GREAT AFTER SCHOOL SNACK

Skippy peanut butter and graham crackers, YUUUMMMMY!!!

A FAMILY AFFAIR

This afternoon when the gymanstic class was over, mama and Mimi went down to Home Depot for another bush to add to mama's garden in the backyard. Next on the agenda was a stop to our local Walmart store to purchase a dvd for Mimi "Alvin and the Chipmunks". Then mama's little voice told her to inquire about the Wii game setup. As you can see they had it and mama bought it, not without consulting with papa of course. Unfortunately they did not have any extra monitors(made a boo boo, meant to say remotes) as they were flying off the shelf according to the employees there at the store. As soon as mama bought papa's early birthday gift she called her good friend Keri to let her know that it is available at Walmart. She was already on her way down to the store to buy her kids the same dvd as Mimi when mama called. She is now setting up the game at her own home. Of course papa was like a kid in a candy shop when mama came home with her purchase. He could not wait to set it up and play with it. Neither could Mimi. They both now are enjoying daddy-daughter time together watching Mimi's new movie.

MONKEY BARS

We have been having a humungous amount of strange weather. Sunshine, snow, rain and more snow, now more rain with a patch of sunshine here and there. Due to the weird weather, plus Mimi getting sick last week, we have yet to get out to our neighborhood park. That is until this afternoon. Blake and his family decided that they wanted to walk with Mimi and mama to the park before Mimi had to go to school. Once arriving at the park both Mimi and Blake went running to the playset equipted with slide, bridge and monkey bars. Much to mama's surprise, Mimi is now able to reach the bars without mama giving her a boost up. Now only that, she can cross one bar at a time by herself about half way across the length of the bars!!! She must have been practicing on the bars at school without my knowledge. Needless to say it was the highlight of my day.

THIS IS ME

Although it is springtime up here in the northwest, it is still way too cold for the little tykes to go out and play. Plus it is wet from the melting snow. After taking a bath this morning and putting on her power ranger suit, Mimi and mama sat at the computer to catch up on the e-mails and blogs. We always enjoy reading Samantha's blog and reading about the antics that her and her family are up to these days. It makes missing our friends a little less painful. Mama always like to find out about free learning websites for Mimi. On Samantha's blog it had mentioned Starfall.com. We tried it out and Mimi loves it. As of now, I am getting bugged about getting off the computer so that the girl can play her games. So tootles for now.

STRANGE WEATHER

Within a 24 hour period up here in the northwest, we have experienced rain, snow, sunshine, hail and now sunshine again. I sometimes wish that Mother Nature would make up her mind but as the saying goes, it is a woman's perogative to change it now and then.

GOOD LUCK DAD

Mimi woke up early as usual this morning. Papa said that he was not sure if he would go into the office today as he feels that he is coming down with the same viral infection as Mimi.

So when Mimi could not get the tv channel that she wanted, she came in to ask mama to help her. Mama said that there will be no tv this morning to which Mimi asked the universal question of all 5 year olds "WHY?" Mama replied that papa was not feeling well. "OK then, can I play on the computer?" the girl asked. OK mama said.

Papa decided that he would go into the office today. So when he went to say good-bye to the child her reply was "Good luck dad!" Then sent him off with a smile.

Later in the day mama had called papa to see how he was feeling then hung up the phone. Mimi was quite upset that mama did not let her talk. So therefore she called him back then let Mimi talk. The next thing mama heard was Mimi telling papa "I didn't want to talk to you! I wanted to talk to Blake!" Poor papa, he is the lowest man on the totempole that is until he comes home, then Mimi is all over him with hugs and kisses.

ANOTHER SNOW DAY

It had snowed all last night and into this morning. The sun came out this afternoon and the sky is amazingly a gorgeous blue color with a few clouds This is a picture of Mimi's girlfriends on their way home from school. Left to right is Sidney and sister Janae, Maddie and sister Marissa.

The weatherman says that we are expected to get more snow and rain tonight. So far they have been right on target with their predictions.