Mornings

Silas and I wake up before everyone else. Except Pat, who goes off to work. The older girls stay up very late and sleep during much of the day. Irina wakes up a couple of hours later than us. So we have the house to ourselves. I like this time with just him.

Though he is a somewhat grumpy riser. Lately, he will often ask for food and then immediately reject it. When he has something in his belly though, he will settle down. We like to watch Team Umizoomi and Max and Ruby together.

On Mondays and Thursdays, he'll hear the rumbling before I do and say to me, "Hear it? Hurry! Upstairs!" And then I pick him up and we race up to the only window from which we can easily see the garbage truck and he watches it and the men until they drive away.