MAMA'S CAR

Someday it is mama's dream and hope to own a convertible.

DINNER TIME

By the time all of paperwork was done, we drove over to Kent Station to celebrate at The Ram. Much better margaritas this time around.

OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW

Next on the agenda after lunch was to hit Auto Row in Auburn. That is where we ended up leasing a brand new Honda Pilot. The down side of the Pilot is that it will not get as good gas mileage as mama's old CRV but on the other hand, mama does not do as much driving as before. So it adds up to about the same. The up side is that it can seat up to 6 people which will work out great come this summer when Keri and mama take the kids to the lake or some such place.

Mama will most certainly miss her old CRV. It is where she used to spend at least 85% of her life driving Mimi to and from school, driving to and from patients homes and moved 2 cats, 1 kid, plus household items all the way up to Washington State.

RED ROBIN

Following Chinese school, we went over to Red Robin for lunch. The food is ok but the margaritas was not good at all. I tell you! I was so spoiled by the good margaritas from So. Cal.

Of course Mimi loves the race cars! She always end up crash and burning.

CHINESE SCHOOL

Last month Angie from our China playgroup told us about the Chinese class that her and her two kids go to, so mama decided to have Mimi try it out and last week Saturday we did just that. Michelle the teacher (and her family) live in Auburn which is about a 25 minute drive from us. Mimi really had a good time last week. Michelle is so very nice to everyone so we decided to continue with the classes. The classes are every Saturday morning from 10:00 - 11:00 and she charges only $5.00 per family. Not bad at all. As of now Michelle does not have a license to teach Chinese at school but she is in the process of getting one. She just does the teaching on the side. According to another dad who is a teacher, he says that the government had approved of the Kent school district to have Chinese immersion classes at their school. Mimi unfortunately is in a different district.

Today the class consisted of only Mimi and Tai plus their parents. Tai just turned 6. I cannot for the life of me remember from what part of China Tai hails from. According to his mom Angie, while they were in the process of doing the paperwork for Tai, she became surprisingly pregnant with their now little girl. So now Tai has a little sister which is probably why when Mimi tries to play with him, he just looks at her like "Oh alright!" then proceed to roll his eyes. Plus he is at the age when the boys do not particularly care for playing with the girls. At least that is the way it is at Mimi's school. Mimi sometimes has a hard time wrapping that concept around her brain since Blake is her best friend.

MIMI AND COMPANY

Today the weather was absolutely gorgeous. What started out as a playdate with Erin and Blake over at Erin's house ended up being a neighborhood playdate at Mimi's.

Janet had invitedMimi and Blake to come over and play with Erin this morning. Keri brought over the bouncer which made for a whole lot of fun for the kids. In the meantime mama went back home to cook up some lunch for them (grilled cheese sandwiches) then called for them to come and eat. They all were having too much fun to eat so they just nibbled now and then.

Mama decided that it was way to nice outside so back to Janet's house and the park we went. While there Elissa and her big brother Justin came by to play with the kids. Then they all decided that they wanted to come back to Mimi's house to play. The moms all came too. Mimi was in her glory. She absolutely loves having friends over to the house.

SUPER SONICS

Once again only a few days ago the people of Seattle knew it, now the whole world especially the sports world. The people of Seattle had been lied to and betrayed by the owners of the Sonics. All along the owners had been telling us how much they (the new owners) want to keep the Sonics in Seattle while at the same time were making plans to move them to Oklahoma City. E-mails have surfaced to prove that they had no intentions of keeping them here in the first place.

Discussions were held to see what can be done about the Key Arena where the Sonics play or even possibly building a new arena in Renton our neighboring city. All this news has gotten the people of Washington really ticked off.

Now the Governor has become involved and is talking to the NBA muckety mucks to see what can be done to keep them here. We shall see what unfolds in the upcoming weeks ahead.