Random memories from 2012

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