BEND IT LIKE MIMI

This morning was Mimi's first ever soccer game and she was grrrrrrreat!!! Before the game started we swung by grandpa's to pick him up and take him to the game with us. Anything that involves running and kicking, our Mimi is all up in it. In the beginning of the game Spencer was the goalie and if I do say so myself he was pretty darn good himself. Didn't let the other team score a point. Then came Mimi's turn to be the goalie and she too kept the other team from scoring that is........ until she let a ball get by her that was kicked into the net by HER OWN TEAMMATE!!! Mimi's teammates kept trying to kick the ball to her and Mimi in turn was yelling to them saying "GO THE OTHER WAY!!!" What can one say? After all this is the pee wee league that consists of 3-5 year olds. All in all everyone had a good time.

IN FULL SWING

We are in full swing now. It's been almost one full week come this Friday since Mimi has started kindergarten and she absolutely loves it. Almost everyday Blake will stop by the house and we all walk to school together. Mimi has made a couple of new friends Zoe and Halley. Halley's family just recently moved up here from Orange County, California. Another homegirl. YIPPY! Her mom's name is Brandy and seems to be a very nice person. They moved into the house just across the street from us. After school we all walk over to the park stopping by the house to pick up a drink and some snacks. This week the weather has been absolutely GORGEOUS so who wants to stay inside when we will be most definitely be doing just that next month? NOT MIMI AND MOM! That is for sure! All of Mimi extracuricular activities are in the morning before school except for soccer which is after school. So before going to practice today we stopped by grandma's and grandpa's house for a few minutes. She always brightens up their day. One good thing about keeping the girl busy the majority of the day is that by 8:30 p.m. she is completely out like a light.

FIRST PIANO LESSON

This morning was Mimi's very first ever piano lesson. Ever since coming home from China way back when, Mimi has always loved music (she is now a "Rockstar" or so she says) and always loved sitting down on the bench to tinkle the ivories. For almost a year now mom has been searching for a teacher but could never find one to suit our needs.

Finally one day Mimi and mom were driving down the highway near our home and saw a sign for piano lessons. Then mom lost the number and went back to where she saw the sign and the sign was GONE! A few days later mom found the number and gave the teacher a jingle. Ms. Celia sounded very nice on the phone but she was just a smidgen apprehensive about teaching piano to a 5 year old. She said that most 5 year olds don't have the attention span that is needed to sit for a half hour to learn the keyboard and notes but let's give it a try anyways. So we did.

Mom went down to the local music store and they all knew Ms. Celia and helped mom with finding the necessary books. Mimi took to Ms. Celia right away and was very comfortable at the piano. Ms. Celia said that Mimi did so well that she just skipped pages 1-19 in the book and went straight to page 20. By the time the lesson was done, Mimi had learned a short song to play titled "Batter Up" and was quite proud of herself and so was I.

UPDATE ON THE PHONE CALLS

Date: Friday 9/6/08
Time: 6:50 a,m.

Mimi: Good-Bye dad. I'll call you at the office today.
Dad: OK. I like getting phone calls from you during the day. Bye Mimi
(Mimi then proceeds to call dad at the office and of course gets the answering maching)
Mimi: Hello, this is Putney, call me back when you can.

When dad got to the office and heard the message he noticed that Mimi had called at 6:51 a.m. just one minute after he left home.

Date: Friday 9/6/08
Time 6:55 a.m.

Mimi then decided to call Blake.

Mimi: Hello Blake, this is Naomi Putney, I just wanted to talk to you. Call me back.

Fortunately Blake's family does not have a phone upstairs and did not know that the phone had rang. Keri happened to hear Mimi's message on the answering machine a couple of hours later.

Date: Saturday 9/7/08
Time: Somewhere around 4:00 p.m.

Mimi: Here dad, talk to Janet.
Dad: Hello???? Why do I need to talk to you Janet????
Janet: I don't know, YOU called me!!!
Dad: Mimi, why do I need to speak with Janet?
Mimi: Cuz I wanna play with Erin!

It's a good thing we have good friends with a good sense of humor.

ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL

MIMI AND IZZY

Izzy is now in the 8th grade and Mimi just adores her. This picture was taken on the way home from school.

WHILE THE CAT IS AWAY.........

As soon as the drop off was done we all headed over to Keri's house for margaritas. YUMMMMY!!! Mom also met Zoe's mom Shelly then there is Lisa in the pink. Lisa has two kids also Alex aka Bubba and Izzy who are a bit older than Mimi and Mimi just adores them both.