Today papa decided that he did not want to go to the Chinese class with us. Instead he wanted to stay home and get started on our backyard furniture since the weather is somewhat decent. It is kind of a overcast day with no rain until probably later this afternoon but it is the only chance he gets to get these things done.
On the way home mama and Mimi stopped at Fred Meyer's for the sushi and a few more perrineals that were on sale. Then on the way home it was time to stop for gas at $3.73 per gallon at the Safeway gas station. Because mama has a club card she was able to get $.03 off the gallon sometimes it is $.10 off the gallon. All in all mama paid $34.00 for half a tank today. I like to use the Safeway gas station because I can get mileage points off of my club card along with the Visa.
Upon arriving home we saw papa talking with Jess and Krista who were walking their dogs. We found out that Krista's little boy Xaunder is sick again with the same Rotavirus. First Xaunder caught the virus then gave it to little sis and caught it again from little sis. Now Shaun (papa) caught the bug also. Man! That virus is a real stinker!!!
Papa has started to put up the gazebo so naturally Mimi assumed her usual supervisory position.
Another bit of news is that we have new neighbors as of last Tuesday. Mama met them just once for a few short seconds a couple of weeks ago when the house was being inspected by the home inspection people. Our new neighbors are a man and woman couple with NO KIDS doggone it. I was kind of hoping they would have kids close to Mimi's age. Our neighborhood has a ton of kids but unfortunately not a lot of them are Mimi's age. They are either way older or way younger than she is. At 5 years old, even if the other person is 2 years older or 2 years younger, it makes a big difference. The kids that are 2 years older than Mimi are nice and friendly toward her but they rather play with kids their own age and have their own little clique. The kids that are 2 years younger than Mimi, our Mimi is friendly toward them but does not have much interest in them. Oh well, I guess we will have to wait to see what will happen when the next chili pepper comes along and how well Mimi will get along with her mei mei.
Our Mimi is a safety girl. This morning Mimi wanted to take her "children" to the indoor playground to which mama said ok. When that was over we went to Walgreen's to make passport pictures for our passport renewal. Then it was time for school. Mama always keeps an extra carseat in her car in case Blake wants to ride with us anywhere. After dropping Mimi off, mama noticed Baby Jaguar, Mr Giraffe and Pinky Pie strapped in the car seat. Mama had a good laugh to herself and just had to take a picture.
