Our heroes, the Men of Kagle, stayed in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico last night (mostly because of the odd name) and stopped in Tucson, Arizona this afternoon where they will spend time with the Seattle Kagles and extended family.

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Simon has had a wonderful time playing with his relatives and being outside without winter attire. He chased cousin Sarah (age 7) around the block yesterday yelling "CALIFORNIA!" (thanks to prompting by Grammy). He also pointed out the tall palm trees like all crazy Illinoisians do when they're fresh off the plane.

His away-from-home sleeping habits have, sadly, not improved since he was an infant. WAY over-tired Simon screamed for quite a while in the middle of the night last night. His excuses for not sleeping are, however, entertaining. Before he went to bed he said he had a plant in his pajamas and it needed watering. In the middle of the night he asked for "lunch" and told Hava his belly button was cold and this morning he described how the plane was made of Legos and it went up, up, up and then it went DOWN (a nightmare?). Although he is having a very good time during the day, at night he is clearly very homesick.

The Gonzalez family arrived just before lunch to open presents and Simon was happy to rip open the wrapping and see what was inside the gifts. He was unimpressed by clothes but big smiles formed on his face when he unwrapped a Cookie Monster puppet and a new book about Curious George. After the presents were opened Simon was placed into the car seat for his obligatory drive down the freeway and into slumber land (where he remains).