Music

Atticus adores music lately. He has a couple of drums, a toy piano/xylophone, and a lot of things that make noise. One of his favorites, though, has always been the guitar. Between Dad's and Uncle Mike's, Atticus has been fascinated by seeing others play this instrument.

Our friend Kerry found his ukulele the other day and very generously gifted it to Atticus. The boy just thinks this new toy is the bee's knees.


He likes to tell everyone about his "guitar". We can't get over how cute he is holding it too. Perfect size! Teehee!

Thanks again to Kerry!

PJs and first haircuts

Over the course of 48 hours, in 30 second intervals, I managed to cut Atticus' unwieldy mane this week. Daniel and I both love it long, but the boy refuses to sit for hair brushings and he was starting to get dreadlocks in the back. I know having been born in Boulder, he would have fit right in with that hair, but we weren't about to let that happen. Oh well, at least his hair looks a bit better and the parts that are drastically uneven are hard to see.

We had a rather chilly weekend, so Friday Atticus spent most of the day in his PJs. He tested out his striped ones that I got at a garage sale last summer. They were so cute, but at the time I couldn't imagine that Atticus would ever be that big, as they looked so huge next to him. I can't believe that he actually fits them now. Sigh.

A day at the ocean*

We spent four days of our Alaska trip at Anchor Point, not too far out of Homer. This was Atticus' first trip to an ocean and he adored it. He goes nuts for anything to do with water, so having water as far as the eye could see was just too exciting for Atticus.


This water was SO cold, but Atticus didn't even care. He ended up sitting in it, clothes and all. We took him out when his teeth started chattering, but he fought it and was really mad that he couldn't stay in. I can't imagine what he'll think when we make it to an ocean you can actually stay in without getting hypotermia.




*really, it was like half and hour

Alaska folks

Yes, Alaska is beautiful and has loads to offer for entertainment and adventure this time of year, but I have to say the best part of the trip was hanging with the Alaskan branch of the Podolak family. It had been nearly a year and a half since we saw them, so there was a lot of catching up to do. Ya know, the kind of catching up you just can't get over the phone or without sharing a good drink. Anyhow, thanks again to all of you guys. It was awesome to see all of you. And Atticus won't stop asking for Uncle Mike during the day now.

Whew!

There are 600+ photos to go through from the trip! It's an overwhelming task to go through them all to post here. For now, I'll leave you with one from our camping trip. Here Annie and Mike debate hobbies.

Home!

Us Wattses are back from our Alaskan adventure now - 39 hours later than expected, but better late than never. Lots and lots of photos to come soon.

Many many thanks to the podolAKs for spoiling us for 10 days (and adding to our waistlines!). I don't know how we'll ever go back to cooking our own dinners and driving ourselves around.