On the 8th Day of Christmas

my true love gave to me an eight year old girl named Alison Jane Alison is eight years, yikes!! Time does fly when you have kids. Alison is a strong willed child, very intelligent, and acts way beyond her years. The tween and teen years with her might just put us in an early grave. Alison loves to dance and is doing her first solo this year for dance competitions. She had her first competition in November and won Gold and 2nd in her division. It was awesome. Her team dance won High Gold. Ali as we call her loves to read, do art work, and is currently writing her own storybooks. She desperately wants to be published. She wants an ipod, a laptop, a yorkie puppy, and a cell phone for Christmas. None of which she gettting. Santa told her she might need to revise her lists as her age and his pocket book weren't big enough. She loves to cook and be teacher to her little brother and sister. She had a heart of gold and often wants to help others. Alison is our activity child and there is not enough hours or days in the week for her to accomplish all the activities she has interest in. Ali definitely keeps us on our toes and probably will for a long time now. We love her very, very much!