For those of us who can remember, there was a show called Wild Wild West. Only in our case it is the northwest. This morning started of early as usual with Butch barking to go out and Mimi up and about. It then went downhill after that. Now and then Mimi will go into lolligag mode and mama finds herself having to repeat things over and over and over and over. Things such as clean your room, change your clothes and so forth. Today was not the day to lolligag. We had things to do and places to go. While mom was getting ready for the day, Mimi was downstairs practicing her piano, then she took forever getting her shoes on in order to go to McDonald's for breakfast (mainly because she likes to play on their playset), when it was time to head for the gymnastic class, again she lolligaged putting her shoes on and we were late but not late enough for us to schedule a make up class. After class we had just 45 minutes to get home, change clothes and walk over to the school and again she was goofing off. This time mom was starting to lose it and sent Mimi to her time out sofa. Being the little chili pepper that she is, she ran upstairs yelling NO! Then proceeded to run into her bedroom and lock the door. Needless to say we had a fallout. There is a key to open the door in case that it gets locked. The problem was that everytime mom started to lock the door, Mimi who is on the inside would lock it as soon as mom would unlock it. The little twerp. Finally she came out and mom sent her to the time out sofa. As she was being marched downstairs Mimi informed mom that when she gets big she is not going to be a doctor or vet but that she is going to steal everything from her room to the catapillar. Where that one came from, I have no clue. We did however make it to school on time. After school she was back to being an angel again. When I asked if she was still mad, she says "just a little". I think it is because I told her that this coming weekend, dad is going to take the locks off the bedroom doors. Then I asked her if she was still going to be our doctor and she said "No". "But then who will take card of dad when he gets sick?" mom asks. "Oh alright, I'll be a doctor on Friday" Mimi says. Mimi also said that she is going to teach mei mei how to listen and follow directions. Go figure! By the time the party rolled around she was back to her happy go lucky self. Mom is exhausted though but happy. I tell you it is never ever dull around here and I would not have it any other way. Mimi is definitely the spiting image of my mom.
