DOING ERRANDS WITH MOM

Well today started off to a bit of a late start. However we did leave the house at 10:00. It's a good thing that mom shoveled the driveway yesterday. The only thing is my muscles are quite sore today. Last night after coming home, dad put some rock salt on the driveway which helped even more. Now we can get in and out of the garage easily. Except for the neigh borhood streets the highway and freeway was not too bad. We did make it to the bakery which is about one mile from Uwajimaya in downtown Seattle. They have the best cakes around. Mimi picked out a tres leche cake with bavarian icing (tastes like heavy whip cream) and strawberry filling. The theme is Madagascar. She has always loved wild animals as opposed to dolls. As soon as we were done with the bakery we headed over to Uwajimaya to meet with dad for lunch. Traffic was going at snail pace. What should have taken 15 minutes, took almost one hour due to the snow and ice on the street. Finally we made it. While at Uwajimaya we bought all of Mimi's "treasures" favorites food and drinks. Then it was time to head back toward home and pick up a few more Christmas items for the family. Of course there was an accident on the freeway so that slowed things down. Finally at 6:00 p.m. we made it home in time for Mimi to take a bath, dad will arrive home around 7:00, then Jess and her hubby Scott will come over for a big kids playdate. Their daughter Natalie who is 8 will come too. She and Mimi get along swimmingly. Then tonight it is supposed to start snowing again. It is supposed to snow till the end of the month I think.