 15 months and 3 weeks

Winter-time:  snuggling cozy at home, pizza-eating in our now-quiet town, and sledding down the road to go dig out our car from under 8 inches of snow...

October 28 - November 3, 2015 - 15 months and 2 weeks

Celebrating Halloween!  

Kadin was fascinated with all of the costumed people wandering the streets, and a bit scared of the talking and moving witch decoration at the Pub.  

He loved the gummy worms, taffy, and 3 Musketeers.  

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.

October 14 - October 20, 2015 - 15 months

A fun autumn week, hanging out around home and work.

Autumn hike to the pond

Woof woof! 

This is the second of 3 injuries to the same eye within 2 weeks.  A stick, a table edge, and a gravel road.  What an intrepid explorer!!

October 7 - October 13, 2015 - 14 months and 4 weeks

Guess not much happened this week… but dinner with Kadin is always entertaining.  He absolutely loved rice noodles, with butter, salt & pepper, or just plain, he couldn't slurp them up fast enough!

At first he wasn't so certain about the sushi but he does love rice and although I didn't get a shot of it, he loved poking his fingers through the nori ring and picking out the rice.  It was the first time we had sushi - eggplant, cream cheese, and rice.  Next time we are going with asparagus as well.

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. 

September 24 - September 29, 2015 - 14 months and 2 weeks

The first set of pictures are from a fun little hike we did at the toe of the Kahiltna Glacier, a big difference from the 80ºF weather in Colorado and Missouri.  Fun mud and rocks to play with, happy dogs running around, beautiful fall colors, and some nice fresh black bear tracks! 

The last photo is two days later, after Kadin bonked his lip on the door handle of our wood stove.  Ow!