CELEBRATION OF LEARNING

This past Thursday was something else! You know how the girl scouts have their yearly cookie fundraiser. Well Mimi's gym has their yearly plant sell. This is the first time I had done it. I thought I did pretty good selling just a smidgen over $200.00 worth of flowers, hanging baskets, veggies and herbs. Then there was Rhonda who brought the order sheets to her church and it took on a life of its own. She was able to sell somewhere in the neighborhood of $400.00 and another mom did even higher.

The real hard work came when we went to the gym Thursday morning to help and volunteer with filling all of these orders. All the plants were in our gym parking lot and the of course the weather did not help at all either. No snow but there was wind and rain and the temperatures was freeeeeezing!!! By the time my four hours were up, it was time to go home, eat a quick lunch before picking Mimi up from school, getting her ready to go back to school for the "Celebration of Learning/Raffle Basket" fundraiser night. For this past quarter her class had been learning all about South America and the Rainforest. The class has been working hard on doing a class play and Mimi got to play the Toucan. She was really jazzed about that. We also got a chance to see what they all are doing in their classroom. By 8:00 p.m. I was in bed fast asleep. I don't even know what time the girl went to sleep. It was a loooooong exhausting day for me 'n' dad,

SNOW IN APRIL

Believe it or not the weatherman was right. When the shower was over, it was time to pick up Mimi from school, take her to the gym for practice. Then just before we started to head home, IT SNOWED! Enough already!!! Fortunately is didn't stick. However it snowed more up in the passes which kinda stressed Lisa out as they were getting ready to head up to Ellensburg to go to Nathan's deaf camp this morning. They wanted to make it safely through the passes. I do hope that they are having a good time. I will see Lisa again next Tuesday as Butch has a playdate with Sophie and Maggie their dogs. They are so sweet to take care of Butch while we are in China and California. Can you believe it?! In just a little over two weeks we'll be in China?! We have yet to get our TA's. Hopefully Norman will send them out next week. I tried calling his office these past few days to no avail.

THE FIRST OF THREE BABY SHOWERS

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This past Wednesday the ladies of my special neighborhood gave me a baby shower. OMG! We had so much fun! There was so much food and drinks!!!! Great food too and oh so tasty delicious! My friend Julia loves to bake especially when life stresses her out. She is the one who made these beautiful lemon bars. Her husband Andre' is trying to get her to stop baking so much as he is trying out for the marathon that is coming up in a couple of months. Her cookies are to die for. Then there is Robin (the one with the scrunched up face), she was nice enough to pull all the weeds out of my backyard last week. Her son Bryce is just about the nicest kid you could ever meet. He's the kind you want to have your daughter take home to meet the parents. The reason why her face is scrunched is becaused we played this really fun game of "dirty diapers" where you had to guess what the poop was that was in the dirty diaper. Krista told me that her son Xander already said that he was going with Mimi to China. He so adores Mimi. The ladies did not want Mimi to feel left out so they all pitched in to buy Mimi a small inexpensive digital camera to take photos with when we get there. What a great bunch of gals I'm hooked up with! I love them all to pieces.

NUMBER OF FAMILIES GOING

Recieved an e-mail yesterday from another mom in our group....Krista. OMG! I so love her blog and the way she decorated the baby's room and the guest room. Not sure what she does for a living but I do know that she has mentioned the words "work" and "court" in the same sentence. I personally think that she really missed her calling. http://www.miles2mia.blogspot.com . Anyhoo, Krista says that as far as she knows there are seven families total, 4NSN and 3SN. This is still a far cry from when we went to get Mimi back in 2004 and there were 37 families. Then she says that both she and another mom Robin are trying to work it so that we can go to the SWI in Tonggu. We'll have to see how that plays out as it is a 4 hour drive from our hotel in Nanchang. In the meantime I have been keeping myself busy with the packing. Just need a few more things for the baby, then pack for myself and Mimi. Dad is on his own. The man says that he is still nervous about the whole deal. Poor guy.

MORE SHOWER GIFTS

The ladies of my neighborhood really out did themselves. Mei Mei received so many cute girlie clothes. I loved it! These are just a couple of items that she recieved. The one that dad is holding says "I Love Daddy", the bib that Mimi is holding says " I'm here to ANNOY my sister". So funny but yet so true.

WILD WEATHER

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The article says that the snow level should drop to the 1,000 ft level. We are at the 800 ft. So we may or may not get any. If anything it most likely be jus a dusting of snow. None the less it is really pouring down the rain really hard. Plus it is freezing cold!

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THE GIRL IS A SWINGER!

This is the Caddilac of the baby swings. Oh my word! I so love my neighborhood and the people in it! My usual group of lady friends and their family chipped in to purchase this gorgeous swing. I have to say that the picture does not do this justice. The place where the baby is placed is soooooo soft and comfy. It swings front to back and side to side. The best part about it is that it's a plug in!

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