Too Skinny?

Too Skinny?

Over the years Grace has worked hard to gain weight. Although that sounds heavenly, I admit I think it's harder for her to gain than it is for me to loose. 

Looking back at photos I can see why doctors always commented about her weight, there was even talk of putting a feeding tube in her at one point. But, always being a smart cookie she started counting calories when she was nine and started stuffing 1600 calories in her petite little frame. She had to be the only kid encouraged to eat McDonalds food. A couple of years ago the nutritionist that she was seeing took a look at her and then at her chart and decided that although on paper she sounds much too thin, in person she's just thin and not dangerously skinny. She was told that she could always gain some more weight, just not lose any.

Last week Grace went to the kindergarten class to work and was told she was skinny by a cute little guy. He was very interested in her, as was most of the class. It's a wildly fun class of twice as many boys as girls. Always a good mixture. After telling all about her unique self and spending a few hours in the class it was time for the little ones to go home. This same little guy told Grace that skinny people make him nervous! When she asked him why, he told her that being skinny is just weird. Then he smiled at her and met his mom at the door. 

She is going to just love this class, they're spunky just like her skinny self.  

From Frightened Freshmen to Sassy Seniors

Frightened Freshman to Sassy Seniors

It's amazing to me just how much Grace has changed through out her high school career. I remember how scared she was that first day of freshman year. It didn't take her long until she felt like she owned the campus. She almost felt like a freshman again this year, changing schools is always difficult, but thankfully she has much more confedence that she did four years ago. She finally made it to her first onsite class last Monday, she's in the leadership class and loves it.



Seniors

She only knew one student when she started this new school, but it's a young lady that she has known since grammer school. She and Taylor were unstoppable as freshman and now that they're together again at the same school it's nice to see how much they've matured. They've both been through trials the last few years, but seem to be growing into young women that have the drive to get where they want in life.



Cute Freshman



Whats with the Hip thing?

It's been a while since I've gotten to drag my soapbox out and complain, so I'm giving you fair warning. And if you're a hip gal I apologize.

I have come to notice something that I just don't understand. Whenever I see a picture of a group of  teen girls ok ok, even of  grown women, whoever is on the outside end of the picture almost always has her hand perched on their hip. Doesn't matter what the photo is in reference to, prom, first day of school, football games, first car, oh heck even first hangover! There is always some girl with her hip sticking out and her paw plopped right on top.
How bout changing it up? Maybe hide your arm behind your back? Maybe put a guy on the end of the group and have him do the hip pose. That would get a few people wondering what's going on.
So, I know this isn't much to complain about and whenever I see a photo without the hand to hip shot I kind of wonder if the poor gal didn't get the memo that requires the new pose. To be honest it's probably just that there's NO hiding my hips and would be appalled to even consider drawing more attention to them. So, next time you're on facebook, or get a chance to browse through a high school yearbook, look closer and you'll know just what I mean.
Have a great day as i'm off to drag my soapbox to it's dusty corner :)