So, I have already heard from one of my friends that my music sucks.... thanks Keith! Well, I happen to love it!

The big kids have not being doing such a good job at home. They have been slacking on their chores, slacking on their homework and just plain being lazy. They haven't even been getting in their 30 minutes of Wii Fit a day. Most days, Ashley seems to get her stuff done but Riley isn't doing so well with any of his duties. Tomorrow Steve is taking the remote to the tv to work with him!!!

Tonight was a nice evening. I was able to get a couple of loads of laundry done, we had personal pizzas we each made for supper, went for a swim and Piper went to bed with no problem! It was a nice evening.

When we went swimming tonight we tried water wings on Piper. At first we had to do alot of talking to get them on her. Once they were on and I got her in the water and she realized that she could float on her own. SHE LOVED THEM! Of course I was never far from her because being her first time she really wasn't sure of what was going on. But she loved them.

I am so excited - soon it will be time to get Piper's 2nd year pictures taken. I really wanted to at that time get all 3 kids taken together too. My friend at work recently had some family pictures taken and the photographer is really good. They are not all posing pictures. There are alot of candid shots she takes. http://www.kimrossphotography.com/index2.php The only problem is the lady does this as her part time job so she doesn't work alot of days - in other words hard to get in to her! I checked ahead and on Sept. 6th we are going to have family pictures taken and Piper's 2nd year pictures taken. Steve wants her picture taken her tricycle. We might even get a family picture taken with all our bikes! The photographer goes all over the place so now we have to decide where to go get them taken. I can not tell you how much I am looking forward to this. We haven't had a family picture taken since probably 2001!

Another Piper funny - well, I don't think it's too funny but her dad does. Steve taught her that when he ask her "What do you think of Strawberry Shortcake" - she sticks her finger in her mouth and acts like she is gagging! NICE! Of course we all laugh - so she thinks it's funny and does it every time you ask her! Well, too late I am getting her birthday stuff in Strawberry Shortcake.

Piper was bit twice at the sitter today. A little boy at the sitter is going thru his biting phase. The one time he bit her fingers (no marks) and the other time he bit her on the arm and you can see his FULL mouth on her arm. The top teeth and the bottom teeth. WOW! It must have hurt. I am so glad Piper never went thru this phase. I don't know what I would've done. I feel for the parents of this kid - but at the same time I wish he would quit biting my daughter. He has actually bit her a total of 4 times. And the babysitter is afraid I am going to pull Piper from her.

Just a quick update on my mom for all that are wondering. She seems to be doing fine. I thought when I talked to her on the phone Monday that she sounded tired. I hope that she is taken it as easy as she can and going home and resting like she should. But I know she isn't! She has made her next dr. appt with the dr. that will now be her family dr. and help get her and keep her on whatever meds she needs.