CALLING HIS BLUFF

Mimi and Blake. They play, they fight/argue, then back to playing again. That's the way it always goes. I can now hear them downstairs playing Wii and Blake getting upset with the way Mimi is playing. "I'm going home now Mimi" says the boy. "OK" says the girl. The boy looking quite astonished decided to stay. They are now at this very moment laughing and playing in her room.

RIP

Yesterday was out monthly get together with our China friends. Our dear friend Rhonda and her two girls are in the process of moving so I volunteered to take Elsie for the afternoon while the rest of her family packed boxes. Not much fun for 6 year olds to stay home and pack boxes you know. Mimi and Elsie always have a blast together so of course Elsie was super excited to come over to the house. The weather has been exceptionally gorgeous outside so the girls had fun playing in our wading pool and riding Big Mama around the backyard. next thing we knew it was time to head down to Auburn for our monthly get together. While driving through the "countryside" we came upon a abandoned SUV that ran off the road and right smack dab into a tree. After seeing the SUV kissing the tree, Mimi pipes up with "mom, that is a bad habit". We all just cracked up laughing. We all had a good time at dinner. We were able to meet one family's new addition from China. Actually they have two kids from China. Their name escapes me right now as I do not know them well as of yet. First they adopted their little girl when she was 7 months old. The baby is now 14 months and running (not walking) everywhere. Remind you of someone we all know and love? Just a couple of months of coming home from China with their baby, they went back again for their son Nathan who is SN. He is deaf. Then there was our other good friend Simone and her two girls ages 15 and 11. Their family had just come back from a homeland tour. They shared their experiences and pictures with everyone. It is definitely a trip worth taking at least once in your life. It is also a trip we hope to be taking when Mimi and her sister Mei Lin get older.

We got home around 9 and everyone was outside. So of course we had to join the fun. Next thing I knew Mimi was with her friends Maddie and Marissa and they were making two cemetary plots for the dead animals. Don't know how the humming bird died but the snake was accidently decapitated by their dad Rey. The girls felt that it was humane thing to do and had the animals buried last night. Mimi placed the flowers on the graves.