FATHER / DAUGHTER DAY

Yesterday papa said to mama that she is the boss and that he has learned to listen to her everytime. Mama says that is a bunch of crock. None the less mama said that since she is the boss, tomorrow will be father / daughter day and that he and Mimi will spend the WHOLE DAY together and that he will do ALL of the cooking for them. That should put a kink in their colon.

Papa whinned to mama "but I have to do such and such, then this and that tomorrow". Mama said for him to suck it up. Just joking. She did tell him that on a daily basis her and Mimi don't do anything special. We do just the everyday stuff such as grocery shopping, school, playdates and so forth. What's important is the time you spend together. All in all, our "Greggy" is a great dad. Mimi loves reading with him at bedtime and I like listening to them in the next room.

After coming home from a long day of grandparents, birthday and Chinese New Year celebrations, they decided to start their father/daughter day early by watching a video Monsters Inc. They are downstairs now having a grand time together.

GRANDPARENTS, BIRTHDAYS AND CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

Today started off with sleeping in for everyone EXCEPT Mimi who is naturally a early riser. Then papa was off to the memorial service for Loella's son Jesse. Unfortunately mama and Mimi had missed Blake's game. We somehow got the time mixed up with last week's game. So therefore Mimi could not cheer him on as usual. Mimi is a small girl with a great big mouth so to speak. She can yell quite loud "C'mon Blake!!! You can do it!!!"

In the afternoon Mimi and mama went to go and visit with grandma and grandpa for a little while. Along the way we stopped at a Izzy's and brother Bubba, Erin and brother Liam's house to give their Chinese New Year gifts. Mimi really enjoys giving gifts to her friends. Instead of the red envelopes and chocolate coins, Mimi had given grandma Chinese New Year stamps that she bought at the post office a while back. Grandma really liked that a whole lot.

Then it was on to Liam's birthday party. A good time was had by all. Mimi had such a good time that she did not want to leave. "Mama, just a 100 more minutes. OK?" she said. Finally mama was able to get her to leave.

Along the way to Connie's for the New Year celebration, mama got a little lost. Not by much tho'. Still getting used to the streets saying NW___ or SE___. Then there is the part where the street numbers go up then at some point go down. EGADS!!!

We finally arrived and met papa there. The girls really had a good time especially when it came time to open their presents.

Last but not least it was time to go to the Golden Phoenix Restaurant to watch the Lion Dance. They put on a really good performance. All in all today was a super good day.