Goal: Learn to run without wagging butt like a dog.
Performance: I think it's time that we just come to terms with the fact that Alexis is always going to run like a girlie girl. It just is, so she should go ahead and shake that booty.
2009 Goal: Shake that booty and then shake it some more.

Goal: Try consuming a bite or two of birthday cake.
Performance: Not good. Despite two opportunities to consume birthday cake, Alexis did not eat a single bite.
2009 Goal: Try to at least sit in the same room as the birthday cake without turning into a puddle of tears.

Goal: Grow some hair on top of her head.
Performance: Also not good. The mullet is alive and well, and it lives atop Alexis' head.
2009 Goal: Grow some hair on top of her head. (It can't hurt to keep trying.)

Goal: Try to convince parents to make a return trip to Walt Disney World for the purpose of meeting Mickey Mouse.
Performance: Recent attempts to con parents into going to see the castle and Mickey are beginning to wear on them. No success yet, but she is getting close.
2009 Goal: Keep trying. Rumor has it the mother-type figure has a conference in Orlando in the Spring that may work as a leveraging tool.

Goal: Resemble Mom just a tiny bit.
Performance: When that goal was set, the idea was for Alexis to display some blue eyes, or perhaps some long legs. It was NOT to take her hair but stay ALL Daddy other than that. Mission complete, but handled all wrong.
2009 Goal: Give up on looking like Mom and switch to having Daddy's hair.

Goal: Drop the kids off in the pool.
Performance: Alexis has demonstrated that she is completely capable of using the porcelain throne for its intended purpose. However, she is frequently "too busy" to actually do it. The kids are still being dropped in all the wrong places.
2009 Goal: Diaper-free by her birthday. Or else.

Goal: Stay in her own bed.
Performance: Epic. Fail. The number of times the kid has actually stayed in her own bed this year can be counted without even taking off a shoe.
2009 Goal: Stay in her own bed. Again. The parental units are currently making plans to create a cage over the bed (aka "tent") and are not above using multiple padlocks in order to ensure a good night's sleep. Or two.

Goal: Keep melting Mom's heart with just a glance
Performance: Mission complete.
2009 Goal: Keep on keeping on.

(Yes, Alexis, I know this is a few days late compared to last year's. You live with me, so I shouldn't even need to explain. Get used to the late thing. It is, in great part, your fault anyway.)