Our Early October

My parents came to visit for the day the first weekend in October and my mom taught James how to play chess. Technically, I believe it is my brother Jamey's chess board, but we will take good care of it. I always assumed 5 was way to young to play chess, but at a friend's wedding last May, we were confronted with a hotel full of teeny tiny chess competitors. Turns out, 5 is perfectly old enough to learn chess.
My cousin Becca has the cutest blog about Things That Are Too Small. I thought it was just adorable and kind of lamented to myself that my kids never tried things like that. About a week later, James comes into the room wearing his new "stormtrooper" outfit. It is actually Eleanor's dress. The picture taking made him feel a little sheepish. It clued him in that just perhaps this wasn't a new shirt for him. I thought it made a cute shirt however, I will have to try it out on Gillian.
Just my sweet Eleanor. Several things made me suspect that I might not be making enough milk and so we started supplementing her and she gained 2 lbs and is now as chunky as my other kids were. All is right with the universe except that having taken a bottle, she won't go back to the nursing.
James and my first attempt at bread. We all love it. Perhaps this allergic to soy thing is actually the Best Thing Ever. It is a "light" wheat bread and only takes 30 minutes to make, including clean up and it makes enough for two weeks. So all in all, not a bad addition to our lives.

Once again, can I just say how thankful I am that it is eggs and soy and not wheat and dairy.