As of this past week, Lily now LOVES snow. She loves to eat it, hug it, slide on it, hike through it, and build snow ladies with it (complete with boobies).
When a fellow Dandelion student asked Lily if she wanted to have a play date, we overheard her say "I am too busy with all of my children." She (very consistently) nurses them, clothes them and basically tends to their every need. It is ridiculously sweet. We did convince her that playdates are fabulous however and that she may even be able to play with a friend while tending to her many children.
Lily is usually the first one ready in the morning. Though eager to leave for nursery school, she patiently crawls back on her bed and "reads" while waiting for us to get ready. This is her favorite set up- hoodie on with her book resting on a "desk."
We decided to escape the craziness of school and Brian's data processing (and journal papers and laundry and...) so we ran away to Monterey for the weekend. Though Lily has visited the aquarium several times in the past, she appreciated it on a new level this time around. She loved gazing in the tanks, exploring the tide pools, and trying on the costumes (did you notice she was the only one to put hers back on the hook ? ). It was wonderful. 
I had to have 17 tea parties before we could do the math lesson, but I'm still stoked.
