Day 306: Sit up and beg?

"Spare a citris froot guv'na - ya woodnt wan' a li'l fella to get the scurrrvee wood-ya?"

Glad that's out of my system. The picture doesn't really do justice to how well E5N1 us getting on with sitting up. Locomotion continues to be a frustration for him, although his normal tactic of lying on his front on the floor with his hands and feet in the air was temporarily replaced by pushing up onto his knees with his bottom in the air today, so maybe he'll work it out in the end. It can't come too soon for the frustrated parents or too late for the terrified-about-childproofing home-owners.

It was a normal work-day for me today, but a holiday (Veterans Day) for the girls. They seem to have had a fun day, painting and doing puzzles from a lots-of-things-to-do-on-a-rainy-day activity set they had for Christmas last year. It was cold and dry for most of today, but it's raining now, so we can call it a rainy day. There seems to be a reasonable chance that we might see a bit of snow in the next week, but it may turn out to be rain here and in any case doesn't look likely to be enough (or sufficiently long-lasting) to interfere with the leaf-pile collecting. This is a good thing especially as I haven't planned my snow-clearing strategy or purchased the tools required (either a shovel or a shovel and a snow-thrower) yet. Last winter there was no significant snow until February, so there's no hurry right? Right?