THE EXORCIST REVISTED

All is quiet on the home front now, but oh man you should have been here at 4:30 this afternoon when all hell broke loose! I had plans for this afternoon and it was sort of shot to hell when our dear, sweet, little angel Mimi had a total meltdown. I had planned to take her shopping at Target after she had practiced her piano for a bit. After shopping at Target we were to go over to Sara's house. Well we got through the practice alright even though she was goofing off at the bench. It was then I knew that she was tired since she still wakes up at the ungodly hour of 6:00 a.m. I can understand it if you have to go to work or something but she does not need to get up till at least 8:00 a.m. None the less 6:00 it was. I then told her that she needed to lie down until it was time to go to Sara's house. One could forget about the shopping of which I did. When I mentioned to Mimi that she needed to take a rest, oh man you would have thought the world would come to an end right then and there. She wailed at the top of her lungs. Arms and legs were flailing everywhere. All she had to do was turn her head 180 degrees and spit up pea green soup. Meanwhile Butch is downstairs raising havoc with Ollie and Stanley. That boy can really bark up a storm! In between her screams and crying, Mimi was yawning so I knew she was really, really tired. I then called dad to let him know that I might not make it over to Daphne and Sara's then proceeded to hold the phone into the air. He could hear the screams and barking clear to downtown Seattle very clear. Finally I was able to put Butch into his bedroom aka laundry room. and I got Mimi to lie down in my bed. Almost forgot to mention that somewhere along the line she locked herself out of her bedroom. Finally, finally, finally I got her to calm down and within 15 minutes she was asleep. One thing I have learned as a parent, anyone who tells you that their child never has meltdowns is LYING! I did not get to do the shopping but at least I was able to get to Sara and Daphne's house with a happy child in tow. Forgot to mention one last thing. Between our house and Sara's is 12 miles, just about halfway there I heard the infamous cry from the backseat "Mom! I gotta go pee!!!" I think I will go pour myself a stiff one now.

BIG HEAD AND BIG MOUTH

Since the very beginning Mimi has always had a big head. Although it is starting to become a little more proportionate to the rest of her body. Still at times we have trouble getting her Disney sweatshirt over her head. She will come to me and say "Mm, can you help me? My big ol' head is not working!" Then we have to yank and pull hard till it goes on or off whichever the case may be. The other night as we were walking over to another friend's house by the name of Alex, Mimi spied Figaro (neighborhood cat) and started talking very loudly to him. I told her that it was not necessary to talk so loud at 7:00 p.m. "But mom!" she cried. "I have a big mouth!!!" I just hung my head and kept on walking.

MORE ON LOOSE TEETH

Zoe lost one of her front teeth about one week ago. Blake lost one of his bottom front teeth last night. According to Shelley, Zoe's tooth came out while eating a corn dog and Zoe felt something hard and did not know what it was and blew it out of her mouth. Shelley said they tried looking for it but could not find it. They figure that their pugle Rex ate it. Keri said that last night Blake was eating an apple when his came out and he also did not know what it was. Wade says that Blake thought it was a seed and threw it out into the trash can. They were able to retrieve it. Blake says that the tooth fairy came last night and he got 9 whole dollars. Mimi is still working on her loose tooth.

LOOSE TOOTH

Mimi's bottom, front, left tooth is on the loose just as the dentist predicted. Mimi is soooooo excited abtout it. She is so excited that she is constantly touching it to see if it is still loose. When I make mention for her to leave it alone, she says to me "but mo-om, I'm just making suring it's still loose!"

SPRINGTIME

Actually it is still winter but the newscaster says that we reached a record high of 51 degrees today. Woo Hoo!!! It really was very nice outside. So much different than it was a couple of months ago. The other day I noticed that my tulips and daffodills are starting to grow. In a couple of months we should have some real pretty flowers in our backyard again. As an update on our Ollie, he really wanted to come with Butch and I when we went to pick Mimi up from school. I had a talk with him like I always do and he followed us just up to the part of where the trail leads into the schoolyard then turned around and went home to wait for us to come home. What an amazing cat we have!

OUR OLLIE

Our cat Oliver Hardy aka Ollie is just about the best darn cat anyone could have! He is a very loving, sensitive and motherly or fatherly (since he is a boy) cat to everyone including Butch. When my mom came home and stayed with us for about one month after having hip surgery, he stayed right by her side both day and night. Whenever Mimi is sick in bed, he will constantly check in on her to make sure she is ok. There are times when Butch will drive Ollie nuts with his barking or nipping of his tail but Ollie puts up with him. Sometimes I think that Ollie likes playing with Butch too. There are times when Ollie will follow Butch into another room just so that Butch can and will annoy him. I know that Ollie knows that Butch had a procedure done at the vet the other day. Since Butch came home yesterday afternoon Ollie has been keeping a watchful eye of him. This afternoon as usual I walked Butch and the kids to school. Ollie who has been keeping a watchful eye on Butch followed behind us all of the way. Man did it cause a ruckus!!! The older kids were just coming out of the building just after we arrived and saw Ollie. The girls just shrieked with excitement at seeing a cat at school. Of course Mimi and her friends were right in the middle of all of this excitement. Mimi was proudly telling everyone "This is MY CAT". Ollie on the other hand loved all of the attention but at the same time trying to watch out for Butch. When all was said and done, the three of us Butch, Ollie and myself walked quietly home.

MIMI AND COMPANY

Today is one morning other that Friday where we do not have to get up early and be somewhere. Which worked out great for Shelley and Keri this morning. Keri had to take Bailey for a swimming lesson and Shelley's little boy Braden is sick. Therefore both Zoe and Blake came over to the house for a pizza lunch and then they were off to school but not before a game of wii was played.