THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

Today the girl spent the whole day with Blake. It's kinda nice because they can entertain themselves pretty good. All it took was a tent and some imagination. Plus there is the Wii. Blake tells me that Monday thru Friday is his school time. Saturday is the time for friends and Sundays are spent playing video games till he passes out.

CHRISTMAS WITH THE FAMILY

LET'ER RIP!!!

Was going to wait for Christmas morning that is......till I had a couple of glasses of Champagne with dinner. Then I thought......what the hell, let's rip them open tonight. Of course everyone else agreed. Santa did good however he forgot the Kung Fu Zhu Zhu pet. Oooops! She got everything else for the Kung Fu Zhu Zhu pet but not pet! A phone call was put into Santa and he will get one for her birthday.

The items that Mimi is holding is what she made for dad and I in school. Dad and I believe it or not gave each other the
SAME present! Mariner tickets! I figured that by this summer we well better have gone to China and if I can't go with dad to the Mariner's game, at least he and Mimi can use it for their daddy/daughter time or he can take grandpa. When I mentioned this to grandpa, he lit up like a Christmas tree.

HARRY POTTER

Also at the Pacific Science Center is the Harry Potter exhibition. It will be here till the end of January. Mimi said that she wanted to go there with dad all by herself so the she could give me the day off. What a thoughtful child she is. It was nice to have a couple hours of alone time.

PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER

Mimi knows that we are going to China to get her Mei Mei. She also knows that the one slight downside to getting a sister is that it will cut into her time to spend alone with dad will be cut down. So although I have made sure that her and dad spend time together at least once a week, she is really wanting to spend time with him even moreso now. This past Saturday was one of those daddy/daughter time well spent at the Pacific Science Center. While there, they briefly saw Corey and her family at the Space Needle.

TAIPAN

After the visit with the doc., we headed over to the Great Wall Mall just around the corner. Needed some Asian groceries and they are a bit cheaper than Uwajimaya for some of the same products however they did not have some items that I can get at Uwajimaya. Darn it!!! After getting the groceries we were famished. So on to Taipan we went. Really good Chinese food for a decent price. Mimi ate the two bowls of egg flower soup w/corn and half of the orange chicken. Way better that Panda Express. It even has bits of orange in it. Then I found that the mall has a new Filipino/Hawaiian bakery. I was in heaven. I could finally get some delicious Hawaiian bread and chicken empanadas without going into downtown Seattle for these delicacies. I found out that Mimi absolutely loves the empanadas but not dad. Oh well...... more for us then.

Boy was the rain coming down hard that day. When lunch was done and the shopping done, I was planning to go to the Costco in Covington to make more pictures for my Christmas cards but the place was packed to the gills and Mimi fell asleep in the car so I just decided to just drive on back home. So sorry to all of my out of town friends and family. Your cards will be coming late.

MIMI AND DR. SUMMERFIELD

.....who happens to be my Orthopedic doc as well.

THE CAST IS OFF ! WOO HOO !!!

Last Thursday morning was the beginning of a long, long day. Started off with a visit to Dr. Summerfield's office out near the Valley Hospital. Mimi was excited, and a bit scared of the saw but the girl is a trooper through and through.