GOOD NEWS

This morning both Mimi and I had a early dentist appointment before going over to Ms Celia's for piano lesson this week. The good news is we both have NO CAVITIES!!! To celebrate this auspicious occasion we went to Fred Meyer's for a sushi lunch. The dentist said that Mimi's 6 year molars have come in (something I knew already) and she should start to lose her first bottom front tooth possibly next month. By the time she turns 7 is when she will possibly lose her two front teeth.

MIMI-ISMS

Mimi: Mom, did you know that babies come out of tummies?
Mom: Oh really?
Mimi: But I can out of your heart and prayers.
Mom: That's right.

Mimi: Mom did you know that when your tooth comes out, the tooth fairy comes?
Mom: Oh really?
Mimi: Yeah, but she is really, really tiny. You can hardly see her. You put your tooth under the
pillow and she leaves some monies for you.
Mom: What about Butch (he's losing his puppy teeth), can we put his teeth under the pillow?
Mimi: Nah, it doesn't work for dogs.

Meanwhile Mimi is checking each and every tooth in her head to see if any of them are loose. Several of her friends and classmates have lost theirs already.

WHATEVER.......

It seems as if my baby is turning into a teenager right before my very eyes. Just before turning 6 years old, Mimi started having this attitude of rolling her eyes up to the heavens and saying "whatever" then give a little huff. It's making me crazy. She has never had this attitude before and it's driving me nuts! It also seems that all of her cronies have the same attitude according to the other moms. I think it may be because all of her other classmates have older siblings living at home and ol' Blake has 9 year old Bubba living next door. Anyways I was informed today that Ms. Attitude is gone for a while. When I asked if ever she is coming back for a visit I got her usual answer of "I don't know". Sigh.....

TWO'S COMPANY, THREE'S A CROWD.....

Mimi is feeling a bit better. Still has a cough though. As you can see we did not go to ski school today. Mimi is quite happy that today is a "pajama day" around our house. Dad called the ski school and we are able to make it up on another weekend day thank goodness. So that way we won't lose any of our hard earned money. Since Mimi is feeling a little better, I am putting her to work and having her purge her bedroom that is chock full of toys.

FLU SEASON

I tell you, when it rains at our house it POURS! With all that we have gone through this season with the snow, wind and rain and now flooding with the main highways and passes leading into Washington closed, family coming for the holidays, birthday parties me thinks Mimi is coming down with the virus. This morning I took her to see the MD for another reason (red spots on her back and tummy) no fever though. The doctor could not say exactly what it is since she has had all of her necessary immunization such as chicken pox and measles. He gave me some lame answer as that it might be something called fleck-u-litis or some such silly thing. I think he did not really know what it is and did not want to admit so as too not hurt his ego any. Mimi still had the energy as usual, eats like a chow hound. She is now 44 inches tall and 40.5 lbs. So we came home, had lunch and again Blake and Zoe went to school with us. After coming home from school she went up to bathe but did not take her usual one hour bath which should have given me a clue. We were to go to Sara's house this evening but cancelled it because when Mimi came downstairs in her pj's (another clue). Then the biggest clue of all came when I had her lie down for a while and SHE DID NOT FIGHT ME ON THIS SUBJECT! Biggest clue of all!!! Usually she will say "I'M NOT TIRED!!!" I usually kiss her on the forehead to see how warm she is and she was pretty warm so she downed some St. Joseph's aspirin along with some Sprite. Just now checked her temperature and it is 97. We'll have to see what happens tomorrow as she and dad are supposed to go up to Snoqualmie for some skiing. We'll have to see about that.

BREAK IN THE GLOOM

There was actually a bit of a break in the gloom today. None the less it was still freeze your nunnies off cold with the winds still blowing at about 23 mph. Both Blake and Zoe's siblings have got the virus so I took all of the kids to school and back. On the way home Blake, Mimi and I stopped at our neighborhood park to play for a while. It is actually one of the very few times that Mimi could play outdoors this winter season. Almost forgot to mention that Butch came along for the walk too. We stayed at the park for as long as we could stand. We were there for all of 10 minutes then it was time to head home for the day.

BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN

ABC, do,re,mi, tic tac toe it's all in a row and it's back to school again or so the song goes. This week Mimi started back with the piano lessons, gymnastics, and kindergarten classes. She was sooooo excited because as she says "I can see my friends again!" Come this Saturday she will be starting ski classes up at Snoqualmie. Dad will be taking her for the next six weeks. This way while Mimi is in class, dad can do some skiing on his own.