LUNCHEON WITH THE GIRLS

This morning Halle's mom Brandy had a MD appointment and so she asked if we could take Halle to school. Of course we said sure no problem. Mimi and Halle played swimmingly together. Then Lindsey and little sis Ashley came over to join us for lunch and mom made everyone's favorite grilled cheese sandwich along with apple slices and peanut butter. YUMMY!!! The girls entertained mom and Nikki with a whole slew of knock knock jokes. The thing of it is only they think their jokes are funny.

MIMI'S FIRST PUMPKIN CARVING PARTY

At the beginning of the school year Halle and her family moved up here from Orange County, California. Mimi and Halle became fast friends so of course she introduced Halle to the rest of the gang and now they are all BFF's. Brandy had said that back home in California they had pumpkin carving parties and we all thought that is a great idea. Therefore Mimi, Halle and Erin are the hosts for this year's pumpkin carving party. According to Brandy, the only reason why our place was chosen to have the party was and is because we have the cleanest garage. At first we were discussing the party, mom thought that it was only going to be for the gang and their siblings (which totals around 10 kids) that is until Halle brought over the invitations this morning. Now I'm not sure how many kids we will be hosting. YIKES! I'm sure everything will turn out great and the kids will definitely have a blast.

Yesterday Keri kind of hinted around having a Halloween party liked Mimi had last year. I said that the thought has crossed my mind but that the only difference is I want to invite only Mimi's closest friends this year. Last year's party was great but way too stressful for mom.

KICKED TO THE CURB

Now and then Mimi will kick dad to the curb, meanning that if we have to go somwhere where we need to take two cars, Mimi will always choose to go with mom. This morning after gymnastics it was mom who got kicked to the curb. Mimi was sitting in her booster seat nearly on the verge of tears asking "Why doesn't anyone want to come pick me up???" Mom says "Whut?" again Mimi says "Why doesn't anyone want to come pick me up???" After doing some detective work, mom realized at one time or another each one of Mimi's friends had someone other than their own mom pick them up from school. One day it would be Keri (Blake's mom)who brought Zoe home from school or Brandy (Halle's mom) who brought Erin to school. Poor, poor Mimi so far she has no one to pick her up from school although I just remembered that last Friday Janet brought Mimi to school.

"THE ARTIST" aka MIMI

Well I'm sure you've heard of Prince aka The Artist, in our family the artist is known as Mimi. This morning while mom is on the computer catching up on the latest news, Mimi came in very quietly and stole a piece of paper and was doing something very quietly (which is a contradiction in terms). Next thing mom heard was Mimi yelling "Mom! Come in here! I wanna show you something! I'm artisting!!!" Mom goes to look and sure enough Mimi is doing what she calls "arting".

FAMILY DAY

Every Sunday is our family day at the Putney household. This past Sunday was spent at home doing what mom and Mimi likes doing the best which is hanging out in our pj's and doing nothing at all. The weather here is in full swing of Autum. It is absolutely gorgeous with the changing of the colors. The trees are colored with amazing yellow, orange and gold. The air is cccoold and crisp. It reached a whopping 54 degrees outside. Ol' Blakey was feeling a bit lonely at home with no one to play with so he came over and spent the day with Mimi. They played the piano, Wii sports and of course no day is complete without playing with the Lincoln Logs. It is actually made of real wood just like the ones Uncle Jim played with back in the day for those of us who can remember. Blake and Mimi play just like brother and sister. Now and then he would get frustrated with her because she has her own mind and won't give in to his demands. He would say "Mimi, if you don't do what I say, I'm gonna go home!" Either Mimi would eventually give in or Blake would give in and they would go back to playing happily again. Finally when Blake made his threat to Mimi again, mom being the little devil and knowing how much Blake loves coming here said "OK Blake, good-bye. We'll see ya tomorrow". He just looked at mom with his big brown doe eyes and said "I don't wanna go home! I'm not going anywhere!" Mom loves to tease Mimi and Blake. Cheap thrills and cruel I know, but hey, I gotta have some fun sometime.

WHEN I GROW UP.....

Mimi: Mom, you wanna know what I'm gonna to be when I grow up?
Mom: No, what?
Mimi: I'm going to be a doctor.
Mom: Really?! Does that mean you will take care of me when I get old?
Mimi: Uh huh.
Mom: How about dad?
Mimi: Uh huh.
Mom: How about Blake, Erin, Zoe and Halle and their families?
Mimi: Uh huh them too.
Mom: Wow! How about Samantha and Katie and their Families? Are you going to take of them too?
Mimi: Uh huh. Mom, does Samantha have our phone number? We have to tell her that our number is (***) ***-7702.

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.......

About once a month mom and Mimi will make their trip to downtown Seattle to go to Uwajimaya Market. Now and then dad will tag along with us. If dad comes with us, we will have lunch in the food court then he and Mimi will hang out in the Kinokuniya bookstore while mom shops otherwise mom will put Mimi in the shopping cart and Mimi will shout out "Mom! These are are all my treasures!!!" The jellies are a special favorite with Mimi and her friends. They go like hot cakes! Now whenever I go to the market I end up buying the jellies for Blake and Bailey. Mom used to buy all these things at Mitsuwa when we lived in So. California. The nice thing about the jelly container is that it doubles as a coin bank too.