My Baby Experience

Ice Fishing in the Arctic

Jonathan — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:32:34 PDT

One of the awesome perks of living on a spit of land surrounded by fresh and salt waters is the great fishing. The last few weeks have been prime ice fishing conditions for Sheefish. The whole town can be seen fishing just off the north side of town when the Sheefish are biting. Sheefish are [...]

Photo Tour of Kotzebue – Moving to Town (Part 1)

Melainie — Sun, 05 May 2013 09:43:29 PDT

Although we live in a small town with no roads going out, we still have government offices, businesses, schools, and churches. Everything is a little different up here, so I thought it would be fun to give everyone a tour of the town. Other than AC there is one more grocery store in town, but [...]

Playing in a Winter Wonderland the Inupiat Way

Melainie — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:43:45 PDT

Now that the temperature has warmed up slightly, we are able to enjoy the snowy outdoors. Anneliese has always been an outdoorsy girl and, although it took some adjustment, she loves playing outside even in the arctic winter. Whenever we go out, she runs and plops down in the snow making snow angels.She also has [...]

Toddlerhood: Surviving with a 2 Year Old

Melainie — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:02:21 PST

Life with a toddler is so crazy. I am amazed by all that she is learning and stressed by her temperamental outbursts. It is both scary and sweet when she starts copying everything that I do. Life is getting more complicated as we decide about preschool and playdates, while trying to break our own bad [...]

Cabin Fever (and Our Toddler Playing on the Ice)

Melainie — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:32:36 PST

Winter time means cold weather and with that brings cabin fever. So far, we have been blessed with a very mild winter up here in the Alaskan arctic. One day we even had the temperature go above freezing! Whenever I chat with one of the local Inupiat natives, they say the weather feels like springtime. [...]