SPLISH SPLASH

Last Sunday our plate was quite full. Our day started off with a visit to the Seattle Culture Center for our monthly world peace prayer meeting in Tukwila. Also we made our payment for the Rock The Era youth culture festival to be held in Long Beach Arena on July 10th. Unfortunately as of now dad will not be able to come with us as he has other obligations that need his attention. Therefore it will only be Mimi and myself from our family. We will arrive on July 8th. Just do not know which hotel we will be staying though as they have yet to give us that information.

Next on our plate was a short visit to see grandma and grandpa. For the most part they are doing pretty good. Grandpa had some dental work done and also it was found that he had a bit of skin cancer on his nose and so a bit of skin grafting was done from his ear to the nose. Can't even tell the difference they did such a good job.

Mimi had a chance to go swimming with dad in the pool. This is something she loves, loves, loves doing. Had a very nice visti with the grandparents then it was off to Rachel's birthday party at the Covingtton Aquatic Center for a pool party. Again, another hour of swimming for Mimi.

If you watch the video, you will be able to see how much Mimi has grown in this past year. Last year June she could barely touch the bottom of the 3ft pool. The water came up to her nose. Now she can play in it without a hitch.

Most of the girls in the picture are from our neighborhood and school. In the top left pic is Mimi and her classmate Chloe. The group of girs are from left to right - Erin, Mimi, Rachel (birthday girl) and Mari. More kids showed up later. All of the kids had a blast. Mimi was realllllly exhausted by the time we got home.

As usual, the kazoo from the goody bag ended up in my secret noise maker drawer. All the way home she would sing "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" on the kazoo. Drove me bonkers!!! So needless to say, the kazoo went MIA.

MUD aka MOVE UP DAY

I was informed by Mimi this afternoon that next Tuesday is MUD day and
the kids get to meet their teacher and classmates for the next coming
year.

For the past couple of months the muckety mucks of our fair city have
been busy revamping our school district. Not only is Glacier Park
Elementary (Mimi's school) getting a new principal but the boundaries
are changing too.

Some of the re-routing of boundaries has some parents highly upset. As
of now they are taking some kids that live right next to Rock Creek
Elementary and busing them way down to Shadow Lake and taking kids
from Glacier Park and busing them to Rock Creek. Mimi has already
emphatically told me that she does not want to go to Rock Creek. Being
that we live right behind her school the change won't affect us but
she will definitely lose some of her friends.

Sent from my iPhone

WALL BALL

For quite some time now Mimi has learned to play wall ball at school and is loving it. Today the sun is trying to peek out from behind the clouds, so at this very moment is is soooooo gorgeous outside with the bluest sky and the whitest of white clouds.

This afternoon I learned that the dog Brandy is taking care attacked her cat and the cat had to be sent to kitty heaven. I figured that she was/is not in the mood to cook dinner so I brought some over to her and her family. On the way back to my house I met up with Scott and his daughter Natalie who is 9yo. They were on their way to the school to play wall ball and invited Mimi to join them. Of course dad wanted to go to since Scott is dad's playmate. They have their own playdates sometimes too.

So now the girls are with their dads and I get some "me time" Woo Hoo!

MEMORIAL DAY GET TOGETHER

Last night Janet invited all of us over to their house for a Memorial Day BBQ. Not pictured are the 6 boys all under the age of 5. All of Mimi's friends (L to R, Mimi, Olivia, Halliwell, Erin) have at least one other sibling. Hopefully by December of this year Mimi will have hers.

What happens when you put 2 girls + 2 girls together? The claws come out and someone's feelings get hurt. That's what. For the most part the girls play beautifully together. The boys were being boys. Rambunctious would be the best word to describe them.

Just before going home, I saw Halliwell crying. Did not know why though, so I asked Mimi "what happened?" Of course I got the usual answer "I dunno" Finally the story came out. Not sure of who said what but apparently someone ( I'm pretty sure it was Halli) had mentioned that she was having a sleepover with Erin after dinner last night and it was just going to be those two and not anyone else. Then Olivia said that she was going to have Mimi sleepover with her. Halli who can at times get very jealous of Mimi started to cry to her mom "Olivia said she is going to have Mimi over for a sleepover and not me.......". It's getting to the point now where Mimi does not share much info as to what she does in her free time because somebody somewhere ends up with hurt feelings.

The parents were having the time of their lives downstairs swapping stories about our wildlife out here in the country and catching up on the latest gossip and such. Mimi was quite pleased when she found out that her other friend Alex will be taking Karate this summer along with her and Blake.

GOOFING AROUND

SLEEPOVER CONTINUED

The kids ended up not sleeping over Friday night but yesterday
instead. Blake and Bailey were great. All the kids had loads of fun
all day and all night.

Sent from my iPhone

SLEEPOVER

This past Friday was no school due to the fact that it was teacher
day. I told Mimi that the teacher is most likely getting together to
discuss next year's classroom assignments. "You mean they talk about
us???" the wide eyed girl asked.

So since they didn't have school, our house was full of kids and I
absolutely loved it. First Elsie came to spend the day. Because of the
Regionals that the girls were in, Rhonda had to make up lost time for
work and then there were errands to run. Something which Elsie hates
to do. Then in the afternoon we headed over to Blake's to pick him
and. Bailey up since Keri had work to go to. We all then headed over
to McDonsld's for some play time. Next thing we knew it was gym time
for Mimi and Elsie. Blake and Bailey were just great while waiting for
Mimi to finish. Everyone made comments on how well behaved they were.
Next thing I knew it was time for all of us to head home. Elsie with
her mom and the rest with me. Blake and Bailey both said that they
were having so much fun hanging out with Mimi and me that they did not
want to go home. I can't understand why they felt they were having
much fun cause all they saw was me yelling at Mimi to just chill out
and calm down. The girl gets soooooo excited when it comes to her
friends. By this time Wade was home but the kids wanted to come to our
house and so they did. They the nwanted a sleepover and Wade being the
bright man that he is said "we need to ask mom." There is no sign on
his forhead that says "stupid". Oh the kids just wailed and wailed
when he brought them home. Made me feel good to know that they love
coming over to the house especially little Bailey. Last year she would
not give me the time of day. She just loves hanging out with her big
brother and Mimi. They don't always feel the same way about her but
they all just played beautifully together.

Sent from my iPhone