RESTRAINING ORDERS

Many years ago back home in California, mama's hairdresser Dean Rhoades (the guy who invented Youthful Essesnce) told mama that she needed a restraining order against scissors. Mama tried cutting her bangs and did not do a good job on herself.

This afternoon while mama was cleanning the kitchen, mama asked Mimi to go upstairs and brush her hair. That was all the girl had to do, just brush her hair before our compnay Diana and her family were to come over for Sukiyaki dinner. About 10 minutes later, Mimi came downstairs and informed mama that she had "tied the hair in a knot" therefore the girl decided to go into papa office and take the scissors and giver herself a haircut. There was hair all over the office rug. Fortunately Mimi is able to use scissors safely and they have blunt tips.

As you can see in the above picture, well that was our referal picture that was sent to us before going to China. One can see how bald she is. Mimi has very fine hair and it takes forever to get it to grow out. Mama worked real hard to get it to the point of fixing it into a ponytail. In one swoop all of mama's hard work is shot to heck. I think Mimi needs a restraining order against scissors. We will be making a trip to the hairdresser tomorrow.

IS IT CHOW TIME YET?????

Our two kitties love to eat especially when the food is fresh straight from the bag.

SUMMER SOLTICE

The summer soltice season is now upon us. Pictured left to right is Alex, Savannah (Blake's half sister) who is visiting from Virginia, Izzy (Alex's older sister), Blake and Mimi. Believe it or not these pictures were taken at 9:00 p.m. today. Now at 9:42 p.m. the sun is just now setting.

This is the main reason why mama has such a hard time getting Mimi to go to bed. Mimi will say "But Mo-om! All my friends are outside and it's not dark yet!" Since mama is fortunate to be able to stay home with Mimi and Mimi does not have to get up early now that school is over, mama does not push Mimi to go to bed early. Plus Mimi has more time to spend with her papa. Come September when Mimi enters elementary school, that will all change though.

In the fall and winter it gets completely dark by 4:00 p.m., but most definitly by next summer there will be blackout curtains in both the girls rooms. That something that all the moms up here in Washington put in the kids rooms.

MIMI THE ROCKSTAR

This morning not long after waking up, we were all snuggled comfortably in Mimi big bed. Out of the blue Mimi says "Mama, I gotta go get something. You have fun with daddy ok?" One never knows what she will do or say next.

After Chinese school, there was a huge garage sale going on in Michelle's (teacher) neighborhood and that was where mama picked up this guitar for a couple of bucks. For many months now Mimi loves to pretend she is a "Rockstar".

A BIT OF SAD NEWS

There was a bit of sad news in our household. Mimi's beta fish Nemo went to the great fish tank in the sky last night. The new tenants (guppies) moved into Nemo's condo this afternoon.

SUMMIT OLYMPICS

Tonight was the night for the Olympics at Summit Gymnastics. Mimi did really, really good if I do say so myself. I think the reason she did so well was because #1 she practiced the routine really hard at home and #2 there were other team gymnasts practicing while the little ones were showing their routines to the parents. I figured since the other gymnasts were practicing, Mimi did not get stage fright and just thought that it was classtime. The reason for the two certificates is because Mimi is in two gymnastic classes. One is tumbling and the other is trampoline.

On the way home we stopped at the park where Michelle our neighbor was having a birthday party. Since it does not get dark till 9:30 p.m. we all stayed at the park quite late. Later in the evening Ray started up a campfire for everyone to roast their marshmallows. YUMMY!

RED ENVELOPES

Money, money, mon....ey, ...money!

Mimi: Mama, what's that? (pointing to the red envelope)

Mama: It's a envelope to put money in and give as gifts.

Mimi: Oh. Well, where's the money?

Mama: We don't have any.