I created a fort for the kids so I could clean the kitchen. Really clean. Scrub the floors and cabinets, that sort of cleaning. But, I wanted to do it while the kids were awake because I wanted to work outside while they slept, so we made a fort.Ariel LOVED IT!Racecar did, too, rather, he loved to destroy it! It was funny. I would fix it,Racecar would destroy it,Ariel would try to fix it, not be able to, and then ask me to! So I did. This occured about 224 times.

And a family picture taken about 2 weeks ago:

Do you remember a few weeks back when I told you about my friend Amy, from high school, whose husband created the word Oprahsuaded?

To quote from their website on the word:
O·prah·suaded
tr.v. To persuade someone, most likely a woman, into believing, buying, eating, reading or doing something that Oprah says is good.
Example sentences:
“You bought the latest Oprah’s Book Club book? You are so oprahsuaded.”
“You want to see what movie? You are so oprahsuaded.”
“You got a car? She got a car? They ALL got a car?….Oprahsuasion.”

WELL, Mike, Amy’s husband has entered his word into a contest, so please click here and vote for this fantastic word and help Mike win!

Remember when Ryan used to say that?? I’m glad he stopped. I’m glad Bucky left, too. But how much longer will Ace be in the race? Hopefully this is his last week.

My new weight loss is at 23.4 lbs! Hopefully next week I’ll hit 25 lbs!

I’m going to share TONS of pictures with you from the last two days!

Here are just some of the recent crafts from the gym, mainly from this week. The bunny on the left isAriel’s and the one on the right isRacecar’s. (I should clarify that the lamb at the top is from Sunday School.)

After playing ballerina and spinning around and around, I caught the picture of the ballerina falling quite gracefully. (Don’t forget to pay attention toAriel’s outfits!)

Loves to be near naked! Racecar peed in the potty today for the first time ever!! Really, he peed while sitting on the potty with his diaper off. Although the shower curtain was covered in piss, I guess progress is progress! Seriously, what a huge step! Now if we could just gain some control!
He did get the bath towel and try to wipe it up…how cute is that?

This was not cute, but how could I not take a picture?

Practice makes perfect. Ariel is determined to trace her own hand!

Just cute.

I love to take pictures of the kids sleeping!!

P.S. I’m going to run Brian’s interview for one more day!!

You are listening to Brian’s radio interview with Fook on Q101. The ride in was very good and the ride home was even better because it included 4 beers…in a matter of 90 minutes. That takes talent!
During the day I e-mailed the dj, much to Brian’s dismay, a picture of Brian with the limo in the morning. This guy is really cool, he liked the picture and talked about it alot during the “interview.”
When the limo pulled up to the house, I called the kids to the front door to see Daddy and the driver invited the kids to ride in the limo around the neighborhood. So, the four of us drove around. They loved not being in car seats! Racecar loved sitting so close to Daddy andAriel loved the colorful, crazy lights on the ceiling of the car. The neighborhood children were dying to see who was riding around in the limo. It was only us. It was so nice of the driver. We had a great time!
Enjoy the picture!
By the way, who has a tape recorder these days?? I don’t. In order to capture Brian on the air, I videotaped the sound coming from my alarm clock. Good thinking, huh?!

You are listening to Brian’s radio interview with Fook on Q101.