March 23, 2016 - March 29, 2016 - 20 months and 2 weeks

We spent Easter Sunday through Tuesday at Byer's Lake, Cabin #3, which is about an hour north of Talkeetna.  So wonderful to leave 40ºF (4ºC) and rain in Talkeetna and enjoy an actual winter wonderland for a change.  It was around 25ºF (-4ºC) and snowing the entire time we were there.  

Super fun sledding, skiing, lounging in the cabin, and, of course, Kadin's first ever Easter egg hunt!

Kadin always seems so happy outside, playing and exploring the world.  Best cure ever for his fussiness! 

Six eggs and one orange.  Eggs dyed with blueberries (blue), tumeric (yellow), and paprika (didn't work so well). 

And he's off, empty basket in hand.  I just told him to go look for the eggs and he knew exactly what to do!

This was the first one he saw, and it sort of freaked him out.  They had a stare-down for a few seconds and then he slowly approached.  It does have a sort of evil look to it, completely unintentional. 

After conquering his fear of the evil snowman, Kadin tried to grab the egg but it proved a bit awkward with his fleece dog-booty mittens.

Mittens gone, Kadin easily picks up the eggs on the porch.

And another egg and choco/pb cup on the sled.

He was trying to give me his peanut butter/dark chocolate cup but once I opened it up for him, he understood and kept the rest for himself!

This Easter egg hunt was way too easy for him!

Yay!  Another one!

After he found all of the eggs, Kadin tried to figure out what was inside them.  He had only had scrambled and fried eggs up until now.  What a surprise! 

He really wasn't that excited to find a hard boiled egg inside.  It's like someone had already told him about the plastic ones with candy and money inside!  You have to watch the video...

These two hooligans (and Bucky) had to stay inside during the hunt.  I'd already caught Buck trying to sneak away with one of the eggs in his mouth.

March 16, 2016 - March 22, 2016 - 20 months and 1 week

Kadin still loves eating snow.

Afternoon walk with little Miss Annie.

Ended the day with Bucky entertaining Kadin with his amazing snowball catching abilities!

He's so good at it, the snowball was headed right at right at Kadin and… whoosh… in comes Buck to save the day!

Here comes another one….

Ooops.  Bucky is still trying to figure out what happened to the snowball.  Kadin could have told him if his mouth wasn't so filled up with snow!!

March 9, 2016 - March 15, 2016 - 20 months

At the end of a day of sledding, Kadin heading up to the cabin.  I bet he (and Bucky) are thinking, "Ok, that was fun, but now it's… DINNNER TIME!"

A few days later, Kadin and I went to play down by the pond at my house.  He's having fun riding the melted down remains of our snow horse from last week.  

And then we were heading back up to the house, when Kadin had to stop to pick a few frozen high bush cranberries, and as soon as the sled stopped, Birch jumped in to get some lovin' from his favorite little human.  

Purrrrrrr!

March 2, 2016 - March 8, 2016 - 19 months and 3 weeks

Kadin's friend Farah had her 1st birthday party at the Grove.  You think Kadin was having fun?!  Pillows!

 Look Mom, a lion… Can you roar like one again?  Again?  Again please?

(he's actually thinking, "Mira Mamá, un león… Puedes rugir como el león otra vez?  Otra vez? Y otra vez, por favor?" but I translated it for you all.)

And more sledding fun!

February 24, 2016 - March 1, 2016 - 19 months and 2 weeks

Happy Birthday Nana Baiba!  We decided to play with selfies and blow raspberries all the way to Baltimore.

 Later in the week, we hung out with Rachel and her daughter Farah and the two of them tore into the kitchen cabinet and the salad spinner became a hat, the pots and pans were drums, and the measuring cups were just too much fun.

February 17, 2016 - February 23, 2016 - 19 months and 1 week

Beautiful sunny day, so we went down to the pond and I built a little snowhorse for Kadin (who promptly jumped on it and whacked the horse's head off).

We got yet another bike carrying option for Kadin - the WeeRide, a little chair that mounts in front of the adult rider.  He LOVED it, since now he could see everything and even feel the leaning of the bike and try to grab the handlebars and "help out".

A bit of indoor fun after Story Time at the Library.  

February 10, 2016 - February 16, 2016 - 19 months

Kadin hangs out with me at the EMS station, and loves running around with the Run Reports Box, which is like his own little suitcase!

I bought some chalkboard tape and drew a little portrait of our family to inspire Kadin to use it.  He promptly scribbled all over it and then broke the chalk into half, tried to eat it, and proceeded to scribble over the wood bench, the stairs, and the walls.  My little artist!

February 3, 2016 - February 9, 2016 - 18 months and 3 weeks

Yay, back in Alaska.  It's nice to be back home, and it's now light out til 6pm which makes me happy. It's also a lot easier to get the blog done when I have only 6 photos to chose from vs over 200!

Vrrooom, Vrrooom!  He loves pushing all of the buttons and pretending he's flying fast through the snow!

Handsome boy with a dog bowl top hat.  We LOVE being silly together these days!

January 27, 2016 - February 2, 2016 - 18 months and 2 weeks

We went to Fortuna and the Arenal Volcano area and did some nice hiking at the base of the volcano. Kadin loved climbing up the jagged lava trails.  By now, we've realized how fun a hostel/hotel is with a pool and try to find one at every place we stay!

                  

Our last stop was one of my favorites - a little beach called Playa Hermosa, not too touristy, lots of Tico visitors, and a mellow ocean to play in.  Kadin made friends with a little girl about the same age and they loved running around and showing each other how to do different things.  Too cute!