Day 1.058: Ain't no stopping me now

E5N1 is 11 months old today. He's not exactly been in a hurry to crawl or walk - although his line in rolling has meant that he could see something across the room and get to it for some time. During my trip to Japan, he found out how to move forwards - it's less of a crawl than a slide at the moment, but it's extremely effective. So far, he has eaten a (paid) tax bill and the cover of a cheque-book as well as numerous less important bits of paper. He also shows a dangerous tendency to play with doors (usually ending up right next to a closed door waiting for someone to open it from the other side and thwack him on the head) and to chew cables (don't most people use pets for this service?). The girls were never like this.

Exile #4 regularly makes us laugh - her favourite stock-phrases are complaining about journeys taking a long time. "It takes a long time to get to ..." in a forlorn voice as we pull out of the drive is the normal form. She did a classic version of the other one today. We'd been having Saturday breakfast (in front of the TV) it was pancakes supplemented with toast this morning. As we were starting to clear up, she walked into the kitchen and said - totally straight-faced - "Are we having lunch soon?" Whether it was boredom or seeing Exile #2 looking like she might be cooking we may never know, but we all (including the 'hungry'-one) had a good laugh as a result.

We had a frustrating day - sheltering inside from the rain for almost all of it. The photo is from a couple of weeks ago - it's from Exile #3's camera, but I think I took it.