BEDTIME STORIES FOR BUTCH

MIMI'S MENAGERIE

It all started way back on Oct. 7, 2003. That's the day mom and dad got married. Just about the same time was when Ollie and Stanley came into our lives. Then in Oct. 27, 2004, came Mimi. Around July 2008 was when the guppies arrived followed by two catapillars one week ago and Butch the pug who arrived this afternoon at exactly 2:45 p.m.

THE PUTNEY'S NEW ADDITION

It has been five years since mom's best little buddy "Rocky" passed away and mom just could not bring herself to get another dog. Then not very long after coming home from China with Mimi, we went over to Uncle Jim's house where he has two huge heinz 57 kind of dogs. Rosie playfully just bowled Mimi right down to the ground. Needless to say Mimi was terrified of dogs until about one year ago when our neighbors back in Calif. had to pugs named Lady Bug and Beetle. It was only then that Mimi was ok with small dogs.

Just the other day while at Safeway market, mom saw a couple of Shitzu's up for sale and when mom called dad on the cell phone to tell him, the phone went dead when mom told him the price. Needless to say mom did not buy the Shitzu that she wanted.

This afternoon after dropping Mimi off at school, mom came home to find a message from her friend Rheanna (Liam's mom). Rheanna said through her tears that she has a purebred pug that she is not able to keep and does mom know of anyone who would take it. Mom asked the price and Rheanna said that the dog would be free to a good home. Mom called dad and it was ok by him so mom gave Rheanna a call back and as you can see we now own a pug. The best part is Mimi absolutely adores him and the cats are ok with the new addition. Mimi has decided to change his name from Cole to Butch. Personally I like the Butch also.

LUNCHEON WITH THE GIRLS

This morning Halle's mom Brandy had a MD appointment and so she asked if we could take Halle to school. Of course we said sure no problem. Mimi and Halle played swimmingly together. Then Lindsey and little sis Ashley came over to join us for lunch and mom made everyone's favorite grilled cheese sandwich along with apple slices and peanut butter. YUMMY!!! The girls entertained mom and Nikki with a whole slew of knock knock jokes. The thing of it is only they think their jokes are funny.

MIMI'S FIRST PUMPKIN CARVING PARTY

At the beginning of the school year Halle and her family moved up here from Orange County, California. Mimi and Halle became fast friends so of course she introduced Halle to the rest of the gang and now they are all BFF's. Brandy had said that back home in California they had pumpkin carving parties and we all thought that is a great idea. Therefore Mimi, Halle and Erin are the hosts for this year's pumpkin carving party. According to Brandy, the only reason why our place was chosen to have the party was and is because we have the cleanest garage. At first we were discussing the party, mom thought that it was only going to be for the gang and their siblings (which totals around 10 kids) that is until Halle brought over the invitations this morning. Now I'm not sure how many kids we will be hosting. YIKES! I'm sure everything will turn out great and the kids will definitely have a blast.

Yesterday Keri kind of hinted around having a Halloween party liked Mimi had last year. I said that the thought has crossed my mind but that the only difference is I want to invite only Mimi's closest friends this year. Last year's party was great but way too stressful for mom.