Another thing Kristy makes us do is fill in the official BSC notebook. We're supposed to write up every job we go on. This is a very useful thing to do, even though we all grumble whenever Kristy reminds us about it.

What do we do between phone calls? That's where the "club" part comes in. We're all good friends, so we never run out of things to talk about. We also try to think up new projects

— which mostly means listening to the projects Kristy thinks of.

As you can guess, Kristy can be bossy. But her suggestions are amazing. When anyone says the word "idea," I think, "Kristy." I can't help it. You know how a dry sponge soaks up water if you put it in a puddle? That's what Kristy's brain is like. It's an idea sponge. She soaks up ideas from the air, then squeezes them out at meetings. And usually they're really good. Like the time there was a group of kids who were too young to play on a soft-ball team. Kristy got them together and formed a team of her own. They're called "Kristy's Krushers."

Here's another example: Kid-Kits. They're simple, decorated boxes filled with stuff we scrounge up around our houses — old games, books, toys, art supplies, things like that. Doesn't sound too exciting, right? Wrong. You wouldn't believe how popular they are. Even kids with incredibly fancy toys love Kid-Kits. Leave it to Kristy.

Speaking of which, can you guess who thought of the idea of the Baby-sitters Club to begin with? Right. It came to Kristy a long time ago, on a day when her mom was frantically trying to get a baby-sitter. Back then, Mrs. Thomas was a single parent, raising

Kristy and her three brothers. Kristy watched her mom make phone call after phone call, and no one was available. Then, bingo! The idea sponge went to work. Why not have one central number, Kristy thought — like an agency with available baby-sitters? She started planning the Baby-sitters Club, and the rest is history.