FUNERAL FOR A CATAPILLAR

There so many catapillars at Mimi's school. Everyday the kids enjoy playing with them before school starts. This afternoon mom was informed by Blake that there is a dead catapillar. The next thing mom knew, Mimi had picked up the dead catapillar with some leaves and had a procession line going for herself. Following in a straight line behind Mimi was Halle, Blake, Zoe and some other kids. Then mom saw Halle and Mimi crouch down on the sidewalk where Mimi had laid the catapillar. They were whispering something but mom could not hear what they were saying. Halle told mom that they were praying for the catapillar to go to heaven. Now tell me, how cute is that?

SUNDAY FAMILY DAY

Sunday morning started off with mom making pancakes and bacon. Mimi's favorite. Then Keri called to say that she is taking the kids for a bike ride over at the school and wanted to know if Mimi would like to join them. Of course the answer was yes and mom and dad had a little time to themselves. Mom did a little cleanning and dad did some yard work. Very romantic aren't we??? Next thing mom knew, it was kick off time for the Seahawks and they won the game!!! Woo Hoo!!! In the meantime the kids went to Blake's house then came back to our house. They no sooner came to our house then Janet called to see if they would like to come down to the park since it was so gorgeous outside. So of course Blake did not want to go since he is more of an indoor person and Mimi did want to go because she is an outdoor kind of gal. Guess who won out?? You got it. Off to the park they went for a couple of hours. Then it was back home again. They no sooner arrived home, when Keri came to take Blake home. Since the boy likes to spend half his life here they were kind of missing him at home. Needless to say he was one sad, sad little boy. As soon as the Seahawks game was over it was time for mom to cook dinner and watch the Phillies beat the pants off the Rays in the World Series. Meanwhile dad took Mimi to Home Depot and check out the new Costco. They no sooner arrived at Costco when mom called to tell them to come home. Although the weather was gorgeous, it was a bit windy too and the wind started to blow off the top of our patio furniture. YIKES! Dad came home and took care of business. Later in the evening he and Mimi got the pumpkins gutted out in time for tomorrow night's pumpkin carving party.

CHINA GET TOGETHER

We all had a good time at Godfather's Pizza. Mimi always has a good time playing air hockey with the girls. Here she is sharing Butch with Emma (left holding the pup) and Shay Lynne. After all was said and done, it was time to go home to put a sleepy Mimi and Butch to bed.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

After the soccer game and lunch, Mimi and mom went with dad to his office. Butch tagged along with us. While dad was working Mimi watched Brother Bear on the car dvd while mom slept. After a wonderful nap, we headed up to dad's office and hung out with him up there for a while. Then it was time to head out to Godfather's Pizza in Auburn but not before stopping at Uwajimaya for sushi for Mimi and mom. We were kind of tired of pizza. This is what mom found while shopping for Mimi's "treasures". You can barely read the top of the label but it says Transylvania and Dracula's Castle.

LAST SOCCER GAME

Saturday morning started off with mom fixing breakfast for everyone including the four legged ones and getting the kids ready for their last soccer game. It was the last game of the season for Mimi and Blake. Although Mimi and Blake are in the same league they are on different teams. Mom was still exhausted from the day before and we still had our China family get together to go to in the evening and dad wanted to go into the office to get some work done. He really has a whole lot to do now. Usually he gets real busy around the holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. People are trying to get out of town you know. So even though mom was super tired she and Mimi went with him but not before stopping home to change Mimi clothes and have lunch at Red Robins.

MIMI'S FIRST CONCERT

Finally mom is able to get around to updating the blog. Last Friday started off with getting ourselves to school by 9:00 a.m. It was early release day and so it was the afternoon kindergarten's turn to go in the morning and it was mom's turn to volunteer and help the teacher with whatever needed to be done. The kids were just besided themselves because it was the day when they could have lunch with the "big kids" and eat in the cafeteria. They were ready to eat lunch at 9:30 in the morning just after arriving at school. They had a choice of bringing a sack lunch or paying $2.25 for pizza lunch.

Mom only had to stay one hour. So when her time was up she did a little grocery shopping then skidaddled back to school in time to give Mimi her lunch money. At first mom prepared Mimi a sack lunch until she found out that her friends were going to eat pizza and she did not want Mimi to feel left out.

As soon as school let out at 1:10 p.m Blake and Halle came over to the house to play. Next mom knew Blake had asked to call his Mom. This is what mom heard on the phone, "mom, can I sleep over at Mimi's??? Dottie said it was ok" I had been bamboozled!!! So of course Halle wanted to sleep over too. What the heck! What's two more kids? They all had a blast playing Wii and playing with Butch.

By dinner time mom had ordered pizza again because we had a concert to go to that night. She was also taking all three kids by herself. Man is she brave or what? It was a chance for her to give Wade and Keri a chance to attend Dominick's (neighbor) birthday party plus it was also Wade's birthday. Also it was a chance for Brandy to have a semi date with her husband John and baby Mac Callister. Before going to the concert mom sat all the kids on the sofa and laid out the rules.

This concert was given by all of the music teachers in our school district including Mimi's teacher Ms Hinami. All of the nights proceeds were going to a scholarship. When mom saw the list of pieces to be played she thought to herself "First of all, how long is this concert and will the kids be able to sit still for the concert". It was great. They kept things moving fast. The songs were short and sweet too. Mimi and her friends had a blast watching their teacher perform and seeing her in a different environment other than school. The main reason for mom to take Mimi to the concert is because Mimi enjoys music and mom wanted to get her exposed to as much music and musical instruments as possible. They also got a kick out of seeing the school superintendent play and instrument on the stage and they also saw their principal too.

By the time we arrived home it was 8:30 p.m. and our Buddhist study meeting was letting out. The meeting was held at our house and we had an out of town guest attend (Bobbie Debozi). Mimi's other friends Ling Ling and Sara were there also. So now we truly had a housefull of kids.

By the time everyone was gone and the kids were in bed, mom was totally exhausted! Unfortunately this was Halle's first sleepover ever and she decided that she wanted to go home and so she did. Mom then asked Blake if he wanted to go home and of course he says "No" then mom asked if he misses his mom, again the answer was "NOPE". I think that the boy would live here if he could.