Yesterday mom and Mimi had quite a busy day. It started of with Mimi waking up at her usual 6:30 am wake up call. Then mom had to feed the gang cause they were all starving. Nice thing about getting up early is that mom could get started on the housework. Mimi's new thing is for mom to make her a breakfast burrito which takes less than 5 minutes to make. Mom has become quite a microwave whiz. Then it was time to practice the piano for about 20 minutes then head out the door to gymnastics. Soon as that was done, it was time to head over to the new Costco in town to get some necessities and Fred Meyers's for other things. Freddies does make fresh sushi everyday and they know exactly the kind that Mimi likes however it is not gourmet like the ones you will find on Samantha's Blog site. That sushi looks totally scrumptious. But Freddies is good enough for now. To get good sushi one has to go to South Center Mall or downtown Seattle. That is a trek for us.
We got home just in time for Mimi to quickly change clothes and head over to school. While Mimi was in school, mom got on a cleanning kick at home. She was like a white tornado. Dad knows that when mom puts on her R&B music it is time to stay out of the way.
Soon as school let out the kids all wanted to play together. It stopped raining but was "freeze you nunnies off cold". While the other moms, Brandy, Keri and Shelley could not make up their minds as to what the afternoon plans were going to be, the kids were taking off for Mimi's house. Mom was running to keep up with them while she's yelling to the other mom's to call the house and let her know what's going on. We all eventually ended up at Zoe's house, whch is where Mimi has been wanting to go for such a long, long time. Zoe's family does have a gorgeous home. Kind of looks like something out of Home and Garden, unlike our home where there is Mimi's school work hanging all over mom's kitchen cabinets.
All of the kids had a blast, Mimi, Blake, Zoe, Halle, Braden, Bailey, Allyah. 4, five year olds, 1 three year old, 1 two year old and a 8 year old. As Shelley calls it "instant birth control".
For the most part ol' Blake had a good time but then there were the times when he wanted to hold Zoe's hand or play with her but she did not want to hold his hand or play with him. Zoe would rather play with Mimi and Halle, so she kind of gave him the cold shoulder. Poor little fella. It seems that although there are quite a number of kids in our neighborhood, the kids are either teenagers, elementary school age (1st grade and up and they are mostly girls) or babies. There are no boys close by that is Blake's age. It also seems that when he plays with Mimi or Zoe on a one to one basis things go well however when they all get together it's girls vs boys and poor ol' Blake is numbered out. I guess at this age is when the girls and boys start to separate before the teenage years.
By the time 8:00 rolled around last night we were all pooped. Mimi was so tired that she actually over slept this morning and woke up at 7:30.
Today is the beginning of parent/teacher conference at Mimi's school. While Keri was at the conference, Blake went over to Zoe's. Soon as it was done both Shelley and Keri went to do some erriands while mom took care of the kids, fed them their favorite lunch of grilled cheese sandwich and apple slices. The ice cream sandwiches were desert. Then it was time to drop the kids off at school and we moms got together for our Margarita Friday's. Mom has a standing deal with the girls. Keri provides the place, Shelley makes the drinks and mom cooks something for us to eat. This week mom made cerveche, baked pita bread and hummus. Mom is becoming quite a good cook if I do say so myself. Soon as school let out, we all headed back to Keri's for a evening playdate.
