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last night we went to see the movie 'enchanted' outside at a local park with the kids. it was surprisingly chilly out there that evening. mimi enjoyed it. i think it was a bit too loud and cold for ozzy though. he had a hard time falling asleep...and here i thought the loud noise should knock him out, but he's a sensitive guy. he finally drifted off just before 9pm. i put him to bed when we got home and he was out cold, head lolling around, completely slack. i went to bed myself at 11ish, feeling really tired, and was out in no time. i woke up later feeling like i was getting too much sleep, looked over at the clock and it is 5 a.m. and ozzy was still sleeping, but he was started to toss his head around, so i woke him up to feed him. he settled back to sleep right after the feed and stayed down until 8 am. it was nice. it was the first time in 67 days that i had that much sleep!

had to get up and get mimi ready this morning for her first day of korean school, which we sprung on her very last minute when rob's dad called to say he was going to take her there the next morning. mimi didnt want to mobilize so it took quite a bit of coaxing from rob to get her ready and out of the door. she's been so contrary with me lately, that i just gave up and had to walk away before i blew up. anyway, rob and his dad took mimi to korean school early this morning and she didnt come back until after 1. she said it was fun, but when i asked for details, very few were forth coming.

tonight rob went to play poker, so it was just me and the kids. ozzy wasn't willing to go down to sleep until close to 10 pm. i hope this means that he will wake at 5 ish again. anyway, i didnt get to read with mimi and it was so late i tried to send her right to bed, but she wouldnt have it and balked. finally i threatened to spank her if she didnt and of course she burst out crying and i had to move in for damage control. so i acknowledged her feelings, we talked about it, but i was still firm that she had to go to bed. she was still sobbing, even after climbing into bed, so i said to her, tell me what you did at korean school. 'i dont know." was her pat answer. 'if you tell me about your day, i'll stay with you while you tell me all about it." i told her. she was clinging to my hand, and she seemed to like having me stay with her, so she started to tell me a few details of her day. finally she had nothing left to tell me, so i told her to get some sleep and we would go somewhere special the next day and if she wasnt too tired in the morning, she could help me make pancakes. she looked very tired, so i think she was really ready to fall asleep, she just didnt want to do what i was telling her to do...so stubborn!

mimi took a few pictures today with my camera...she told me maybe she might like to be a photographer when she grows up.

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