NOTHING SPECIAL

Of course mama forgot to put the chip back into the camera so there are no pictures of Mimi in her one piece bathing suit today. ;-( Last year July was quite hot and Mimi went over to Natalie's house for a pool party. Jess (mom) took pictures of the girls in their swimsuits while they were putting on a swimsuit fashion show, Mimi included. Jess gave us a copy and papa nearly hit the roof! "You put MY CHILD in a bikini?!!!" he says. To which mama replied "YES I DID!!! Besides that was all I had on hand at the time and I think she looks pretty darn cute in it too!!!" To this day mama has not been able to live that one down.

This morning at Kinderswim we saw Emery (Blake's "other woman") and her mom Dawn with baby sis Brice. According to Dawn, Emery will be starting swimming lessons there today.

Tomorrow night there will be a school meeting at Mimi's new school. I guess they will give all the parents the latest scoop on the next upcoming school year.

BONNIE AND CLYDE

Due to our busy daily schedules, Mimi and Blake are not able to see or play with each other as much as before. Mimi is quite busy with school, swimming, gymnastics and chinese class. Blake is quite busy with school and soccer. They sure made up for lost time today.

Wii GAMES WITH GRANDMA AND GRANDPA

After dinner was over, our adopted son Blake came over for some Wii game fun. Mimi loved showing grandma and grandpa her game of golf since they are avid fans of the game.

GRANDMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Last weekend was grandma's birthday but she was not feeling up to celebrate. Although Mimi had made her a cake and decided that grandma should be 8 years old. Today Mimi decided that grandma should be 10 years old so therefore there are 10 candles on the cake. My, my, my, how grandma has aged 2 years in just one week!

FATHER AND SON

Yesterday papa finished putting the gazebo together. This afternoon he started on the backyard swing. While papa getting it together grandma and grandpa stopped by for dinner. Grandpa absolutely loves doing home projects, so here he is helping papa out.

According to papa, Mimi had told him this morning that if he finished with the swing today, she will be so proud of him. Imagine that!!!

PAPA'S LITTLE HELPER

Today papa decided that he did not want to go to the Chinese class with us. Instead he wanted to stay home and get started on our backyard furniture since the weather is somewhat decent. It is kind of a overcast day with no rain until probably later this afternoon but it is the only chance he gets to get these things done.

On the way home mama and Mimi stopped at Fred Meyer's for the sushi and a few more perrineals that were on sale. Then on the way home it was time to stop for gas at $3.73 per gallon at the Safeway gas station. Because mama has a club card she was able to get $.03 off the gallon sometimes it is $.10 off the gallon. All in all mama paid $34.00 for half a tank today. I like to use the Safeway gas station because I can get mileage points off of my club card along with the Visa.

Upon arriving home we saw papa talking with Jess and Krista who were walking their dogs. We found out that Krista's little boy Xaunder is sick again with the same Rotavirus. First Xaunder caught the virus then gave it to little sis and caught it again from little sis. Now Shaun (papa) caught the bug also. Man! That virus is a real stinker!!!

Papa has started to put up the gazebo so naturally Mimi assumed her usual supervisory position.

Another bit of news is that we have new neighbors as of last Tuesday. Mama met them just once for a few short seconds a couple of weeks ago when the house was being inspected by the home inspection people. Our new neighbors are a man and woman couple with NO KIDS doggone it. I was kind of hoping they would have kids close to Mimi's age. Our neighborhood has a ton of kids but unfortunately not a lot of them are Mimi's age. They are either way older or way younger than she is. At 5 years old, even if the other person is 2 years older or 2 years younger, it makes a big difference. The kids that are 2 years older than Mimi are nice and friendly toward her but they rather play with kids their own age and have their own little clique. The kids that are 2 years younger than Mimi, our Mimi is friendly toward them but does not have much interest in them. Oh well, I guess we will have to wait to see what will happen when the next chili pepper comes along and how well Mimi will get along with her mei mei.

THE ROCK

Can you smell L L L ... the Rock? That's for all you wrestling fans out there.

Tonight we tried out this pizzaria in Covington called The Rock. It's a cross between Hard Rock Cafe and California Pizza Kitchen. Buffalo wings were ok, drinks were good and the pizza was very, very good. The best around our town.