TULIPS

The weather was quite warm today (49 degrees), woo - hoo !!! While Mimi was down for her daily naptime, mama decided to work in her garden before it starts to rain again. While the daffodils and hyacinths are getting ready do decinegrate, the tulips are doing quite well.

PLAYTIME WITH ERIN

This afternoon when gymnastics and a nap was done for Mimi and school was over for Erin, the two girls got together for a playdate. The two are a good combination for each other. Mimi gets Erin to get up and get moving, Erin on the other hand brings out the femine side of Mimi that we don't see much of since our Mimi is pure 100 % tomboy. The cat in the picture is Figaro the neighborhood kitty.

MORNINGS WITH OUR MIMI

By 6:30 in the morning our Mimi is up and running. She tells papa to be real quiet so as to not wake up mama. She then proceeds to run and jump in bed with mama saying "mama, are my feet and hands cold enough for you?" "how about my dragon breath?" then blows on my face. Mama says "phew!!!"

Pictured here, Mimi is taking care of "her babies" Mr Giraffe and Lucky.

MORE UPDATE OF OUR LITTLE FRIEND XAUNDER

Yesterday morning started off with mama taking Mimi to her swimming lessons which she loves. Mama still needs a little practice on putting on those darn safety pads. Mimi has one in the front and three in the back. While the girls were in the pool mama heard Ms. Grethchen the teacher say that it is better to put the pads of as low as possible. Mama had put them on a smidgen high. Oh well, que sera sera I say.

Next on the schedule was to go to Fred Meyers and get the cake mix for grandma's birthday this coming Sunday and a get well present for Xaunder.

By the time we were done, we had some time to spare to go home for lunch, then school for Mimi and a mani/pedi for mama. One of life's little pleasures for mama these days.

When dinner was done, mama decided to take Mimi out while it was still light. We went over to Mimi's new school first. She can now go completely across the monkey bars one rung at a time without any help. YIPPEEE!!! When that was all done we headed over to our neighborhood park. There we saw all of our friends/neighbors.

On the way home mama saw Jess and Krista on their way back to Krista's home. Mama stopped to talk with Krista. Xaunder is home now thank goodness. He is still weak but happy to be home. Krista says the one time she got really scared was when they were at the hospital and were putting in the IV's , Xaunder was not responding. Poor little guy. This is a little guy who has more energy than our Mimi. Can you believe it? I'm just real happy that he is home now with the people who love him the most. Tonight mama and Mimi will go over to drop off a lasagna dinner with a card that Mimi made for him and presents.

UPDATE ON OUR FRIEND XAUNDER

Turns out that our little friend Xaunder has a condition called Rotavirus. It occurs in children up to 5 years of age. It is very hard to get rid of and is resistant to almost every antibiotic there is. It can last for quite a very long time on toys. Long enough so that even disinfectants cannot get rid of the virus. It causes severe diarrhea, dehydration, sunken eyes, lethargy and a whole lot more of symptoms. The good news is that Xaunder is hooked up to IV's and his dad Sean is in better spirits tonight.

XAUNDER

This morning while Mimi was out front playing and mama was cleanning out the garage, we saw our neighbor/friend Jess walking the two big white labs Ziggy and Marley. She stopped to tell us that Xaunder (little boy in picture) is in the hospital. Needless to say mama was quite surprised to hear this. The last time we saw Xander was when this picture was taken on Jan. 28th when we had a snow day and the schools were closed so all the neighborhood kids came to play in front of our home. Xander included. He is only two years old. Jess is helping to take care of Rhianna (baby sis) while Krista (mom) is at the hospital with Xaunder. Sean the dad works from their home.

When Mimi's gymnastic class was over, we headed for the library on the way home. While there our old neighbors the Krafsky's were there. Mimi is friends with their kids Cole (7 yo and the youngest), Josh, Jaelyn and Caleb. Kelly their mom was there also. Mama found out from Kelly that they do not know what is wrong with Xaunder. At first it thought to be food poisoning but now the doctors do not know other than the fact that Xaunder is slipping in and out of consciouness. I tell you where we live is definitely a small close knit community. All of the neighbors have set up a prayer chain for our sweet dear little friend. I love where we live.

SHOWERS

For at least a month now, Mimi enjoys taking showers with mama. Thank goodness our shower is quite large. This morning mama thought that if she was quiet enough, she could get a few minutes of showertime to herself. What was I thinking or better yet, what drugs have I been taking? I no sooner got into the shower when Mimi burst in butt naked yelling "Shower!!! Shower!!! Oh well, I'm sure this too shall pass but I'm going to enjoy it as loooonnnng as I can.