GRANDMA, GRANDPA AND "BONNIE AND CLYDE'

Grandma: Mimi, have you ever kissed Blake?

Mimi (with a scruntched up face): Oh nooo!!! Yuck! He's gross!!!

And the saga of whatever Mimi has Blake has to have continues. Way before Butch came into our lives, Blake had and still has a stuffed toy Pug who's original name was Spike but now has become Butch. While at grandma's house, grandma said that she saw the stuffed penguin in the store the other day and bought it for Mimi. Mimi was super happy and pleased about it. On the other hand ol' Blake was looking a bit sad. Mimi had decided that she wants to name the penguin Pengy, so she did. While at Red Robins Blake put his dollar into the toy vending machine which had a variety of stuffed animals to pick from including a penguin and picked out his penguin with "the claw". This particular vending machine was the kind where one can play until they win. As you may have guessed, he named his penguin Pengy also.

Then during the time while we were waiting for the food, Blake would try to tell Mimi how she should color her paper placemat and I must say that he can be quite persistant too. "I can do whatever I want! You are not my boss!" Mimi says. Whenever Blakes says that Mimi won't listen to him, the guys in the neighborhood tell him to "suck it up cuz it ain't ever going to change." Poor little fella. Like I always say they are like brother and sister forever and always. Finally after the food arrived and while we were eating we had loads of fun playing "I Spy".

HE'S NOT BIGGER! JUST TALLER!

That's what Mimi told her grandma and grandpa this afternoon. Since little Bailey was taking a nap at the pick up time, mom brought Blake home along with Mimi. Then when he got wind of Mimi going over to Sara's house this evening the first thing that popped out of his mouth was "Can I come too???" He just absolutely adores Sara. So as you can see he came along with us but not before making a stop to see grandma and grandpa first then heading to Red Robins for dinner before going over to Sara's.

CHASING AND CHEWING

Butch has now been a part of our lives for one and a half months. Between him and Mimi and her friends, there is never ever and dull moment around the Putney household. Butch is now still at the chewing stage of his little life. He will come out of Mimi's room with any number of her stuffed toys. Pictured here is Butch chewing on one of Blake's shoes. His other favorite past time is chasing his tail and anything else he can sink his teeth into including mom's toes. Ummmm Yummy and Tasty too!!!

GALLOPING

To this day Mimi has not stopped running. Although inside the house it has turned into a gallop. She does however eat quite a bit. On Thanksgiving day she had 5 servings of turkey, stuffing and gravy. Then everyday after, she still had to eat more turkey. Mom has not weighed her in quite a while but she did today. Mimi weighs all of 40 lbs. She's a solid little thing. She is still very active with gymnastics and running/galloping everywhere. People always tell me that they wish that they had at least half the energy Mimi does. Maybe that is why Mimi stays so slender. Now that soccer is over, Keri and mom are looking into signing the kids up for t-ball. Have to do something with all that energy.

THE SANTA TRAIN

Yesterday was mom's beautification day (hair dresser and nail salon). Fortunately we live very close to both shops so that mom could take Mimi to see Maya (beautician) in the morning, then take her to school and come back to visit with Amy (Maya's sister) and get a pedicure at her nearby nail salon. All of the girls in both shops adore Mimi and she adores them too.

As soon as school let out, all of Mimi's friends and herself headed over to Zoe's for an afternoon playdate. That's when mom found out from Shelley about the Santa Train http://trainmuseum.org/santatrain.asp#Dates in Snoqualimie. Looks and sounds pretty cool. Talked with dad about it and he found out that the tickets are sold out. Doggone it! Oh well, at least we will have something to do next year Christmas. Found out from Shelley this afternoon that the membership tickets are $55.00 per family and they give you 10 tickets to use during their open season. Not a bad deal at all. The Santa train tickets alone are $15.00 per person. Then during the summertime they have a Thomas The Train event going on. Mimi still enjoys playing with her Thomas train set.

A COPPERTONE MOMENT

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Both dad and Mimi had a full day today. Dad has his work and Mimi had her piano lesson this morning followed by school and gymnastic class. When dad arrived home from work at 7:00 this evening, Mimi ran and jumped into his arms and gave dad the biggest and bestest welcome home kiss one has ever had. That always makes your day brighter especially after you had a long day at work. Mimi decided that she wanted to eat leftover turkey and watch an oldie but goodie tv cartoon that mom watched when she was Mimi's age with her dad. Another perfect ending for the day.