Snapshot

Danny is playing basketball right now.  He loves it and he's really coming along in his skills. He practices every day in our backyard. His best friend in the whole world is CJ Dean. The first thing he says to me when he gets home from school everyday is "Can CJ come over?" He has a pretty hard teacher this year for fourth grade.  She's really making him work for the grades that used to come really easy for him. It's been quite an adjustment.

Rachel is doing great with tennis.  She was just moved up another level by her coach.  She's really enjoying going to her lessons.  She rides her bike over to the courts every Saturday with her tennis racquet down the back of her shirt, ninja-style, so she can steer with both hands. She loves playing with her best friend, Savannah Dean. They like to make fun crafts and play Just Dance on the wii.  Rachel is a wonderful helper with Seth and Ruby. 

Aaron is getting excited for baseball season.  He's been taking this season off from sports, but we've had a Dean/Cox basketball camp on Saturday mornings at the church gym, which he's loved.  And he plays basketball and football with Danny in the backyard everyday.  He loves to ride his Trike he got for Christmas. Seth is getting old enough that he and Aaron can play together too. Aaron is loving kindergarten and works hard there. He's so proud when he can come home and tell me he "stayed on blue" all day. (He used to have a hard time not talking to his neighbor and pulled a card fairly often).

We just found out that Seth needs tubes in his ears. He has 30% hearing loss because of constant fluid in his ears.  But they think tubes should correct that.  He gets them next month.  Seth is a solid little man.  He's not really chubby, but he's our thickest kid.  But he's also our best eater.  He'll eat anything I cook. At a typical dinner we'll sit down to Aaron having a fit about whatever I made and Seth will clear his plate and ask for more before we've even convinced Aaron to take his first bite. Seth also loves to eat junk food and candy any chance he gets too.

Ruby's personality shows up more every day.  She loves to get her finger- and toenails painted and she likes necklaces, bracelets and purses.  She found a roll of duct tape yesterday and was wearing it around like a bracelet. She likes to laugh and tease and be silly. She sleeps with the fleece blanket Danny made her for Christmas.  She rubs the fringe on her cheeks as she goes to sleep. She only drinks water. She won't adjust to drinking milk.  I've tried whole, 2%, skim, chocolate, strawberry, soy. She won't drink more than two swallows ever. And she doesn't like juice or koolaid either.  It's just water for her.