More drumming

Daniel and Atticus found a bunch of old drumsticks in a box while cleaning this weekend. We assume these were left over from when Uncle Mike had the drum set*, as they are pretty much Uncle Mike-hand sized. Atticus was excited to get a few new sets of sticks, especially when he realized that an overturned kid sized swimming pool makes a great drum.

*which started out as an Uncle Chuck drum set, what, 23 or 24 years ago??









We also managed to get this shot for a things-in-front-of-Atticus'-face size comparison to show you just how much he's grown in the last seven months.

Two

The best part of living with a two year old is the emerging imagination. We love finding interesting things around the house, such as the set up below.

Train set

Atticus had a pretty fun Christmas this year. His favorite present by far was the super-huge train set. He loved playing with these types whenever he would see them at other people's houses, so it was fun to get him one of his own.


We can't even tell you how obsessed with this he is. Ok, here is an example. Many nights, while falling asleep, he'll start to whine about wanting the train and then will say "stop siiiiiiignnnns!" He insists on sleeping with a piece of his set in his hand.
Funny kid.

Why no new photos?

I feel bad that we haven't posted photos much in the last two months. It's not really that we're not posting them as much as there aren't many. Here's why:

Playing, being quite cute....

... Oh! Is that a camera?

"My turn! My turn!*"

* - translates to "Give me!" or "This is unfair!!", depending on the situation

So, when the appeal of looking at the camera wears off, we'll get some more pictures.

Way back when

For Daniel's birthday in October, his brother Justin reprinted a bunch of old photos of the two of them when they were kids. Daniel put a bunch of them up on the website to share. It's fun to see all the little-boy genes that they share with Atticus.

It also makes us excited to think about Atticus having a sibling someday. Not anytime too soon, though. Just saying.