EARLY RISER

It is a known fact around our house that mama is not a morning person. Mimi still enjoys coming in at an un-godly hour just to wake mama up as she did this morning. "Wake up mom! It's a beautiful day today! When asked WHY she wakes mama up so early, Mimi says so eloquently "It's my job!!!" Argh!!!

MIMI'S NEW TEACHER

This afternoon we met with Mimi's new kindergarten teacher. Her name is Mrs. Blevins. She's seems to be a really nice teacher. Mimi took to her right away which is a good sign. Unless Mimi feels comfortable with someone, it will be a long, long, long time until she trusts that person. While mama and papa had MORE PAPERS to fill out, Mimi had a lovely conversation with the teacher in which the teacher asked many questions to find out where Mimi stands academically.

Mama and papa found out that there are exactly 8 girls and 8 boys in her class. It is also in the smallest classroom. Keri (Blake's mom) was not happy that we have the smallest classroom (room size) but mama's thinking is if the classroom is small then the class in itself is small and the kids get more attention from the teacher. Wouldn't you think so? Hm????

Anyhoo Mimi had a fantastic time with the teacher and her new room. She discovered the books there and boy howdy did we ever have a time getting her out of there. Finally she came out only to find her BFF Erin and mom Janet talking with their new teacher Mrs. Tabit a couple of rooms down the hall.

PROJECT COMPLETION

The Dora and Diego Rescue Center is now finally completed and in operation. Maybe there is a little bit of papa in Mimi????? She did this all by herself and just by looking at the picture on the box. All along she would tell mama that she is looking at the instructions and "That is what you need to do mama. Read the instructions."

BEFORE AND AFTER

The other day Mimi was given this Diego lego set and a Dora lego set from a secret admirer. She decided that she wanted to put it together herself without any help from anyone. That's what she set out to do and she accomplished it all by herself. What a gal!!! It did not come with any instructions either, only what you see on the box. There were times when she would reach a hurdle and not know quite what to do but then say "Mom, I'm not going to give up!" As you can see she reached her goal. This afternoon after gymnastic class and before we go to meet her new teacher, Mimi says that she will take on the Dora lego set.

Just FYI we are buddhists and Mimi received this particular t-shirt that she is wearing from the Sports Camp that she participated in a few weeks ago. It was church sponsered and she loves the t-shirt and had to wear it everyday for a while.

KITTY CONDO

Come the end of next month, we will all be going to Virginia for cousin Joe's wedding. In the meantime mama needed to find a place for Ollie and Stanley to stay while we are out of town for a couple of weeks. While at the vet today mama inquire about board and care and she was given a recommendation and it is actually a kitty condo believe it or not. The website is www.ingoodhandscatcare.com The pictures on the web is much better than this one and the prices are very reasonable. If we are to leave them at the VCA it will cost us $36.00+ That is because our Ollie has asthma and needs his medication. Good Hands Cat Care will cost us $23.00 total including the medication. Tomorrow we will make the trek out to Federal Way to check them out.

RIDES AT THE PACIFIC CENTER

The last time we had gone to the Pacific Science Center was earlier this year with our good friends Allyn, Teri and Samantha. We did not ride the rides then, only went to the Space Needle. The time before that was about 10 years ago when we took our niece and nephew Joe and Mari. Only at that time there were only the bumper cars which they LOVED! Now there are all kinds of rides for the big and small kids. There is also a miniature golf and penny arcade and bouncy house. Last but not least there is a children's museum and theater. Since we did not have time to do everything we will have to come back again. Oh, Oh almost forgot that they have a park where a free concert was going on along with food booths from differen countries.

RIDING THE MONORAIL

Yesterday papa promised his partner that's working on the same project as he is that he (papa) would come into the office and work with him. Mama and Mimi went along for the ride. As it turns out papa did not need to go to the office so since we were out there we all took the monorail over to the Science Center where they had an exhibit on speed and race cars. We saw a documentary that was put together by Paul Newman and Mario Andretti in the IMAX theater. You almost felt as if you were driving the race car yourself. Of course before going to the Science Center Mimi could not pass up the rides. She rode on all of them by herself except for the ferris wheel in which mama who was having a "senior moment" went with her. Hard to believe that when mama was just a tad younger she loved the roller coaster rides and such. Now she has become her mother. Meanwhile at the top of the ferris wheel mama was hanging on with her head down and eyes shut tight and Mimi was saying "Be brave mom. You could do it" over and over till the ride was through.