RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY

The nice weather is gone and now we are back to the torrential heavy
rain and later this afternoon we are to experience 40 mph winds or so
they say.

ZERO HOUR

About one month ago, Mimi came running home all excited "Mom,mom! I made the name of the week today!" Nothing special but for the kids it was and is. Every week Ms. Greenfield has the kids pick a name to practice writing in their journal. Also about one month ago instead of the skinny, teeny, tiny books that she has been coming home with, she is now moving up to the chapter books. I think that having her read "Junie B." and "The Boxcar Children" at home is helping. Also she loves to do Raz Kids and Storyline Online. Her ultimate favorite story is Stellaluna from storyline. I found out that Stellaluna is also very popular among a whole bunch of the first graders at her school. So much so, they are going to take a field trip next month to see the play at the Village Theater up in Bellevue. I do hope that I am picked to go as a chaperon. Our last field trip was in kindergarten and we all went to the Children's Museum in downtown Seattle. That was loads of fun.

Don't know about other schools, but Mimi's school has what they call zero hour. Once a week (Thursday) several kids are selected to go to school one hour before class. There is only one zero hour class per quarter starting with the beginning day as today. There are 3 total zero hour classes that spread all the way till June. First zero hour is art. The next one is math (3/18-5/20), then finally book club (4/14-5/12). I had signed Mimi up for all three and she was accepted into all 3. I just figured that since she is already awake and out of bed by 6:45-7:00, we might as well make some use of her morning. Even though she says that she is not crazy about school, she still likes it because of her friends. In today's class I saw a couple of Mimi's friends such as Halliwell and Lindsey. That alone in itself will make her happy. I have not mentioned any of this to my friends as it has been my experience in the past where Mimi was accepted into a certain activity and their child was not and it was "How come Mimi gets to do it and not my child?" I then and there decided to just tick a lock. People will find out soon enough. Small town living.......sigh.

MOTHER/DAUGHTER BIRTHDAY DINNER

Mimi has discovered nachos. She never wanted to try them before but
that is what they had for lunch this afternoon and she thought they
were the greatest thing next to movies.

SIGN LANGUAGE

I Love You!

BACK TO SCHOOL

It's back to school today! Woo Hoo! As much as I love, love, love, the
girl with all of my heart and soul, I am thankful for the few hour of
peace and quiet.

Butch loves his walks to take Mimi to and from school. This morning
one of her classmates Grant asked if Butch was a "Spit Bull" "Because
they bite and my dad had to get stitches. I don't like Spit Bulls" Now
that is a new name to add to our list.

SUPERWOMAN

For an outdoorsy kinda gal like Mimi is, I must say that she is doing
pretty darn good for being inside as much as she had been this winter.
Too wet to play outside. I'm also happy that when we were in the
market to buy a new home, we picked our current house. It is spacious
enough for Mimi and butch to run amuck in it which is what they had
been doing all morning long, from the living room through the family room and up and down the stairs.

THE FINISHED PROJECT