Finally, the kitchen

Nate and I stayed up until almost midnight last night putting the kitchen together. I think they like it. Here's a picture of the two upon hearing there was a surprise waiting for them.
Our labor day weekend ended with an active day - first trip on the Sacramento River trail, we're going to have to bike with Kai now that he cruises so fast. And it was Nina's first time in the backpack; I liked having her close to me again, missing the bjorn.
Nate took Kai to a park later in the day, where he met some older girls who played soccer with him. Then Nate took him to the last day at McKinley Park pool, where Kai certainly asserted himself in line for the diving board.
Today we lolly gagged around the house after taking Nate to work. We went to the best story hour in town at Barnes and Noble...Mr. Steve was hilarious, and Kai was THRILLED that Mr. Steve read KnuffleBunny and some other Mo Willems books. (In addition to Kitten's First Full Moon!) It was very participatory and Kai did the most interacting with Mr. Steve. When Mr. Steve started to read a book that Kai wasn't excited about, he went to the shelf and grabbed some stuffed animals and started to try to interrupt by shoving them at Mr. Steve. Yikes! But he didn't push it too far. Nina wandered around picking things off of the shelf and trying to climb the benches. After the story hour Kai read to himself for more than an hour. Unfortunately he wants to read mostly books about characters he sees on TV. Ugh. I would love to throw that thing out the window.
He had his second YMCA swim lesson, poor Nina is almost impossible to contain she wants to go in the water so bad while watching him. Later in the evening, we rode the bike/pushed stroller to the hospital to pick up Nate but when we got there found out he had to stay later - Kai was very sad. Lots of guys in green scrubs wandering around, and Kai often thought he saw daddy (or daddy's friends). He looks so darn cute on that bike, rides so tall and proud, and wearing that flaming red helmet - gets lots of smiles. Rode home and Nate suprised us just a few minutes later. Here's a picture Nina as we were getting ready to go out for the ride.
Nina up three times in the night...again...poor Kai stirs every time. In the middle of the night he practically does somersaults in the bed trying to get comfortable. Or find water. Or paci. It's crazy.
Kai is really into imaginary play these days. We'll be hanging out and suddenly he'll say, chin down with a half-grin, "I thought we were playing Cars." Or he'll say, "Let's play Max and Ruby without the guys." It'll come out of nowhere. I wish I was more into the imaginary play thing, it'll be nice when Nina can join in. All day yesterday I was Mater, Nina was King, and Kai was Lightning McQueen.
Not sure what the day has in store for us, but I'm getting SAD that I have to share these kids soon with school and sitter.