If she didn't look so much like Christian, I would swear Leah is not my child. She has recently started climbing everything--the table, the stove, the kitchen shelf, and the child "safety"gate that keeps her from going upstairs. Last week, after I put her in her bed for a little "time-out," she climbed out of her crib. It scared the crap out of me. My other two girls never even attempted to climb out of their crib which they slept in until age 3. She colors on the floors and the walls and her self. She does all these things and more with a wicked little smile. Her lack of fear is so different from her sisters... is this what having a boy is like? If so, God have mercy!
Sydney learned how to ride her bike last month and is now riding it to school with the neighborhood kids. She has been sick all week with a fever and
although it has been fun having her home, it has been a little hectic with 3 kids around the house all day, again. She had her first sleep over at Anna's house, her
BFF (their words, not mine.) She had fun, and Jill slept in Leah's room, which was fun until they both woke up at 5:30am. She is not in to Hannah Montana anymore which is pretty nice.
Jill has a rough life...which she admits, freely. The other day she said that "Daisy has a better life than she does." Oh, my little scorekeeper. Her imagination is always on the go, she loves to pretend play especially as an animal. She has been doing
mischievous things lately like, writing in pen all over her legs and writing backwards J's on the tile floor in crayon (she now realizes that no one write J's like that but her.) Is this a cry for attention? Probably, and it works. She wants me to start taking
Zyrtec so we can get a dog (I am allergic and yes, she watches way too much TV.)
Christian is going to build us a garden, he has become quite the landscaper. He actually admitted to me that he would like a boy and I told him that adoption is always an option. He brought me home a large caffeine-free diet coke after work and let me go get a pedicure. Sometimes, he really can get it exactly right. The weather is perfect right now, and its so fun to go outside in the afternoons and let the kids ride bikes.
Its so fun to see kids experience something for the first time. Watching Leah play with bubbles for the first time was so enjoyable. She was awe-struck as the bubbles floated around her. These were cool bubbles, too, because they didn't pop very easily and the street was soon filled with little bubbles which she ran around stepping on.
The girls loved having Ethan here, we like to think of him as our part-time brother/ full-time cousin.
Don't they look sharp! Ethan came to my primary class (Sydney's, too) it was a lot of fun.
Leah's love affair with babies continued with baby Luke. He is full of smiles and we could not get enough of him. 
This is what Jill looks like most of the time, her hair gets pretty crazy by the end of the day and she always has a stuffed animal in her hand. This picture was taken in November, still nice and warm.
I am not lying when I say that Leah loves to get in to stuff, literally. Christian was washing the car and she decided to get a little clean herself.
Leah loves babies, this is her second cousin Wyatt. She loves to give him kisses and hugs and steal all his toys.
This is Jill's BFF Daisy. They love to play together and are so nice to each other. In this photo they are exchanging Christmas presents.
This is future blackmail material. Sydney got into my closet, including my bra, and got all dressed up.