CABIN!

Here we are up at the cabin in June-- at the waterfall...it was just breathtaking. This is about 10 minutes from our lake.
Nana and Pops made Kai a new sandbox-- it was an instant hit!

"Hey, do I look good up at the lake, or what?"

Words

Kai received a surprise the other day- a special package arrived with a rocking chair from his Grandma and Grandpa Zimsen in Washington. This rocking chair has seen a lot of love in the past and Kai is adding to it.

He also is adding these words (not signs, but actual words)to his vocabulary:

• Mama
• Dada
• Ca (for car)
• Tru (for truck or train)
• No (just started..)
• Yuck
• Hot
• Nahna (for both his Nonny and Nana)
• Pa (for Pops)
• Wawa (for water)
  

Wine Tasting

We started a new tradition with the Hanhan family--going to the Alexis Bailey Winery in Hastings, MN for wine tasting! We had a great time-- drinking some fantastic wine, eating yummy cheese, and hanging out with the kids and playing.Joe-- always goofing around with the little ones...
Sarah (Paar) and Molly with the boys....

All of the girls!
Ella and Kai checking out Kai's favorite-- a CAR!

Best Friends

It's July! Kai has been in the water almost every day. Every day we have the same routine:

Kai wakes up in the morning and signs that he wants to go outside (or sometimes he signs that he wants to say good morning to the cat), he then goes down the stairs, opens up the door, and heads straight to the backyard.

Finally, he shrieks in delight when he sees the hose and the fun begins...we spend a lot of time watering plants, getting wet, taking off clothes, running around naked (Kai, not me), changing into a swim suit, taking it off (being in clothes in the summer is not a lot of fun), swimming in our kiddy pool, playing in the sprinkler, going head first down our slide into our pool, playing in the wading pools and finally the best-- hanging out at the beach!

His favorite friends to do all this with is Mr. Soren and Ms. Helen. Our neighbors have been teasing us about Kai being naked all of the time. We are just fine with that-- we assure them he does have clothes but we will save them for the winter! Plus, check it out-- both Helen and Soren don't mind getting a little naked either!