This is what happened during the months of 1997:

January-February: Ella thought having her new baby sister at home was a lot of fun and enjoyed taking care of Lucy just like any big sister would. Every day before and after school, she would give Lucy her bottle, play with her, hold her, bathe her, and sing lullabies. From time to time, she would help Laura and Neil change Lucy's diapers. Charlie also helped out with the baby while participating in a new boys basketball team.

Ella, Laura, Neil, and Lucy would come watch his basketball games after school. Charlie enjoyed playing for a while until he hurt his left finger after one of the boys from the school's rival team pushed him down. Ella notified her father about the incident after the family got home from the hospital. Charlie had to wear a splint for six weeks and he decided to quit the team. The boy who pushed Charlie down was suspended from the team. After Charlie's visit at the hospital, Ella celebrated her 7th birthday with a small party with her family. Scott came by to wish his daughter a Happy Birthday and to check on Charlie.

April-August: Lucy, at 4 months, celebrated her first Easter with her parents and older brother and sister. She even got her first picture taken with the Easter Bunny and she was not afraid. The Easter Bunny is Santa's friend and fellow member of the Council of the Legendary Figures so he would report to Santa to let him know how his kids and niece are doing.

Back at the North Pole, Scott contacted his children letting them know how the expansion is coming along. They have finished building a new Research and Development department for Quintin and his team, a library, a movie theater, and a daycare and school for young elves.

Charlie graduated from Lakeside Elementary School on June 22nd after celebrating his 11th birthday in May. Lucy also began learning how to crawl while playing outside with her older sister on the evening of her brother's graduation ceremony. Ella and Charlie were playing peek-a-boo and trying to make Lucy laugh while Laura and Neil were getting a barbecue ready for Charlie's graduation party when

September-November: Charlie started 6th grade at the new Lakeside Middle School, which was right across the street from the elementary school. Ella began 3rd grade and she has Ms. Daniels, who was Charlie's teacher when he was about her age. Charlie would also visit his former teacher from time to time and help his sister with her homework right after dinner. Lucy celebrated her first Halloween by dressing up as a pumpkin while her older siblings dressed up as Peter Pan and Tinker Bell. Lucy's first Thanksgiving also went off without a hitch and she also began saying her first words "Mama" and "Dadda" while they prepared dinner.

December: After the fall holidays came and went, Lucy began taking her first steps. On December 15th, five days before Lucy's first birthday, Laura and Neil picked the kids up from school. When they were home, Charlie went upstairs to his room to wrap up his Christmas presents, Laura was getting dinner ready, Ella sat in the living room with Neil, and Lucy was on her blanket playing with her toys.

"Okay, Ella, the next word is 'mistletoe'," Neil said as he looked through Ella's spelling words. Lakeside Elementary was having an all-school spelling bee a few days before the kids began their Christmas vacation. Ella had been studying her spelling words for a few days after the principal selected her, Sarah, and a pair of twin boys named Jimmy and Robbie to represent the third grade.

"Mistletoe," said Ella. "M...I...S...S...E...L...T...O...E. Mistletoe."

"Close. Mistletoe is spelled M...I...S...T...L...E...T...O...E."

Ella did a small groan. "I'm never going to get these words right. And the spelling bee is in 3 days. It's making me nervous."

"Don't worry, honey," Neil reassured his stepdaughter. He gave her a pat on the back. "You'll do fine. I'll tell you what. Let's make a list of the spelling words you got right and another for the words you are struggling with." Ella nodded,thinking that it was a great idea. She got another piece of paper from her folder, folded it it half, and drew a line in the middle. On one side, she wrote "Correct" and "Practice"on the other. Neil looked at the next word on the list. "Address."

"Address. A...D...D...R...E...S...S. Address."

"That's correct." Ella wrote "address" on the correct side.

Neil heard Laura calling for him to come into the kitchen to help her look for a spice she needed for the chicken she was cooking. He got up and told Ella to watch Lucy for a few minutes. Ella nodded and then went back to her spelling list. After spelling the word "sister", she looked over at Lucy and smiled. The baby was bouncing up and down while holding her rattle. She saw her big sister watching. Then, with a playful squeal, she threw her rattle and Ella caught it. Lucy got on her knees, stood up, and with little steps, she walked over to her sister.

Ella gasped in surprise. She's walking. Lucy's walking towards me. Ella thought as she held out her arms. "Come on, Luce. You can do it." The baby cooed when she landed in her sister's arms.

"Mom! Neil!" Ella called. "Come quickly!"

Laura and Neil ran over to see what was the matter. "What's wrong?" they asked.

"Nothing's wrong! Lucy's walking! She took her first steps. Watch!" Ella put Lucy on the floor, got up from the couch and sat on the floor next to the bouncy seat. "Come on, Lucy. Come to Ella." After a few coaxes, Lucy walked over to her big sister once more. She screamed in delight when Ella cheered and clapped her hands.

"She's...she's..." Neil was so excited to see his daughter walk, that he told Laura to get Charlie and the camera. After an hour of helping his mom and stepfather videotape Lucy walking, Charlie called Scott on his snowglobe to tell him the great news.

On December 18th, Ella participated in the third grade spelling bee and won 1st place.

Lucy celebrated her first birthday and second Christmas with her family. Scott also came back to the Miller house for another Christmas visit after delivering the presents. Ella got a Samantha Parkington doll from Santa and new clothes and books from Laura and Neil, Charlie got more games for his NES from his father and new clothes and comics from his mom and stepfather, and Lucy also got new clothes and toys from her parents and Simba and Nala stuffed animals from Santa.

Author's Note: Hello, readers! I'm so glad that you are enjoying my story. If anyone asked how I began writing it, I actually got my inspiration from BlueRaider1993's "You're the Arch-Elf, Michael Calvin" andPrincessTriSarahTops' "Christmas With the Calvins." I enjoyed reading their stories about Charlie having an older sibling so instead of writing about him having an older brother/sister, I thought that I would give it a shot with Charlie having a younger sister. So without further ado, I would like to thank BlueRaider1993 and PrincessTriSarahTops and I hope to read more chapters from your stories.

Kaia, thank you very much and keep on the lookout for more chapters. Guest, the Denny's scene is also one of my favorite scenes from The Santa Clause so I had to include this. Ladybug, I am already writing chapters for SC2 and I will be writing chapters for SC3 later on.

Please feel free to message me for some ideas on how you think the events in SC2 should go and keep reading "You're the Arch-Elf, Michael Calvin" and "Christmas With the Calvins."