We're approaching the end of our vacation in Alaska. It's been a great time of visiting family, but I think we are ready to be home and back into our familiar routine. Two weeks is a long time for a 2-year old to be without a regular routine. We've tried to do a few activities to help Evelyn pass the time.
When we first arrived in Anchorage just before Christmas, the weather was mild for this time of year - mid 30's. Right after Christmas it dropped to the low teens and even got as low as 5 degrees on New Year's Eve. It hasn't snowed any more since we've been here, though there was already plenty. Jeremy is a bit disappointed about that since it is supposed to start snowing on Monday when we leave.
Evelyn really seemed to enjoy playing in the snow when we first arrived. However, either the colder weather, or maybe the fact that she got stuck in deep snow has made her more wary of it since. Here's a few pictures of Jeremy with her out in the snow trying to make a snow angel.
When we first arrived in Anchorage just before Christmas, the weather was mild for this time of year - mid 30's. Right after Christmas it dropped to the low teens and even got as low as 5 degrees on New Year's Eve. It hasn't snowed any more since we've been here, though there was already plenty. Jeremy is a bit disappointed about that since it is supposed to start snowing on Monday when we leave.
Evelyn really seemed to enjoy playing in the snow when we first arrived. However, either the colder weather, or maybe the fact that she got stuck in deep snow has made her more wary of it since. Here's a few pictures of Jeremy with her out in the snow trying to make a snow angel.
Next we tried ice skating. We weren't sure if the skating rink would even have skates small enough for a toddler, but there were quite a few kids about Evelyn's age zooming around the ice like pros. It took a little while for Evelyn to get confident about not having Jeremy hold onto her. She liked it best when Jeremy carried her and skated around the ice, but apparently we were breaking the rules by doing that because one of the employees asked us to stop.
Evelyn threw a fit when we told her she had to do it herself. That we would hold her hand and she could hold onto the wall. We tried to encourage her and explain that we had to obey the rules. Finally we were able to get her to skate around by having her touch each of the speakers placed along the wall. They were spaced just a little ways apart so once she had that goal she actually did quite well and even let go of Jeremy's hand and skated a little ways on her own to me. It's something we'll have to try to do again once we get back to Seattle.
Getting a little more confident.
On New Year's Eve, we braved the cold and went downtown for the fireworks show which was at 8 p.m. so we felt it would be OK for the kids to be up a little past their bedtime. Evelyn's opinion on the fireworks was that it was "too loud." And it was especially with the pops and bangs reverberating off all the surrounding buildings. When we got home we had our own little celebration with the little party poppers that shoot confetti and streamers everywhere and had hot chocolate and cookies.
This morning - Saturday, we got up early and drove up to Flattop overlooking the city to watch the sun rise. Below are pictures of the dawn breaking at 10:15 a.m. It was so cold! And a slight breeze up on the mountain made it even colder. I'd forgotten my gloves so my fingers were frozen after taking just a few pictures.
9:55 am The moon is still up!
Officially, sunrise was at 10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m. The sun is coming up behind us and starting to turn the tops of the mountains pink.
Brrr it's cold! Poor Isaiah's nose and cheeks were quite rosy and chapped from the wind even though we were out for just a few minutes!
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