SPRING SNOW

The weatherman was right again. Today we are havng a mixture of snow and rain. Can you believe it? Last weekend was amazingly gorgeous. BBQ weather. This snow actually made history. This is the first time in Seattle's history that it is snowing this late in the season. This weather is really bizarre. The flowers don't really know what to make of it.

ANOTHER SOUR PUSS FACE

While mama was picking Mimi up from school, she noticed this sign hanging on the wall.

ANOTHER SOUR PUSS FACE

Today while picking Mimi up from school, mama noticed this sign

CRAZY HAT DAY

Today was crazy hat day at Mimi's school. It was a toss up between mama's

Dodger ball headband that lights up or the Mickey ears. You could see which one Mimi chose.

MY BIG OLE' HEAD

Mimi has forever and a day had a great big round head. One day she came up to me saying "mama, can you help me? My big ole' head is not working!" We laughed and laughed about that one.

COUSIN JOE'S ENGAGEMENT TO NICOLE

Today we received a letter from Mimi's cousin/our nephew Joe regarding his and fiance' Nicole upcoming wedding announcement. They are planning a September wedding in Virginia which is where he grew up and his parents live (Greg's older brother David and his wife Setsue). Joe now lives in Maryland.

We are really hoping to attend their wedding. Their wedding day is September 27th which ironically is our "family day"the day that our family of four (papa, mama and our two kitties Ollie and Stanley) became five. We are also really hoping to make it to the China 33 Disneyland trip too. Mama is really missing all of our friends and family down in So. Cal. I guess we will have to see how things play out.

SWIMMING LESSONS

The other day at Mimi's pre-school, the people from kinderswimmer came to give a talk to the students about water safety. So therefore at papa's suggestion, mama signed Mimi up for swimming lessons starting this coming Monday at Kinderswimmer. This evening mama and Mimi went to check it out. For some reason mama was thinking that it would be at a public pool like the ones she is used to going to back in California but in our case it is at someone's home or what appears to be someone's home at one time or another. It is an indoor pool that feels like a sauna when you go in. The temperature of the pool is always 92 degrees especially in this cold and unpredictable weather. The weatherman says that we should expect a little spring snow come this weekend.

Mimi will be taking swimming lessons twice a week. So now our social calendar is really full. Come this Monday she will have her first swimming lesson (1/2 hr) at 10:00, home for lunch, school at 1:00 p.m. then at 4:00 p.m. gymnastic class (make-up session). Tuesday is her regular gymnastic school. Wednesday will be swimming lesson in the morning, then pre-school. Thursday is gymnastic school. Friday is pre-school. Saturday morning is Chinese class then in the afternoon is another gymnastic class (make-up session). Phew!! I'm pooped already.

Hopefully by the summer she will already know how to swim especially when we take the kids down to the lake as all the families do up here in the northwest.

The picture in this blog was taken at the pool site. As you can see, the Cherry Blossom trees everywhere up here in the northwest are in full bloom and they are absolutely gorgeous to see all along our highways.