Things to remember about right now

• Seth calls anything that could possibly be a sword, a "die". He's heard his brothers say die, apparently when they are playing with light sabers. Pens, spatulas, sticks, they are all called "die"
• Ruby takes all her naps in our bathroom in her carseat with the vent fan going because she loves white noise. She sleeps in our bed at night.
  
• Rachel loves her Nintendo DSi she got for Christmas and plays it almost every day.
• Aaron loves Ruby--and all babies, really. He always asks if he can be the one to go get Ruby as soon as she wakes up from a nap. He loves to talk to her and he asks to hold her on most days.
• Danny, Rachel and Aaron are all major pack rats and keep tons of stuff--books, trinkets, toys, pictures--on their beds at all times. I try to fight it, but they really don't have any other place to put all their treasures, so I let it go. In our next house, that practice will be over.
• The kids all want either bagels with cream cheese or toast for breakfast. They don't eat cereal much when I buy it, so I haven't bought it in months.
• Bob recently took over the duty of making the kids' lunches in the morning and I love it.
• Rachel is becoming quite an artist and loves to draw girls and horses. She's taught many kids in her class how to draw realistic horses.
• I can't convince Aaron to dress warm in winter. Several times every week, I have to tell him to wear long sleeves or shoes instead of sandals or put on a jacket. And every time he says, "Why?! I'm not cold".
• Danny is really responsible about getting himself ready and taking his own showers. I never have to remind him of anything in the mornings. He's more concerned with how he looks and gels his hair every morning, but then doesn't want it that way when he gets home so he wets it and smoothes it down.
• Aaron's hands are so dry his knuckles are always cracked and bleeding. But he never complains about it. The only time he complains is when I make him sit still long enough for me to rub lotion on his hands.
• Because Ruby spits up so much, (it is much better now than it was a month ago, though) I try to keep her vertical as much as I can. So, when I put her to sleep she lets me hug her until she falls asleep on my shoulder instead of holding her like a baby until she falls asleep like I did with the other kids. I love it.
• Rachel's big trends for this school year: headbands and skirts with leggings. She also loves her tall black boots.
• Rachel loves her tennis lessons on Saturday mornings
• Danny is a big leader in our house. He loves to plan projects or activities and get the rest of us organized to complete his plan.
• Seth loves letters and learned all of them on his own. He points them out when we go anywhere on signs or in books.
  
• The boys plug in their mp3 players to the speakers every night and all three of them dance until bedtime.