Four weeks until Oireachtas/Reigonals

EEEEK!! It's scary to think about it! But at the same time, I can't wait. We're having a lot of fun preparing for this, we have had dance camp, a sleepover, and we will be having a bowling party! This year Oireachtas (Ah-rock-tuss) is in Columbus, Ohio, but next year it will be in Chicago--we will definitely be going to the American Girl Place!! I'd better start saving up. ;)

We have also been very sick recently. A few weeks ago, two I think, the four of us girls were sick with coughing and fevers. Then Dad got sick with a bad upper-respiratory cold. Mom is getting over it right now, I think she had it the worst. :( We've been miserable!! But it's almost done...we should have gotten that flu shot back in October.......
Well that's all for now.
~Sonja~

Iowa & MN feises!...and other stuff

Both of the feises went really well... Dad posted about both a lot more than I did, so you can read about his HERE from IA and HERE from MN feis. Both were really fun and we danced very well. I placed:
1st in Set Dance
4th in Hardshoe round
6th overall
Sese got 2nd in Set Dance,
Izzy got
3rd Reel
3rd Jig
3rd Slip Jig
Miranda got
4th Reel

So it was a good Iowa feis. Selena's new dress looked really nice :D. And mine too, of course.
MN feis we didn't have to get up early at all, so that was nice. It was a very, very good day, even better than IA. I danced amazing, if I do say so myself, and so I got:
1st in Softshoe
1st in Hardshoe
1st overall
1st in Set dance
2nd in Treble Reel

Selena got:
4th in Softshoe
1st in Hardshoe
3rd overall
3rd Set Dance

Isabel:
1st Reel
2nd Jig
2nd Slip Jig
1st Treble Jig
3rd Hornpipe

Miranda:
3rd Reel
1st Jig
2nd Treble Jig
4th Hornpipe

Then there was the after-feis party, which was really fun!!! MN feis is one of my favorites because it's so close and I usually do well...:D
Now it's officially Oireachtas (reigonals) season! I can't wait! I'm working hard!!!

So that's dance news. I'm also working hard on school, violin, piano, and Secret Christmas Present Projects. ;) I can't wait for that either.

Seamus recently turned 1. He's now a very outdoor cat and climbs trees, chases things, gets burrs in his fur, gets barked at by a neighboring dog, and gets beat up by bigger cats than himself. Yes. Very bad. We had to take him to the vet 'cause one of his legs was really bad, it swelled up and he was walking around on only 3 legs...which actually looked kind of funny but it was painful for him, and he took his anger out on a pillow that was left on the floor and is now to never be used again. (This means that he mistook it for his litterbox, perhaps not unintentionally.) But he went and got his shot and is now quite healed. He also continues to disturb our older girl cat, Sally, and so I'm usually yelling at him all the day long. He has not calmed down, like we thought he would. In fact, I doubt if we can have a Christmas tree this year. (We couldn't last year because of him, if you remember.) Well. Enough about the cat...but here's some links to posts I made about him last year:
We've found one
New Kitten Fun
A Short Refrence to his naughtyness in the post Merlin and the Gleam

That's all for now. Keep checking. Don't give up on me!!

~Sonja
PS: It's October 12 and I'm beginning to sing "Let it snow!" Why don't we say "Merry Halloween?" It's going to be a snowy winter here in MN. Uffda!!!