Penelope's 15

Penelope is 15!

She is doing great in school and church.  She plays soccer and has friends. I'd say she is really thriving this year.

She is really starting to make the shift from kid to adult and I can see that in her personality.

Penelope is thoughtful and cares about other's feelings more than most.  It might be more accurate to say that she is observant and has a good sense of other's feelings.  She doesn't like to leave anyone out and is really good at reading people. 

I love that Penelope really knows who she is and doesn't change to be like her friends or the people at school.  

While she has started to care more about her clothes and dressing similar to the other kids I would say it is only a slight shift.  She is not interested in make up or many of the trends she sees the other kids doing.

This year Penelope had a family birthday party and one with friends.  She didn't want to leave anyone out and we ended up with 22 girls at our house!  They first played ultimate frisbee at the school and then we transported them to our house for pizza and a movie.  She choose "High School Musical," which neither of us have seen.  It was a ton of people but I think it went well.  She did say that next year she would invite less people because she was having a hard time hanging out/pleasing everyone.  Several of the girls did not know the other girls and Penelope wanted everyone to feel comfortable.

This water bottle was top of her list and now that it has been a few weeks she is still really happy with it.  I guess it is important to teens to have a good water bottle.