Morning reading time

Sitting on the floor with books is a good way to start the day

9 Months

Elijah is now nine months old.

Just when we thought he couldn't get any cuter, he did!

He now waves "bye" and will crawl to the door to greet his daddy when he gets home from work.

He says "vroom, vroom" when pushing his cars on the ground.

He has developed a strong desire for bread; he will sit at meals asking for bread (Mmmm! Mmmmm!) until the request is granted. It does not matter whether bread is actually within sight. Out of sight is not out of mind.

He's a steady crawler now. He is able to make his way up and down one step. He likes to pull himself up on anything available.

It's beginning to look like Christmas

Keeping up

Ella can walk. Elijah can't and has trouble with steps.

Ella is carrying a phone that has buttons and makes noise!

Almost within reach!

Foiled by the more mobile cousin; if she would just stay still he could get it

On being the littlest cousin

Ella (16 months) patiently trying to feed Elijah a cheerio

Rand giving Elijah kisses

Sweet cousin

Over Thanksgiving weekend, we had a good time visiting with my sister and her kids. Rand's a sweet, big cousin!

Demoted

This week in history, we reached William the Conqueror. This means that William gets to be king (he is William the Conqueror after all). Elijah is now a prince.

Recess now frequently involves the peasants working the fields for their lord. One noblewoman today was interceding on behalf of an unseen peasant. She requested and was granted, by William the Conqueror, a holiday per month for the peasant, but upon reflection decided that 12 days off a year was insufficient. I didn't catch the final resolution.