Praying with Elias and Playing with Genevieve

Every night we pray with Elias. He is a creature of habit and loves routine. If you deviate from the norm he lets you know. Part of his bedtime routine is nightly prayer. We say the Lord's prayer and St. Symeon's prayer (Lord now let thy servant depart in peace... Luke 2:29-32). Then we pray for family by name, but recently Elias has been in the habit of praying for things, like snack, the car, the school bus. Lord have mercy on snack, lord have mercy on the car, lord have mercy on the school bus. Somehow praying for others has turned into a litany of his favorite things.

Genevieve has been crawling, climbing, and chewing on everything. She is now nine months old and is still bald, but with five chompers in her mouth. Because of a lack of space her room is a bedroom/pantry/exercise room. O the joy of living in a small house!