Passover Elliot

The bean had his first two passover seders - and he slept right through each of them. We hope that as he gets older he takes a little more interest in what's going on. It's been a very busy week - two seders in a row have kept baby and parents running around town. On Wednesday, we went to Karen's house (Justeen's colleague) for a lovely seder meal, and on Thursday we drove up to Salem to go to Rob's seder (Eric's colleague). Both nights were great - interesting, inspiring, and passionate. But, again, our son slept straight through. I find myself apologizing for his rude behaviour. He's meeting all these new people, and sleeping through the introductions. How does he expect to network if he can't even stay awake?

It's Saturday morning and we're about to go work in the community garden. I wouldn't put it past him to sleep through the work day. This is why communism doesn't work - because people like Elliot shirk their duties. Why, he's sleeping now - sitting in his neglect-o-matic, facing the window - looking peaceful. I mean, he should be studying, right? There are pre-school entrance exams to take, records to break, intramural sports to play. His constant sleeping is making it difficult for us to program his life.

I suppose we'll have to accept him for who he is - a beautiful, sleepy, poopy, baby boy. And I wouldn't have it any other way.