CAMP OUT

Mimi now really loves camping. Last night and tonight she and papa are sleeping out in the backyard in our tent.

Today started off with our ritual of pancakes and bacon breakfast. Then on our way to grandpa's house, our friends and neighbors were having a garage sale in the park. Mama was able to buy a breadmaking machine for $10.00 and a Little Tykes slide for $25.00. If either of them breaks down for any reason, mama knows where to go.

Grandma was supposed to go to the rehab hospital yesterday but instead she talked her doctor into letting her come home. While there Mimi put on a show for her while grandpa went out shopping for groceries then it was time to leave. So on to Sara's house for a while.

We arrived home around 6:30 p.m. and shortly thereafter grandpa called to ask papa to come and help him get grandma into bed. Grandpa is very small in stature and could not get grandma from the chair to the bed. In the end they had to call the paramedics to come help. A while back papa made a wrong turn or something and has been suffering a backache ever since.

Meanwhile back at the ranch it was 88 degrees at 8:30 p.m. so mama and Mimi went outside to visit with our friends Kathy, Spencer and his dad Jim. Both Spencer and Jim gave Mimi a lesson in baseball. She seemed to like it pretty well.

By 9:00 it was still HOT (80 degreees) the movie projector in his backyard and we all went over to watch The Bridge of Taribithia (?) and Mimi had a blast with Maddie and Marissa and the other girls of the neighborhood. Finally papa was able to get everything straightened out at grandma's and came back home. What a man papa is!

We also received the letter from Mimi's new school and she and Blake will be classmates. Unfortunately Erin is in a different class but I hear that they will all be on the playground at the same time.