The day started off with the traditional pancake, are ya ach'in for some bacon and egg breakfast. Then while mom did the cleanning up Mimi and Blake played. When it came time for the kids to get dressed, Blake asked Mimi if she would roll up his sleeping bag for him while he got dressed, as usual Mimi said "sure". When Blake came out of the dressing room (Mimi's walk-in closet) he found out that Mimi didn't roll the sleeping bag up because she did not know how or so she says. Blake being the gentleman as he is says "here Mimi, let a man show you how it's done!" What a guy ole Blakey is! They then informed mom that they want to live together at our house. We'll have to see about that one. Technically it is still summer but up here in western Washington the weather is starting to get just a smidgen cooler and overcast. Although the temperature gage says 60 degrees but because there is no wind today it feels like 70. You can best bet that by October we will be having a wind storm though. So now is the time when everyone is putting away the patio furniture, emptying the pool such as we are today and just plain getting ready for the fall season. The swing and gazebo are anchored to the ground so that they will not fly away during the wind storm.This morning Mimi and Blake decided to help dad out with trimming of the tree in our front yard. The branches hang over the sidewalk rather low and the school season starts next Tuesday for everyone except the kingergarteners which start on Friday. Everyone in our neighborhood pass our house on their way to and from school and mom did not want anyone to konk their melons on the branches plus some of the neighbors made mention of it. This week has been kind of relaxing for us so to speak. Storytelling time is over, no gymnastics this week, swimming is done for the year. Next week Mimi will be a little busy then the week after next we will be in full swing again. Next week we will have gymnastic on Tuesday, soccer practice (I have now officially become a soccer mom)on Wednesday, gymnastic on Thursday and Friday will be the first day of school. Week after next our schedule will be pretty much the same with the addition of piano lesson on Monday morning and school in the afternoon. The gymnastic and soccer practices remain the same plus school in the afternoon. We are now in the process of having Mimi go to bed at 8:00 p.m. This is something that we absolutely do not have a problem with like we did last year. Last year we had just moved up here and she/we were not used to the solstice season where it is still light at 9:00 at night. Mimi would say "mom I can't go to bed now it's still light outside and my friends are still playing" which was not far from the truth. Now she is older and is no longer taking naps however she still wakes up at the crack of dawn so by 8:00 she is pretty much whooped and so is dad and I.
