Another birthday for one of the D's
For those of you playing along at home, D13 is now (as of a week ago) D14. (He is a Scorpio.) Happy birthday, kid.
We now have:
D14 - aeroplane enthusiast, wants to be an airline pilot; enjoys maths and sciences, especially aeronautics; fences competitively (epee style fencing, originally foil); enjoys baseball and American football; extremely Extraverted; only child. I've been with him since May 2003, and currently take him to and from fencing twice a week (Monday/Wednesday), and take him and two friends to and from Hebrew school once a week (Tuesday). I am less his babysitter at this point than his chauffeur.
D12 - will be 13 next month, just to confuse you all further; very mature for his age, with occasional bouts of 'Oh yeah, I'm totally 12'; comic artist; enjoys drawing, reading, and language; plays Warhammer 40,000; previously played baseball and ice hockey, now studies Uechi Ryu karate (same as me!) and runs cross-country; enjoys video games and documentary-style television shows such as A Haunting and Human Weapon; currently taking a comic-drawing class for the second time, and shows considerable talent; brother to D9. I've been with him since October 2006, and currently spend Thursday and Friday afternoons with him.
D9 - turning 10 in March; emotionally rather young for his age, explosive personality, has occasional meltdowns; aeroplane enthusiast; walking encyclopaedia of aeroplane design and engineering information, specifically military aircraft; enjoys building model aeroplanes with his dad; plays Warhammer 40,000; previously played baseball, now plays ice hockey; enjoys Frisbee; enjoys video games and television in general, particularly Mythbusters and any shows about military aircraft; loves playing computer games, most notably the Age of Empires series (prefers to play as Russia, now at level 70-something); currently taking a comic-drawing class for the second time, and improving nicely; brother to D12. I've been with him since October 2006, and currently spend Thursday and Friday afternoons with him, which on Thursdays is longer because he has a half day at school.
The D is indeed the initial of all three kids' first names. To make it more interesting, D14 has the same last initial as D12 and D9. Hence their ages being an ideal way of telling them apart, even if it requires a little effort on your part as they age.
We now have:
D14 - aeroplane enthusiast, wants to be an airline pilot; enjoys maths and sciences, especially aeronautics; fences competitively (epee style fencing, originally foil); enjoys baseball and American football; extremely Extraverted; only child. I've been with him since May 2003, and currently take him to and from fencing twice a week (Monday/Wednesday), and take him and two friends to and from Hebrew school once a week (Tuesday). I am less his babysitter at this point than his chauffeur.
D12 - will be 13 next month, just to confuse you all further; very mature for his age, with occasional bouts of 'Oh yeah, I'm totally 12'; comic artist; enjoys drawing, reading, and language; plays Warhammer 40,000; previously played baseball and ice hockey, now studies Uechi Ryu karate (same as me!) and runs cross-country; enjoys video games and documentary-style television shows such as A Haunting and Human Weapon; currently taking a comic-drawing class for the second time, and shows considerable talent; brother to D9. I've been with him since October 2006, and currently spend Thursday and Friday afternoons with him.
D9 - turning 10 in March; emotionally rather young for his age, explosive personality, has occasional meltdowns; aeroplane enthusiast; walking encyclopaedia of aeroplane design and engineering information, specifically military aircraft; enjoys building model aeroplanes with his dad; plays Warhammer 40,000; previously played baseball, now plays ice hockey; enjoys Frisbee; enjoys video games and television in general, particularly Mythbusters and any shows about military aircraft; loves playing computer games, most notably the Age of Empires series (prefers to play as Russia, now at level 70-something); currently taking a comic-drawing class for the second time, and improving nicely; brother to D12. I've been with him since October 2006, and currently spend Thursday and Friday afternoons with him, which on Thursdays is longer because he has a half day at school.
The D is indeed the initial of all three kids' first names. To make it more interesting, D14 has the same last initial as D12 and D9. Hence their ages being an ideal way of telling them apart, even if it requires a little effort on your part as they age.
