BOLT AND BLAKE

I swear that Mimi and Blake must have been related in their infinite past. He can't wait to come over to our house and she can't wait to go over to his. They play and argue just like brother and sister. Which is probably why he chose to come here this morning as opposed to going over to Zoe's house. Poor, poor Keri. It seems as if she needs to divide herself in half at times. Bailey loves to play with Braden (Zoe's little brother) and although Blake adores Zoe, he would rather play with Mimi. This morning Keri had some Christmas shopping to do for the kids and so she dropped Baily off at Braden's and Blake came here. Fortunately we all within a block of each other. We moms were supposed to get together for lunch today but silly mama, she forgot that the kids are home from school this Thursday and Friday due to parent/teacher conference (I must say Mimi did pretty darn good. We are so proud of her). As much as mom loves Mimi, she enjoys having lunch/drinks with her friends without any interruptions from Mimi. Therefore we put our lunch date off till after Thanksgiving. Keri and mom were planning to take the kids to the movies but when Keri arrived home from shopping she called mom to let her know that she and Bailey will not be going with us. Ms. Bailey was having a total meltdown. She was quite upset about leaving Braden's house. So off to the newly remolded South Center the three of us went to see Disney's "Bolt" and check out the new AMC Theater. Really, really nice theater and mom loves stadium seating with the armrests that go up. Oh and by the way cute movie too. Mimi and Blake really enjoyed themselves. They laughed themselves silly all the way home. They can't get enough of each other so they are now both over at Blake's having a good time. As soon as dad gets home we are going over to Black Diamond to check out this little Italian joint and see how good they are. Will give a report later.

TEETH CLEANNING

Today started off with gymnastic class, then a trip to the local shopping store followed by lunch at mom's favorite teriyaki place. There are a gazillion of them here. When 2:00 rolled around, mom and Mimi were in the dentist office waiting to be seen. Mom's hygenist was a very nice gal. She had a lovely conversation with Mimi. They talked all about teeth. When she asked Mimi about how many teeth she had, mom decided to count them for Mimi. Lo and behold what did she see? None other than four molars starting to come through! The hygenist said that they are Mimi's 6 year old molars. This explains why Mimi has been feeling a bit warm lately but it has not slowed her down one bit.

WINDY

While the folks down in Southern California were fighting fires, us folks in our town were battling the winds today. According to the weather report we are supposed to get 50 mph winds tonight.

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Picture is blurry but readable. This sign was found on the wall of the skating rink. It just cracked me up.

MORE BIRTHDAY PARTY PICTURES

Pictured with Blake is Zoe aka "the other woman". Bailey absolutely adores Zoe's younger brother Braden and although Blake really adores Zoe, he loves Mimi just as much. He spends just about every free minute he has at our house. At the party mom heard Keri tell Blake "You are not going over to Mimi's anymore tonight mister(he's been over here every single day), you are coming home, but if Mimi wants to come over it will be alright". So of course the boy asked and I had to tell him the answer is no but that we will see each other tomorrow for sure. Weekends are the only real time we get to spend as a family because dad works long hours. In fact he and Mimi are downstairs now watching Madagascar. Mimi saw the sequel but not the original.

HALLIWELL'S BIRTHDAY

This morning was spent with Mimi and Blake having a pancake breakfast then playing more Wii. We then all went over to Sara's house to pick up the Littly Tykes playset that they were giving us. Blake tagged along and that of course made his day. He absolutely adores Mimi's friend Sara I think mainly because she is the "older woman". Sara is all of 8 years old. When all was said and done, we headed home to pick up Keri and baby sister Bailey and headed over to the ice rink for Halliwell's birthday party. Pictured from left to right is Mimi, Erin and Halliwell.

RINGS ON FINGERS AND TOES

We no sooner came home from Grandma's house and Home Depot than ol' Blake showed up at the door. For a while they stayed outside to help dad rake the leaves only that Blake is the one who is a good helper. Mimi would rather just goof off. Next thing I knew they were talking sleep over. Mom talked it over with Keri and Keri gave him the green light. You never saw a happier boy in your life. Most of the time Mimi and Blake spend their time playing Wii or with Butch or just goofing off as you can see here.