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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Atticus: "in the forest" a.k.a. the little bit of bushland behind Red Hill Epicurean.

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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2014."

I had made the mistake a little while ago telling Atti that I had ordered "Buzz" for him and that the postman will soon bring him a special package with Buzz in it. He waited patiently, telling everyone that his package was coming. Finally the day arrived and Buzz came to us in the mail. He has been "toy-du-jour" for a little while but now Atticus himself has decided that the postman is soon bringing him Woody... and every other toy he wants too for that matter!

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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Atticus: sitting pretty in the fire pit at Heide 2. Yep, we hang out at galleries a lot!

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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Atticus: a.k.a. Super-Atticus! Completing rescue missions daily in a neighbourhood near you!

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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Atticus: He gets the most beautiful light in his room at nap time. 

Also, we finally bought him a proper bed (as opposed to our previous mattress on the floor situation). Alas, it has not provided the encouragement to stay in there all night long as I had hoped. 

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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Atticus: Playing with cousins. Funny how a handful of boys can spend hours entertaining themselves with the simple pleasures of jumping, and tumbling.

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"A portrait of Atticus, once a week, every week, in 2014."

Atticus: Dodging the butterflies in the butterfly enclosure at Melbourne Zoo a few weeks ago. It was also on that morning that he woke up declaring "Mama, I don't want to wear nappies today. I want to wear undies!" 

I was completely blown away as potty training has felt like another loosing battle lately and all of a sudden he's telling me he want to wear undies! Yippee. We drove off to the Zoo armed with 2 sets of spare outfits and came home with them still packed away in my bag! It seems that once he made that decision to meet me halfway, he has taken some of the responsibility onto himself. And even though there have been accidents here and there, it's largely been an almost seamless transition.