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Caden’s bear, which he has had ever since he was born finally got another bath. He is blue again! (Anne snuck Huggy away in the middle of the night)

Sissy did another play with the maestro. It is his own production, which will one day appear on Broadway! Tori was the big sister and the French ballet instructor… She did a great job, complete with the Frrrench acccent.

Mason Christopher did Science Olympiad once again this year. He got 3 medals at regionals and a first place at States! “Guess he might make it to that math and science boarding school after all,” laments the Mummy.

Tori said,” hmmm.. Think I’ll try out for the play at school… Snow White.” She told the Maestro at her audition that she was looking for a small role. After her try out he whispered to his assistant, “What am I going to do? She IS snow white, but she only wants a small part!”
Tori was a great Snow White!

With a giant teddy no less .

Sissy’s first year of high school, Bobo’s last year of middle school, and Caden’s first year of preschool.
Sissy highlights were numerous, including being the fastest girl on the cross-country team. “I think I’ll try out for the X-C team,” she had casually said. We all went with her to Charlotte for the state championships. Anne was very cold, and adorned herself with one of Caden’s sleep sacs, in an attempt to stay warm. We all cheered for our speedy girl.
Other Sissy notables: writing great stories for figment, a writing site for teens that Dad discovered. This was a break for her from writing Fan Fiction about Naruto, (mum never could figure out who was who in Naruto), writing a great vampire story for Dr Browning about how she broke her retainer, making jewelry with Caden out of shrinky-dink (great earrings for mummy with Caden circles), and greatly expanding her palate. Who would have envisioned her eating fish? She’s discovered eating slowly, for health reasons… They did a unit on nutrition in PE… We