MORE PICS OF ZIGGY, MIMI AND MARLEY

IN THE PARK

Like I said in the previous post, last Tuesday was gorgeous outside so therefore we spent most of our time in the park. Xaunder and his family came and joined us along with their two golden retrievers Ziggy and Marley. Two years ago, one would not catch Mimi anywhere near any dogs let alone the big ones like Ziggy and Marley who are just about the most laid back dogs you have ever laid eyes on. Thanks to our Butch, that has all changed. Butch too really love to play with Ziggy and Marley. While we were in Portland a short while back, these are the two dogs that Butch played with while we were gone.

MORE PUTNEY UPDATES

On last Thursday while recuperating from the previous "progressive playdate", Mimi and mom spent a relaxing afternoon pampering ourselves at the nail salon. That was before our dinner date with Halliwell and her family. Then yesterday after our mini vacation to Hawaii, we dropped dad off at the library where he had his car parked and Mimi and I went over to Sara's to continue on with her 9th birthday celebration. Mimi just adores Sara and her big sis Tasha (the one holding Mimi). Four of us moms took the girls to see the new Hannah Montana movie. I must say that it was quite a nice movie. Dad decided that he did not want to go with us since it really was a young girl's "chick flick" kind of movie. Instead dad had a playdate of his own with our neighbor and good friend Scott at the "Open Mike Night" at our local eatery.

When it comes to riding in cars and if we have to take both cars for whatever reason, Mimi always prefers to ride with mom. On the other hand when it comes to fixing up the house and doing the handyman kind of work, Mimi really, really, really likes to give dad a hand. She says that it is because "Mom never reads the instructions so she can't help you." They are now at this moment going over to Home Depot picking out the blinds for "dad's office", although this is the place where we all hang out most of the time including Butch and sometimes Ollie (who is the one that watches over Butch for us).

MAUI'S KIKI'S

Katarina "Kat" is the tall slender girl usually standing in the back, Auntie Celia is in the red Hawaiian dress playing the ukelele and singing, the little girl in the bottom video is making her first debut with the class.

GOT LEI'S ANYONE???

This afternoon we took a mini vacation to Hawaii without ever leaving the Northwest. Everywhere we went there were Hawaiian music, food and souveniours plus the dancing. I must say that Katarina's class was the best. While the rest of the groups got about a 5 minute performance, Auntie Celia's class performed for almost one hour.