I admit it, I’m a couch potato.  I love to watch movies, eat chocolate and laze around.  Unfortunately, I cannot listen to my inner slob, as I have children.  I have to ignore that part of my psyche.  Kai just adores being outside, which means that I am required to occasionally participate in his love of fresh air.  This goes against everything my inner couch potato covets, but I must admit that some occasional sunshine is nice.  Kai loves to go hot roddin’ on his new fancy bike (which is to say he likes to go the speed of a turtle on his new tricycle).  Due to his limited vocabulary we often hear these words….repetitively: Ouside and Bike.  He apparently thinks we don’t hear him, because he will repeat them several (hundred) times in a row.

His other favorite pastime is going down the slide on his super deluxe funhouse in the backyard.  The first few years we had to help him go down on his own but he has finally mastered the skill of sliding.  I no longer cringe to see him climbing up the steep ladder (fearing he will fall) and getting up to the slide level (fearing he would just walk off the other side that has no closure).  Now he’s old enough that if he falls I am fairly confident he will survive, so I feel much, much better, now.Here are some action shots of Kai and his slide: