Friday and Saturday were the La Leche League of Wisconsin continuing education days near Milwaukee. Kai and I headed down on Thursday with a co-leader and my sister joined us later that evening. Kai did reasonably well on Friday during the conference. Most of the sessions that I really wanted to hear were that day, so I was a little disappointed to miss two of them and was only able to devote all of my attention to about 40 total minutes of the day. I really thought that Kai would quietly watch movies, read, work on puzzles and so on if I explained to him that it was important that he be very quiet. He really tried, but he is so talkative and curious right now that I could tell that it was going to be impossible. My mom came down Friday night and I was able to attend a dessert Q&A session that evening and all of Saturday. I learned a lot and am looking forward to attending again next year. Who did I learn from you ask? Well, breastfeeding rock star geniuses
Dr Jack Newman and
Dr Thomas Hale.
Sitting at the conference aside, there were some fantastic moments during the weekend. Kai was pronouncing elevator as "alligator" and pool as "cool." So, we went in the alligator to swim at the cool. When we got into the cool it was super super warm and Kai said, "This cool is like a big bathtub?" He also would say, "Let's go back to our rooms." Also pretty darn cute. We went out for sushi and Kai ate a ton of edamame, played with Adria, owner of
Mom and Pop Place turning everything into helicopters and then got his head stuck in the high chair. Adria threatened to take a picture and I kind of wish she had because although the situation was definitely very intense for him (and when I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get him out without a saw - me), it was also very funny. He slid out the bottom of the classic restaurant style high chair and his head became lodged sideways between the bar and the seat. That night when I was putting him to bed he told me, "I am having a fun trip." Which melted my mommy heart because I was afraid that he was being tortured by the whole experience. I forget sometimes that pretty much anything, including sitting in a conference room trying to be quiet, is new and potentially awesome for him.
Yesterday, while I was at the conference, Kai went to the
Milwaukee Zoo with my mom and I got a picture by text during the early part of the conference of Kai riding a pony. Seeing that really allowed me to relax knowing that Kai was having a special morning with my mom. They rode the zoo train and the carousel and saw most of the animals before heading to my aunt's home for Kai's cousin Addison's birthday party. So, a pretty fantastic day for Mr. Kai...a zoo trip and a birthday cake party!
The weather yesterday was unusually warm for November in Wisconsin and it carried on over into today. We spent the morning at a neighborhood park, looking at the river and discussing being able to see the moon and playing a sort of I-Spy game. This afternoon we are headed to the library and then over to another nearby park to soak up some more fall sunshine while it lasts. As demonstrated by my lack of posts, Kai is keeping me very busy the last part of his third year in our lives, but it is the most amazing, challenging and rewarding time with him yet. I hope that I can get some more time soon to share more of what we have been up to lately!
So, I have been thinking a lot lately about how it has been difficult for me to remember to blog. I have a hard time thinking about what to blog. Not that Kai is not endlessly exciting. I am just not sure what I am going to do about this. In the mean time, here are some photos...
Super star headband.
Knitting and movies with Mom.
Chocolate cake making.
Grape Monster
