we went to the zoo zoo zoo

ralph was sick this weekend, so i took monday off work (kind-of... i went in from 6AM until 730AM) and took the kids to the zoo. we fed lorikeets, twice. we rode the carousel, twice. we watched the sea lion show, only once. we climbed trees, fed deer, danced in spray areas, visited the brand new exhibit with polar bears, played with crazy monkeys, learned about momma's favorite monkeys (see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil... have no fun) and slid down slides. all the world was right that day.

AFS called the other day to see if we would be interested in hosting a foreign exchange student. I told them i would talk it over with my husband and get back to them. she emailed me the information for the 16 and 17-year-old students and jonathan and i looked it over. we decided, after much discussion in front of the boys, that our house will be suitable for a such a visitor in 8 or 10 years. that way, our kids can better interact with the student and offer a more entertaining sojourn to america. in our discussion, we mentioned our own experiences with foreign exchange situations, as a student as well as in the position of host. when i was a senior in high school, we had a girl from the netherlands stay with us for a while, a few weeks. lionel informed me that it's not the otherlands, it's actually SUtherlands. ralph stayed in his own world, as host and student, speaking with british and australian accents.

ralph and lionel's latest obsessions are with the "shakolater." ralph will come up and give my arm some love, then grab it and tell me that, yep, i DO need the shakolater. a shaking weight that is supposed to 'shake' the weight off whatever on your body is not firm.

lionel loves the commercial on qubo for qubo stating that nothing inappropriate is ever shown.

ralph pipes up with another product we might consider where a man 'magics' ingredients into the thing and it magics into a smoothie. (the magic bullet.)

cecelia has her own favorite... telling dad that he needs a tempurpedic bed because it melts the stress of your day away. she says it just like that.

well, it's 10PM, time to hang out with jonathan and melt the stress of our day away...