THE THREE MUSKATEERS

Mimi had loads of fun with her grandma and grandpa. Mama had a lot of fun too watching the Seahawks beat out the 49r's.

FAMILY FUN DAY CONTINUED

This evening, grandma and grandpa came over to join our family fun day with us and help celebrate our three year anniversary.

NOTHING SPECIAL

Today was another whopping 60 degrees outside with light rain. So needless to say all the kids stayed inside. Mimi has a real hard time staying inside. She loves the outdoors. To keep her occupied, papa took her to the library for a few hours. When they came home, her friend Erin called and Mimi went over there to play. Later in the afternoon, Blake came over here to play with Mimi. They are now at Blake's house for more play.

This morning Mimi surprised me by reading the word "go" on the PBS channel. She already knows the alphabet front and back. She has already started with writing exercises. This weekend she has her first homework assignment. Mimi will do it tomorrow. She has to look in the kitchen and list everything that is the color yellow and bring it to school on Monday.

On the PBS channel this morning, we watched "Arthur". It was an episode where Arthur's friend (can't remember his name) and his family adopted a baby from China. The baby's name was Mei Lin. Which is the same name we picked for our next bundle of joy and energy. If mama can find this on dvd, we will buy it.

DEATH OF A PRINCESS

Although Mimi still enjoys listening to Disney Princess music, she has decided that her princess days are OVER and she wants to be a "Super Hero" for Halloween. She is pictured here in her "Power Ranger" outfit. Her favorite DVD is "Cars". She likes things that are fast and furious. Papa says that we don't need a boy. We have Mimi.

FAMILY DAY PICTURES

Pictured here is Mimi and papa playing "Harry Potter". The swords are supposed to represent the wands and they are saying their spells.

FAMILY DAY

Yesterday was when our lives was changed forever. It was the day when exactly three years ago we recieved our most precious bundle of joy and energy! We were planning to have dinner at "The Olive Garden" but then changed our minds. Instead Mimi and mama met papa for lunch at our favorite Italian place across from papa's office. After lunch, mama and Mimi went shopping at Uwajimaya for Japanese food. We left for home at 4:00 pm. What normally takes 45 minutes to get home, took 3 hours!!! I must add that Mimi is a early riser. She decided to wake mama up at 4:00 THIS MORNING!!! By the time we arrived home, it was 7:00pm. By then mama was reaallly tired and grumpy!!!

The reason for the backed up traffic was because the main highway leading to our home was closed off both ways. So therefore everyone had to take a detour. Mama was able to call papa on the cell phone and let him know what happened. He was able to go a different way and arrived home before us.

The reason why the highway was closed is due to the fact that the missing Maple Valley woman was found trapped in her car and still alive. She had been missing since the 19th of this month. It made national headline news.

SCHOOL YARD TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS

Mama found out at school today, that the (8)boys had banned the (2) girls (Mimi and Josie) from their "Pirate Ship" (jungle gym set). Josie says that her and Mimi are not allowed to play pirates with them. Josie's dad had already talked to the teacher about this problem.Teacher says that she and the children already discussed this situation. Hopefully things are worked out. Thank goodness Mimi does not hold any grudges.

When school let out, she was again back to playing with the boys in the hood.