Anyway, enough about Kristy's looks. Let me tell you about her family. it’s an interesting one. First of all, Kristy's dad took off when Kristy was very young, leaving Mrs. Thomas to raise Kristy and her three brothers (two older, one younger) on her own. Those times weren't easy. But eventually Mrs. Thomas met and married this great guy, Watson Brewer. He's a millionaire, and I'm not joking. The Thomases moved across town and into Watson's mansion. it’s lucky that Watson owned a mansion since a lot of people are now living in that place. See, besides Kristy and her three brothers (David Michael, Charlie, and Sam), there are Watson's two children from his first marriage, Andrew and Karen. They don't live at the mansion full time, but they're there a

lot. Then there's Emily Michelle, who's two and a half years old and cuter than anything. She's Vietnamese. Kristy's mom and Watson adopted her soon after they got married. And after Emily Michelle arrived, Nannie (Kristy's grandmother) came to live at the mansion, too, just to help out.

As you can imagine, it's a pretty busy household. And I haven't even told you about their pets yet! (They have an old cat, a puppy, and two goldfish.)

So Kristy's pretty busy, with that big family and being president of the BSC. Plus she coaches a softball team called the Krushers. But Kristy's not Supergirl. She has her limits. Not long ago, she ran for president of the eighth grade, but she found that she had to quit partway through her campaign because she was just overloaded with activities. Still, Kristy is the best idea-person in the BSC. Here are a few of her other ideas: First, the club notebook. That's where we keep a record of every sitting job we go on. (We each write up our own jobs.) Then we read it every week, to keep informed about our clients and any special problems that the kids we sit for might be having. Second, the club record book. That's where we keep all the club information and scheduling information, so we can tell at a glance who's free for a particular job. And