This morning Elijah helped me make some pancakes, and he practiced counting, too!
All three of our kiddos made the same mistake when they were learning how to count. They all said ... 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 8.... I think they all do this because eleven sounds like seven, so eight comes after seven (and eleven, apparently)!
Elijah is a big fan of any and all trucks. We've depleted our public library's supply of truck books. Elijah especially likes the books I Drive a Dump Truck and I Drive a Garbage Truck. The first line of the dump truck book is: My name is Henry and I drive a dumptruck. For weeks now, Elijah has been telling us, "Henry drive dump truck. Jackie drive trash truck!" I love how he says it, so I wanted to capture it on video before he outgrows his baby voice.
Today is the last day that Ornament will be at our house until next year. Tonight he will return to the North Pole with Santa, and hopefully, he'll return next year!! It's funny how Ornament always found the high spots in our house, so that a little munchkin (or three) couldn't reach him!
We were supposed to go to a holiday sing-along at Sienna's school this afternoon. Unfortunately, we got a message at 2:00 PM yesterday saying that school was canceled today! The roads were clear by last night, so I'm not sure why school was canceled. Oh well!! Since we missed the sing-along, Sienna gave me a private viewing of one of the songs. I learned this song with a different set of hand motions when I was in Kindergarten!
Thankfully, my parents were able to fly in safely today despite the weekend snowstorm! We're looking forward to having them (and Katy and Nathan) here for Christmas!
Elijah wasn't so sure this was a good idea!
Elijah actually seemed happier with my gigantic scarf wrapped around his face!
Isabella and Elijah had fun sledding on the driveway! Sienna had already gone in by this point.
We have a crawler!!! Granted, it's a commando crawl, but Elijah still gets himself around effectively. It's just a matter of time before he's zooming all around. He'll get up and rock on his hands and knees, but he still slithers on his belly to get around. He sure is determined when he wants something!
Elijah pulled up to a standing position for the first time today, too!!! Here he is standing at the coffee table. What a big boy!
Elijah is 10 months old today!!! He's getting closer to crawling; although, he still uses rolling as his preferred means of getting around. He pivots all around and scooches a bit on his belly, but he doesn't get up on his hands and knees independently yet. We're working on that, but I know I'll be sorry once he really starts crawling! Now he will still sit in one spot and play for a while. Those days will be over soon!
