GO FISH AND BUTCH

Butch is a real hit with Mimi and all of her friends. For the most part he is a pretty good ol' pal to everyone. The hard part is the wee wee training that involves going outside in the cold and rain. Butch really hates that and I can't say that I blame. Mom is going to try an experiment. She put Butch's cage in the garage and tonight she will go out to buy some wee wee pads and will have ol' Butch take care of business in the garage. ''

This afternoon after school Mimi and Halliwell are enjoying each other's company playing Go Fish.

MADAGASCAR 2

Although there was no school today in honor of Veteran's Day there still was gymnastics. So off we went. Soon as gymnastics was over we met with Keri and Shelley at the local McDonald's for a quick lunch then headed over to the movies to watch Madagascar 2 in particular. You may have guessed it by now. Yes Blake rode with Mimi and mom. Sometimes I think that he and Mimi are joined at the hips. When the movie was over, mom went her separate way and you may have guessed it again, Blake had a meltdown because he knew that Mimi was coming with mom and he had to go with his mom which is something he did not want to do. He came with us end of story. Movie was pretty good mom thought. There were some funny parts that the parents understood but not the kids. I think it was just a smidgen above Mimi's head.

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY

This was made by Mimi yesterday at school as they studied about Veteran's Day. It was made to honor all the men and women who have served and those who still are serving in the armed forces. It is in special honor of her Grandpa Dan who served in the Navy and witnessed the imfamous flag raising on Iwo Jima. It is also another special honor for her Cousin Valerie who is in the Air Force and served countless missions in Iraq.

SASSY

I would say that within this past week Mimi has become a smidgen sassy especially with mom. Maybe because we're together most of the time. This evening no sooner than when Blake and Zoe left to go home, Mimi smacked Ollie with a dvd cover. Not hard but none the less a smack. As a result she was sent to her "time out sofa" and proceeded with a meltdown. When she gets mad she likes to turn her nose up, say "humph!" and hit so she will hit the sofa. Mom then took her outside to sit on the front porch step and told her that she could hit the step as much as she wanted too. She did not want to and so back inside we went. We then sat down and had a discussion as we always do in these cases. Mimi then went to Ollie and appologized with hugs and kisses. As soon as dad arrived home and he read Mimi a bedtime story, he and mom sat in the office while mom told him all about the events of the day. As soon as mom got to the part of Mimi's sassiness, she could hear Mimi outside the door listening in on our conversation so mom called her in and she jumped into mom lap. Mom then proceeded to tell dad the story only to have Mimi say "Mom, can you pause it? I have to go pee." While Mimi was on the toilet mom started to talk to dad only to hear Mimi yelling from the bathroom "No! PAUSE IT!" When she was done she jumped back onto mom's lap and says "OK, now you can play it". Together we told dad of Mimi sassiness today. Apparently something is going on with the kindergarteners at school cause Janet tells mom that Erin has been quite sassy lately too. Hopefully this to shall pass at least for a while.

AFTERNOON PLAYDATE

This past weekend mom updated Mimi's phone list of friends. Of course when Mimi saw the list the first thing that came out of the kid's mouth was not "Gee, thanks mom", instead it was "You forgot Lindsey's phone number mom!" It seems that I can't win at anything nowadays.

After school today Mimi had asked Zoe over to the house and good ol' Blake heard about the girls plans and was starting to feel left out. Poor guy.

Having the kids at the house today was like entertaining The Three Stooges. Jokes were flying a mile a minute.

Zoe then saw the Jelly Bellies in the kitchen pantry and asked if she could have some. Mom says "do you see STUPID written on my head somewhere?" Zoe says in her sweet litte voice "I'm going to tell my mom about this" "You mean that I did not give you any candy?" mom replies. "Uh Huh" says Zoe. "Oh please do tell her. That's all I need to do is fill you with candy and send you home on a sugar high. I'm sure she will be real happy with me. These Jelly Bellies are for my Christmas gum drop cookies this year."

CHOW TIME

When mom gets to cook'in, everyone comes a runn'in to the kitchen. Even the fish will come up to the top of the tank.

FATHER/DAUGHTER DAY

After coming home from Blake's house this afternoon, Mimi wanted to help dad stain the kitchen table. Dad says that she was more into goofing off rather than helping him so needless to say she was kicked out of the garage and sent into the house for mom to deal with her. Mom set her to work on practicing her songs for tomorrow's lesson with Ms. Celia. Mimi complains that practicing the piano is "boring", like I haven't heard that before. However she does enjoy playing the songs she knows real well for her friends when they come over.