Here’s another of my current projects – the United States Institute of Peace. The structures on the roof are doves. It took me a while to figure that out. I was paying too much attention to the doors.

What could she be talking about? She only knows 3 words – “mmmmmore”, “Dada”, and “Mama” so I guess we can narrow down who she’s talking to. She also allegedly says “bum-bum” but I don’t think she uses it in the correct context.

We went to the Fonseca’s for pizza Saturday night and the kids had a great time playing and putting on a show for us. I felt bad for wrecking the place but I’m sure there will be pay-back when we host pizza-night at our house.

We’ve been bribing Adlani with a ride on “the REAL Thomas” if he went peepee on the potty. It finally worked, so Saturday we headed down to Carver where Thomas the Tank Engine was making a visit. We arrived about 3 hours before our Thomas-departure, so we had plenty of time to go on the other rides and have lunch. Unfortunately, Adlani only wanted “the real Thomas” and wouldn’t go on any rides. We finally got him on the Red Baron, and for the first time ever I got a great picture of the kids on a ride in motion. Unfortunately he cried through the whole ride – not because he was scared, but because “I want to ride the REAL Thomas!! WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!”

He was happy when we finally got our ride on Thomas, and especially when he got to visit the Thomas Gift Shop. It was a nice day and a very quiet ride home.

I had to catch Adlani before he ran out to play with the girls wearing only a t-shirt and his rain boots. Then later I noticed that he was playing with a keychain with a tiny flashlight on it. When I asked him what he was doing he said, “I’m putting a decoration on my penis.” Later still, I found him out front peeing on the cherry tomatoes. We’re in trouble.

Update: When I was telling a recent visitor this story she said, “You mean the cherry tomatoes I just ate?!” Luckily she washed them. Ick.

Update #2: We moved Adlani’s train table to his room and yesterday he was so excited to play with it that when he had to go potty he took off his shorts and underwear and peed on the floor (and his toys, clothes, etc.). When he got in trouble for that he said some bad words that started with “stupid” and ended with a four-letter word. THEN…we were at Aliya’s soccer practice at her school. I was chatting with my friends until Ben called my attention to Adlani standing in the playground area with his pants down, preparing to pee. It’s all you, honey.