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Mandi is fourteen and a freshman in high school. She's completely overwhelmed. Even though she's still popular with a small group of friends, her popularity level has dropped from most popular to almost-not-popular-at-all. She's decided she wants to join the theatre club, and Rhonda and Phil are excited. They think that she'll excel on stage.

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Katie is in seventh grade now. All the teachers love her! She's always there to help. No one really can say that Katie Murgatroyd is unkind. Not only do the teachers adore Katie, but most of her classmates do as well. The popularity of Mandi has been passed down to Katie.

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Jacqui is in sixth grade, as when she was in fourth grade they bumped her up. She loves it in sixth grade. She doesn't mind that she is the youngest of them all, because she's well-loved. Jacqui has her sister Katie's kindness and her sister Mandi's popularity. And her father's brilliance, for he, too, was a grade ahead in school.

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Nick is in third grade, and loving it, though he doesn't show it. He's pulled into his shell, because no one seems to enjoy hanging out with him. Rhonda is worried that he'll become a little hermit when he's at home. Nick's self-confidence levels are extremely low. He feels he can't do anything. Rhonda and Phil are working on this.

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Ben is in first grade. He's already at the bottom of his class in popularity. Ben has dyslexia and another learning disorder, and because of this the other children don't enjoy hanging out with him, especially those who are really smart. Ben feels extremely left out. It didn't help that he recently got glasses. Everyone laughed at him. He wanted to burst into tears and snap the goofy things in half, but he knew he shouldn't. And he refrained. Rhonda was very proud that Ben did this. Ben has a very gentle and loving heart. It really touched Rhonda when Ben came home with a huge smile on his face. "Mommy! Mommy!" he cried that day. "There's a pair of twins in my class and they like me! They like me, mommy! They like me!" Gavin and Hannah Polsy, the twins in Ben's class, were new to town. Gavin was really smart, but Hannah was like Ben and had learning disorders. Gavin could have been in second grade, but he was kind enough to stay back because of his sister. Ben is not lonely anymore.

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Ariel is four. She's a bubbly little thing. She is Mandi's favorite. Wherever Mandi goes around the house, little Ariel is not too far behind. Rhonda and Phil think that Ariel is going to be a mini Mandi.

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Sam is three. He's a sweet little thing. He hangs out with Nick and Ben all the time. Nick and Ben enjoy hanging out with their little brother, as he is quite enjoyable. Nick, Ben, and Sam are best of friends at home.

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Rhonda is expecting another child. They do not as of yet know the gender. They want his/her FN to be in the most popular names of 1994 in the U.S. If it's a boy his MN is to be after either Mr. Polsy (Eric William), Gavin's older brother (Alistair Carl), Gavin's younger brother (Oliver David) or Gavin himself (Gavin Isadore). It it's a girl her MN is to be after either Mrs. Polsy (Eleanor Josepha), Hannah's older sisters (Felicity Danielle & Rosamund Diane), or Hannah herself (Hannah Gertrude). Rhonda and Phil want to name their baby after one of the Polsys, as they helped their son find his place in the world.

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AND YOU MUST DO A NAME FOR EACH GENDER

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DH: Philip "Phil" Rodney Murgatroyd (43)
DW: Rhonda Kathleen [Sabbadin] Murgatroyd (38)
-DD: Miranda "Mandi" Rosalind Murgatroyd (14) [Elowen]
-DD: Katherine "Katie" Theresa Murgatroyd (12) [Wandering Moon]
-DD: Jacqueline "Jacqui" Elissa Murgatroyd (10) [molly]
-DS: Nicholas "Nick" Peter Murgatroyd (8) [K.B.]
-DS: Benjamin "Ben" Ulysses Murgatroyd (6) [Jessamine]
-DD: Ariel Susannah Murgatroyd (4) [molly]
-DS: Samuel "Sam" Orlando Murgatroyd (3) [molly]
-D?: ? ? Murgatroyd [expected]