Two Left Feet.

Last week, I had a doctor's appointment.  Just before leaving, I entered a dark closet to put my shoes on and rushed out the door without a mirror check.  I showed up to the appointment, checked in and waited a short few minutes for the technician to come get me.  As I walked to the room, I looked down to notice my mismatched shoes.  I proceeded to laugh out loud.  The technician turned around and saw me laughing.  I told her what I had done.  She said she had 'noticed', but was not going to say anything.  We both got a great laugh out of it.  She told me that I made her day.  I am glad that my lack of attention to detail, made someone elses day.  After the appointment, I ran my errands.  What else was I going to do?  This was definitely not worth going home to change shoes!

Kendall Interview '15'.

1. Describe yourself.  Kind, empathetic, hard working.

2. What are you thankful for?  Family, friends, dance.

3. What makes you happy?  Dance.

4.. What makes you sad or angry?  When people treat me, or my family, badly.

5. What do you want to be when you grow up?  Jeffrey Bezos.  (clearly we are not taking this too seriously).

6. What’s important to you?  Family, friends, school and dance.

7. What do you love most about yourself?  My drive and determination.

8. What do you love most about your mom?  Her supportive nature.

9. What do you love most about your sister?  Her cuddles.

10. If you could go anywhere, where would you want to go?  To New York with my friends.

11. Who do you admire? Why?  Cozey, because she is really determined and hard working and kind to everyone.

12. What do you want to learn more about?  Political issues.

13. What’s something you’d like to do to help someone else?  If I could, I would like to eliminate the coronavirus.

14. What are you afraid of? Losing the people I love.

15. If you could only keep one thing, what would you keep? "This is tough.  Last year, I said Bailey.  This year we have two dogs.  Shoot."  The dogs:).

16. What’s your favorite memory?  From this year, it was hanging out with Abby and Elerie.  On our way home, we stood up out of the sunroof and blasted Here's to Never Growing Up (Avril Lavigne).

17. What are you proud of yourself for?  Working hard and balancing school and dance.

18. What are you looking forward to this year?  Dance competitions.  

19. What do you dream about?  Dancing professionally.

20. What else do you want to say?  "Cause when you're 15 and someone tells you they love you, you're gonna believe them."  Taylor Swift - Fifteen

Ringing in 2022.

 I am a self professed New Year's Eve party pooper.  BUT, not this year.  This year I was coerced into hosting 7 teenage girls for an all night party.  It was disguised as a Kendall birthday party, but I knew the drill.  In hindsight, I would do it all over again.  It was a great night, with lots of laughter, screaming and minimal girl drama.

If you are wondering how they got the above video...they decided to tape the phone to the ceiling.  Yep, Sidney's contribution.  Here they are in a practice taping.  I think they used more tape the second time around, as this one did not stick.

The girls did indeed celebrate Kendall, amidst the craziness.

In fact, for Kendall, it felt more like celebration week versus celebration day.  She had a party with Uncle Jason, a party with friends and a sweet birthday dinner with Sid and I.

Yep, New Year's was a bit different this year.  Seven teenage girls, two dogs and one crazy mom.

Sledding the Old Fashioned Way and Skating with Friends.

 Sidney is all horse, all the time.  

As the snow began to fall, her and Nelly started looking for someone to take them horse sledding.  Papa Mark agreed to take them out.  They had an absolute blast.

After our Thanksgiving skating, the girls wanted another run at it.  We talked Grace and Liza into joining us again.

Grace and Kendall were showing off their moves.  We kept encouraging them to try this on the ice.  It is probably a good thing they were not easily influenced.

How did this happen?

Kendall has taken drivers education and officially has her permit.  Originally, I was going to wait until next summer, but a couple of my mom friends mentioned that winter drivers education is a very good thing.  They were right, as she is already a winter driving champ.  She has had plenty of snow to practice in.  I just do not understand how we got here so fast!

For her birthday, she received a cute little Toyota Prius.  I wish I could upload the video, but it is too large and I cannot figure out how to compress it.  Sheesh.  Long story short, she walked right by it several times, before realizing it was hers.  

Who doesn't spend the entire night in the garage checking out their new car?

Aunt Steph and Uncle Jason.

After Christmas, the party just kept going with a visit from Jason and Steph.  This is the second year in a row they have come down after Christmas.  I think I can call it a tradition?  Hopefully that is not wishful thinking on my part.  

Jason and Kendall celebrated their birthdays together early.  Uncle Jason kept blowing the candle out as soon as Sid would get it lit.

Doggy Christmas.

 We humans were not the only ones that had an amazing Christmas.  The doggos enjoyed the festivities as well.  Sidney had made them all a batch of peanut butter doggie cupcakes.  She had iced each one and piped a dollop of peanut butter on top.  She came to tell me they were done and asked me to come take a look.  Before we could even make it back to the kitchen, Bella had jumped up and eaten every last one of them.  WHAT?!?!  The other doggos would not have been too happy with her, if they would have found out.  

That was not the end of Bella's naughtiness.  Terrell brought over a gorgeous plate of cookies.  Before we knew what was happening, Bella had jumped up and gobbled half the tray.  Needless to say, we have kept a VERY watchful eye on her since then.

All of the craziness aside, the girls spoiled the dogs this Christmas.  Here are there Christmas burgers (biscuits, really). 

The dogs also received a candy cane of treats in their stockings.

After all the hoopla of Christmas, they were exhausted.