Catch up - The Girls

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Allison started junior high this year, yes junior high! She just had her 13th birthday on the 2nd of November. I am now officially a mother of a teenager!! Miraculously she made the transition from elementary to junior high without any problems, which is truly a blessing considering the challenge of entering junior high with Tourette Syndrome. She was extremely nervous her first week of school but once the kids were informed of what Tourette Syndrome was they have treated her like any other kid. She is in an advanced program that if she is successful in through high school, she will earn a separate diploma for upon graduation. So far she has handled the challenge of advance courses rather well. I have allowed her to be an author on this blog, so I'll let her fill the parts that I've left out (at least I hope she'll fill in the blanks).

Lindsay is now 8 and in 3rd grade. She's my girlie girl turning tom boy as she seems to be enjoying sports more and more. The last two years we have enrolled her in AYSO soccer, which she thoroughly enjoys and seems to have a bit of talent in or at least potential for. Her favorite position is either mid field or offense (I forget what the name of that positon is, bad me) She has recently asked if she can play softball in the spring as well. Anytime Todd has been able to get his hand on any kind of sporting event tickets, Lindsay is the first one to say she wants to go, which makes daddy very happy of course. Lindsay enjoys school, although I think it is because she likes being social. Recently Lindsay has taken up the hobby of drawing and writing stories. I think she gets that from her big sister and her dad. If you ask Lindsay what she wants to be when she grows up she'll tell you an Artist or a teacher or a coach. LOL who would have guessed huh?

Katelynn, or Katie, (depending on the day), is now 5 and is in Kindergarten. She is her sisters shadow. While she knows how to play independently she loves her sisters to death and wants to spend all her time with them whenever they are around. Katie too was enrolled in soccer this season for the first time and loves it. Oddly enough she seems to have already determined that she likes playing defender. Her favorite thing to do when the other team touches the ball is run down to their goal (which is shorter than she is tall and about as wide as her arm span) and throw open her arms and spread her legs to block their shots. Now keep in mind, her age group doesn't have keepers and they only have 3 players per team on the field at a time, so at times her insistence at defending the goal can cause a player shortage for getting the ball back. And apparently Katie is going to follow in Lindsay's footsteps and enjoy sports as well, which again makes Todd a very happy daddy. Her other favorite outdoor activity is running. She will run anywhere anytime, much to Grandma's dismay at times. Katie seems to really enjoy Kindergarten, meeting new friends and learning how to read and write. We've already mastered the words "see" and "my", which she is quite proud of.