SUMMIT GYMNASTICS

This afternoon was the part I of Mimi's gymanstic show. Tommorrow afternoon is part II. Pictured with Mimi is her new friend Adam. As it turns out, Adam also lives in our neighborhood, just one block away from us. Unfortunately he will not be home the first half of the summer as he and his family will be traveling all over the country and having a good time doing it.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

Believe it or not, this picture was taken at 9:30 yesterday night. Now you can see why it is very difficult at times to get our dear sweet little gitl to bed on a school night. Hence the blackout curtains which does help. Thank goodness this is our last week of school. Not sure what we will do to celebrate as her school will not have a kinderfarten graduation. Instead they will be celebrating with a pizza party.

ROCK OUT AND PEACE OUT AT REMLINGER FARMS

When I was talking with dad this morning, he realized that he had made commitments for this coming Monday and Tuesday that he cannot get out of. On Monday and Tuesday afternoon and evening Mimi will be part of what they call at her gymnastic school "The Summit Olympics". That where all of the students show the parents, grandparents and friends what they have been working on all year. They also get their certificates at that time. Since dad "goofed up" I suggested that he make it up to her by taking her to Remlinger Farms today since the weather is nice and cool. Of course she had to take her partner in crime along too. Those two are like two peas in a pod. The "rockout hand" was made by Blake and the "peace hand" is Mimi's. According to Mimi and Blake, they made the hands out of wax.

BATMAN OR SHOULD WE SAY BATWOMAN???

While I was out on my walk with Angie yesterday morning, dad said that Keri called to see if Mimi would like to go to the Carnival down by the lake. Our town is celebrating the good ole' pioneer days. I guess one could say that Mimi could not get out of here fast enough to suit her. Both she and Blake had a ton of fun playing on the giant slide and getting their faces painted. At first Mimi absolutely refused to wash the paint off of her face. That is until I promised to take a picture of her so that she could remember it forever.

ME 'N' ANGIE

For the past couple of months I have been trying to get myself into shape. Mainly I am doing it as a present to myself. Almost everynight Butch and I have been walking around the neighborhood. Yesterday morning my good friend Angie and I made plans to go walking together along Soos Creek. I thought that it would be a great idea to take Butch along with us. So I did. Not sure how far we walked, probably a couple of miles or so. All I know is that on the way home I could hear Butch snoring in the back of the car. I think that we wore him out. Poor little fella. Then last night I noticed that his whole upper right lip was quite swollen. I thought that maybe he had a pine cone in his mouth as there is always something in there such as a toy or rock. But no, there was nothing there. Somehow it did not seem to bother him much though. There did not seem to be any discomfort. Not sure if he got stung by a wasp or bee or something that he might have sniffed along the trail.

Anyways the swelling has gone down quite a bit since yesterday. The lip is almost back to normal thank goodness.

KINDERGARTEN CONCERT

Last Friday was quite a busy day at the Putney household. In the morning while mom was at the doctor's for her physical, Mimi hung out with Blake till it was time to go to school. Thank heaven for good neighbors and friends.

For the last half of Mimi school time, all of the afternoon kindergarteners gave the parents and grandparents a wonderful show in the gymnasium. Dad came home early just in time to see Mimi and her croonies perform. They were all sooooo cute! Dad however forgot to get the video camera set up so unfortunately these are the only videos we have.

When school let out for the day, good ole' Blake came over to play till it was time to go to dinner at Red Robin's. Then it was time to head out for another concert put on by Ms Celia's other piano students. We were only able to stay for just a short while as dad's head fell backwards and his eyes were closed and his mouth was open. Mimi and Blake were getting a bit ansy too. So then we were homeward bound. Mom then took Butch for an evening stroll around the neighborhood while Mimi and Blake played a new game of Wii.

ADOPTION UPDATE

We are still on the long, long, LONG, waiting list. In the meantime we are having to update everything. A couple of weeks ago our social worker came to the house and we updated MORE PAPER WORK. Last week dad went for his adoption physical and this morning I went for mine. Mimi went over to Blake's house while I was the doc's. I have good news and bad news. The good news is I lost 12 pounds since my last visit in January. Walking Butch around the neighborhood is starting to pay off. We have been walking almost a mile everynight after dinner. The bad news is I'm shrinking in height. I've lost a half inch in my height. I think that osteoporosis is starting to set in. A couple of weeks ago they were doing bone scans at Costco. I tested for moderate osteoporosis. Now my doctor has me scheduled to get a full bone scan done along with a mamogram.