Kai's new friends.

In Pennsylvania, most of Kai's friends were girls. Most of the toddlers that he hangs out with on a consistent basis are now boys. I had never given it much thought before, but there is definitely a difference between hanging out with mostly girl babies and now hanging out with mostly (or usually, all) boys. They are an active, spirited bunch. Here are some pictures of Kai and his new friends.

Amy attempts to keep Joah, Iain, Christian and Kai on the sofa for a photo.

Joah and Kai relaxing at the family cafe.

Joah, Kai and Iain

Kai, cheesing at a playdate.

Lazy Mommy Blogger

That's me. I was reminded of this tonight by the best kind of friend to have. One that tells you when you are being a lazy blogger. So...what has happened in the last twelve days...

Kai has not used the potty that I bought him the day following the pee pee on the potty times two. Not even once. Unless of course you count taking out the cushiony inner seat and putting it on his head as "using" it. If so, then he uses the potty daily. Sometimes multiple times a day.

Kai's harmonica playing and dancing skills continue to improve. We will have to capture his advances in these areas on video over the weekend to post.

Mostly, we have just been enjoying what is left of the summer with the little man. Lots of sandbox time, bike rides and time spent at the pool.

We are really looking forward to Jake's mom coming to visit next month. The last time she saw Kai was right before we moved. I don't think that she has even seen him walk! We are so excited for her to see how he has grown and how his personality is emerging.

Speaking of personality. Kai has learned to sing. His favorite song to sing goes like this, "Nooo, no, no, noooo, no, nooo, nooooo." He smiles pretty much through the whole thing. Must try to catch that on video also.

Pictures and video soon! Sooner than twelve days, I promise!

Pee pee in the potty!

Lately, Kai has been letting us know when he is in the bathtub or during naked time when he is about to urinate. This afternoon, Kai was standing in the play room and let us know that he was about to go. So, I asked him if he wanted to use they potty and we ran to the bathroom and took off his diaper. He did not go the whole way there! Then I put him on the big potty and told him it was okay to go. THEN HE DID!!!! There were some technical difficulties with using the big potty, mostly due to my lack of experience in the penis department. (Pee got on me as well as in the potty.) Most of his pee went into the potty though! We said yay a whole lot and I told him what a great thing it was to go pee in the potty, then we flushed and washed hands (all very, very exciting). It was a very exciting couple of minutes for us! Hurray to Kai! Now, I guess it is time to get a little potty for future peeing experiences. I am going to have to do some consulting about what type of potty to get. We have looked at them in the past, but there are a whole lot of choices. I am not sure what is best. If anyone has any potties for boys suggestions, please let me know!

Airplanes!

We are lucky enough (just ask any male, of any age) to be close in proximity to a giant "aviation celebration." There are approximately 2500 aircraft in attendance and they have air shows and airplanes, helicopters and whatever else constitutes craft all over the huge place. We were only there for few hours and were not able to see a lot of what was there. Kai loves, loves, loves airplanes right now and points to the sky as soon as he hears one and yells. So, Kai was pretty much amazed by the whole afternoon.

This is a F-22 Raptor and an older military plane flying side by side. The Raptor is super fast and amazingly loud. It was quite impressive. Even to a girl. ;) Below Kai enjoys watching the airshow with Jake. There were lots of big "oh," "whoa," and "wow" exclamations from Kai during the show. Then he took a break to read his current favorite book, Richard Scary's Transpotation Book and enjoy some Pirate's Booty. I think he might have been a little overwhelmed. After that he ran around a little with Jake following close behind and then came back to our blanket to "oh" and "wow" some more.

There were these awesome little planes for little ones to sit in. When pedaled the propellers twirled. Kai couldn't quite reach the pedals but that didn't seem to bum him out about the experience at all.

Below Kai and I check out more airplane action while near a coast guard helicopter from Elizabeth, somewhere.

Kai was so tired and overstimulated by the time we were leaving to go home he just wanted to sit in the safety of his stroller and gnaw on his fingers. He fell managed to stay awake the whole way home, but fell asleep soon after he hit the bed.

Kai tries on clothes.

Lately Kai has been experimenting with clothing and shoes that belong to Jake and me. Here is a video of the silliness that occurred when he tried on a shirt of mine.

Harmonica Playing.

Kai playing the harmonica solo and with our close family friends Sarah and Andy.

I forgot!

On our boat ride, we saw (what is believed to be) Oprah's lake house located on a lake adjacent to the lake our cabin is on. We got back and I was telling our friend, Genelle, about it and she wanted to get back on the boat so she could track down Oprah and find out what Eckhart Tolle's credentials are. We stayed put.