Pete the Panda comes to visit

Cuteness overload! Like all his older siblings when they were in kindergarten, Karsten brought home a "friend" to visit him from China. Pete packed his own toothbrush, pillow, blanket, and buddy (K named him "Pete Jr.") in a special backpack to spend one night at our house. After dinner Signe helped her little brother write down all their adventures in a special journal.

I just couldn't get enough of watching K sweetly take care of his "guest". He buckled Pete in the car, carried him down to the baseball fields and held him up high so he could see a little of a high school game, and read several stories to him. Karsten showed Pete how to play Candy Land, brushed his teeth, and tucked him into a cozy night's sleep in a doll bed that was Signe's.

My baby is not much of a baby anymore, but I still love love love and cherish these innocent little moments in his childhood when his imagination soars.