Atticus

I don't know if it's because I've been babysitting Atty on at least a part-time basis since his mom went back to work, or what, but that kid does something to my heart strings.  He is so full of personality and love.  Here he is with his dad's sunglasses.  I eventually had to hide them because he was getting so frustrated with them falling off. 

 

This week I dropped by at Kris and Sterling's house one night.  As I was getting ready to leave, Atty started fussing about me leaving.  I picked him up, and somewhat jokingly asked him if he wanted to go to Grammie's for a sleepover (I haven't done one yet with him).  He VERY enthusiastically said yes, and immediately waved at his mom and dad, "Bye mama, bye dadda."  He couldn't wait to leave.  It went pretty well, except he didn't get to sleep at a reasonable hour (a trend at Grammie's house, I guess).  There was one slightly rough patch where he woke up missing his mama, but after we got up and got ready to go, I asked him if he wanted to go see mama and he said no.  When Kaiya and Teague sleep over, they practically push their parents out the door.  Ahhh ... the love of grandchildren.  There's nothing so sweet. 

T-Ball

The latest sport that Kaiya and Teague are trying out is T-ball.  Teague's fondest wish, expressed many times, is to learn to play baseball, so T-ball is where you gotta start.

Here's Kaiya getting ready to bat, while Teague awaits his turn. 

 

Kaiya's running the bases and trying to hold her helmet on at the same time.

 

 

Doggy Day Care

My friends Tim and Mark were going on an Alaskan cruise, so when Tim mentioned plans for who would watch their two dogs, Cody and Dakota, I decided "why not?"  I could still work down there, and it would be a nice break for me as well. 

Here's Cody (asleep on my legs) ...

 

And Dakota ...

 

These are dogs with big personalities!  We had a fun time together.

I also took some time to visit the Desert Museum.

 

Scenery on the drive to the museum, and that far mountain range is actually in Mexico.

The museum was great, although I didn't allow myself enough time to really see all of it (I'm most disappointed about missing the hummingbird house). 

 

As you can see, there was quite a variety there.  I didn't get shots of a lot of it.  There was a bear that seemed so close to me, I was afraid he was going to jump his ravine and grab me!

 

Desert sunsets are beautiful.