A Day with Mimi

Paige is sleeping. She stayed with us last night. Yesterday she had Krystal biscuits with cream gravy and sausage (thanks to her dad) for breakfast, popcorn and lemonade for lunch (thanks to Mimi) and Fritos and Dr. Pepper for dinner (thanks to Mark.) And who said this child was not spoiled? Oh yeah and chocolate ice-cream as a snack in the afternoon.


Baby Hayden was with us yesterday and in a growth spurt, all he does is eat and sleep. However Paige and I managed to take him on a walk when he woke from is nap. She pushed her baby doll in its stroller while I walked beside her pushing Hayden in his stroller. We made it past two houses. Thanks to the deplorable condition of the sidewalks in our neighborhood and thunder from afar we called the walk short and turned back. But it wasn't for nothing. Along the way we spotted some dog poop, an ant pile, and Hayden smiled and giggled the whole time. People waved to us as they passed us by. By the time we got home, Hayden was ready for another nap and his mother was there to pick him up.



Paige decided to spend the afternoon watching PBS cartoons and especially likes "Martha Speaks" which is the story of a dog who ate Alphabet Soup and instead of the letters going to her stomach they went to her brain therefore enabling her to speak. The cartoon is based on the books by Susan Meddaugh. The books are not nearly as good as the cartoons which teach lessons that are good for any age while the books sometimes uses words that are inappropriate, in my opinion, for young children to hear. It wasn't long, however before she was sound asleep taking a well-deserved nap.



Lexi came for a visit this past weekend. Paige said it was her job as oldest cousin to introduce Hayden to Lexi, although the two had met before. Getting all three together is almost impossible but we did get Lexi and Hayden in a picture. Not sure what the children were watching but it wasn't the camera. What fun it is!

So as Paige says, "How about now Mimi?" And off we go for a piano recital (make believe), the library to return our books from last week, a walk in the neighborhood, and maybe a trip to the park with Uncle Brian!



As always - Life is good!