KINDERGARTEN CELEBRATION

WOO HOO!!! Today was the last day of school. Oh you should have heard all of the noise and commotion that went on when I went to pick Mimi up from school this afternoon. The kids whooped it up by screaming and blowing bubbles and the buses were honking their horns. Since Mimi had worked so hard this school year and got really good grades, I wanted to do something nice for her in appreciation. While dad was at work I took her to Chuck E Cheese and invited her friends to come along. Blake did join us even though he is not in the picture. Erin was not able to join us as she and her family are on the their way to Yakima for a family wedding this weekend.

HONEYSUCKLE, DAHLIAS AND APPLE TREES

So far so good. Last year dad planted my apple tree in the backyard and this year it is starting to bloom. Hopefully come this fall we will have some delicious apples to eat. Last summer I purchased these two pots of Dahlias and the sales clertk told me that when the winter starts to set in is when these plants will start to die. When that happens she said just cut off the dead stuff and put the pots in the garage or storage. Then when the summer just starts to begin bring them out again and start watering them and they will grow again as these are bulb (perrinials) and they lie dormant during the winter and spring. I did as she said. I cut off all of the dead stuff and left them in my garage until the beginning of this month. Now they are growing back more than before. Maybe next week I will re-pot them and soon we will have flowers. This past Spring I have been purchasing quite a bit of plants from Walmart since I am on a budget and can only afford to buy very young plants for fairly cheap at Walmart. The down side of that is you have to wait so long for the plants to grow. A while back I bought this Honeysuckly plant from Walmart when it was nothing but a couple of sticks. The other night after coming home from walking Butch, I sat on my porch and noticed how big the Honeysuckle is getting. It smells sooooo good too. My Jasmine in the backyard is doing quite well too along with my Japanese Maple Trees, Japonicas and Rhodedendrons. I am working hard to get this garden going. Someday I hope to have something of an English garden.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER

Any chance she gets, Mimi will either grab the camera or my cell phone to take pictures. I think she does a darn pretty job most of the time. I just now noticed that most likely she was the one who took the picture of Blake when they went to Remlinger Farms this past Sunday as I can see dad standing in the background. For that picture she somehow managed to swipe dad's camera. The self portrait picture was taken when she swiped my cell phone. The little thief! I really like the one she did of herself and use it as the wallpaper on my iphone.

SUMMIT GYMNASTICS PART II

This evening was part II of Mimi's gymanstic performance as she takes two gymnastic classes. Last night was the tumbling and trampoline. Tonight's performance was the artistic. At first dad was not going to be able to make it as he had made prior engagements, however he was able to reschedule and as he was getting ready to come down from Everett he had a flat tire of all things to happen. After getting a new tire he was able to make it for the last half of her performance. Mimi was extra happy because two of her friends Halliwell and Blake were also on hand to cheer her on.

AFTER THE SHOW

It seems like it's the law of life. When you need something either you don't have it with you or you forgot to bring it either way, it's not there when you need it. It happened to me twice today. The first time was when Keri and I were on our way to school to pick the kids up. On our journey we saw a baby bunny rabbit. Oh it was soooo cute. Of course I did not have my camera with me.

The second time was this evening after the gymnastic show. It was still gorgeous out when we passed the park on the way home. Of course Mimi saw all of her friends there plus Ziggy and Marley the two big pure white golden retrievers. Therefore we had to go home and change, then head over to the park with Butch in tow. Mimi and Butch were ecstatic that all of their friends were there especially Butch. He absolutely loves Ziggy and Marley. I'm not quite sure if they like him but they seem to tolerate a young dude.

There was just one point when I wished I had my camera with me. Ziggy and Marley were standing on all fours were playing with each other. Butch who is a gazillion time smaller than they, kept jumping up in between them with his fat little self as if to say "Hey fellas! What about me?! Play with me too!"

The picture is a late entry. Today is June 17th and I just now found out that I had this picture on my phone camera and just figured out how to post it. Pictured with Butch is Ziggy.

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.