That’s how many pictures I have taken since Friday morning. No lie. We had a weekend JAM PACKED with activity, and it’s the first of many. I’ve included some pictures and adventures from Friday.

Brian and I woke up at 7am on Friday, (Brian stayed home from work) because we were getting our carpets cleaned, all of them, at 8am. So, at 8am, Brian the kids and myself played outside. When they were done cleaning, we went to breakfast to celebrate Father’s Day, since it’s so busy on the actual day. After that we gotRacecar’s haircut. He hated it. Once he was done,Ariel climbed on the chair and said “my turn!” She was in desperate need for her bangs to be cut, so the hairstylist cutAriel’s bangs and we are so happy she did!

THEN, we went to the zoo! Ariel was so excited andRacecar had no clue what a zoo was. Well,Ariel hated the zoo andRacecar loved it. It started out wrong when a large ostrich, who was protecting it’s egg, was trying to attack the kids through the fence. It was pretty comical,Racecar was laughing SO hard,Ariel was freaking out. We then walked into the “snake house” and that is whereAriel received her new nickname “Prissy Mcpriss Priss Priss Priss.” She hated it. Hated the smell, hated the snakes, everything and after the attacking ostrich and the smelly snake house, she was done. She couldn’t wait to leave, butRacecar loved it, so we stayed. This zoo is very small (and boring and smelly and completely ghetto…thanks for the warning, Lynette, should have gone to Chuck E. Cheese, like you said!) We walked the entire thing, some exhibits more than once in about 45 minutes.

We then ate at Grandma’s house, went home, took naps, ate dinner, went grocery shopping and stopped at Dairy Cream for ice cream! whew. A busy, busy day and that was just the start of the weekend!
I’m going to watch my 3rd episode of Grey’s Anatomy of the night! Penny, I’m about to watch the superbowl one!!!!
Enjoy the pictures.

At breakfast.

The attacking Ostrich. Look atRacecar. I LOVE this picture.

Prissy Mcpriss had her nose and mouth covered through almost the entire zoo.

Noah loves animals. I love that.

We weren’t sure whyAriel was so sad, maybe because the zoo was a huge disappointment? Either way, this picture makes me sad…but then I seeRacecar and I’m happy again!

Then we asked her if she wanted to go ride bikes at Grandma’s and that brightened her up.

This was my favorite part of the zoo. I’ve never seen turtles move so fast towards anything and they were eating and chewing! It was quite a sight to see!

Eating ice cream! YUM YUM! Even Mommy indulged…..

Tonight I received my reward. One month ago tomorrow I hit my Weight Watcher goal weight. As of last night I was down almost 2 lbs from that. Tonight, I had a one hour massage. Remember that I am a complete massage virgin, I’ve never even had a pedicure. It was VERY relaxing, and very enjoyable and very….painful. This girl was strong, but good. She said I was incredibly tight in my shoulders, upper back and quads, so in those areas she used her elbows, I think, but it could have been a steel baseball bat for all I know. It really did feel good and I decided that if I maintain my weight loss goal, that I will treat myself to another one hour massage on August 15th.
Now that’s an incentive!

The thing that felt best, was that another woman was rubbing my entire body and I didn’t feel the least bit insecure with what I looked like. That felt amazing.

Apparently, I could have malaria. Today, I went to donate blood. After going through the series of questions, getting my finger pricked, blood pressure taken, pulse and temp and everything checking out just fine. I was asked if I have been to Mexico. I said “yes.” Which part? “Playa del Carmen.” “You can not donate, Malaria is all over Playa del Carmen, I just need you to sign here.”
I was stunned. “but I was there for FIVE hours…on a cruise. Five hours. On the coast.”

It didn’t matter.
Needless to say, I was (am) heartbroken. Apparently I am not the only traveler who feels this is ridiculous as I came across an article written by someone who experienced the same thing.

I have just a few questions:
-Why isn’t this deal breaker information on the Red Cross website or in the literature you have to read before starting the donation process?
-Why are cruise lines taking you to places that apparently have malaria and not telling you about it? I can tell you this, if Royal Caribbean had told me that by stepping foot on that particular Mexican soil meant not donating blood until May 2007, I would have sat my ass down on the ship and Brian and I could have had the pool to ourselves!

Needless to say, I walked out, not saying a word, trying not to burst into tears.
I can’t wait for May 2007.

It was the TV event of the decade. Never have I witnessed such beauty in such a short period of time in my life. Time stood still as I watched perfection on TV. Certainly Pay per View missed out on this one time event, I’m certain had Pay per View sold this show it would have surpassed any previous boxing records. Breathtaking. Beautiful. Perfection.
Did you see it? I almost missed it. My sister, Sarah, called me today and said “I have an emergency.” I said “what?” she said “Nick Lachey and Chris Daughtry are on Ellen today.” I hung up the phone, looked down, took a deep breath and reached for my Tivo. Hot hot hot hot. Super hot. Super powered hot. Two hot men on Ellen. Did she even appreciate the hotness? The hunkiness that stood in front of her? The only thing that would have been hotter is if Brad Pitt had shown up with oil on his body alk djfwoengaleknf ladksngvLKD F;LAWKEt;lje j ;OEW IUR098EUNljsflkajflkdjlejlkdddddddddd7676729292ms.akeflj… JLEAKNGJLWEKDANGlksjdlkjslagtjlaweja;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Sorry…I just passed out. By the way, Chris sang AND PLAYED GUITAR. He sang a Bon Jovi song and it was incredible!!! I’ll have to try to get the audio. Did anyone see it?!?!!?

Anyway, last week, Brian and I bought a new dishwasher. Ours worked just fine, it was just so freakin’ loud. It honestly sounded like a dump truck was sitting idle in our kitchen. We have an open-concept house, so literally our kitchen is in our living room, we would NEVER run the dishwasher while we were awake. It came with our house when it was built and the builders picked a very cheap model. So, our dishwasher arrived this morning and Brian is installing it right now! I’m so very excited. (And I think Brian is very excited to be finished.) He’s almost done!

Oh, and Elisa, the Dora Sprinkler is from Target. It’s was on sale for $8.88, regular price is $9.99! ENJOY!!

I now leave you with a ton of pictures!

Don’t they look like they’re the same size?? We measured them last night and there is only one inch difference between them. 39 and 38 inches.
I love how they love eachother.

LOVING THEIR BIKES! Ariel was a genious with her bike! Racecar doesn’t feel the need to peddle just yet, he’ll ride Flinstone style for now.

Yes, I am one of those crazy moms that takes pictures of her kids in the middle of the night. But if I didn’t….I wouldn’t have pictures like these. No paci forAriel! I think it’s safe to say she has fully adjusted to life with out pacifiers! Hooray!

yum.