The Suisse Family Robinson

Big news today! Lara peed in the potty!

I have avoided formally potty-training because I haven't felt that I've had the time to devote to the process. But for the last week Lara has been deprived of candy because that's her prize for going on the potty. Whenever she asked for candy I'd ask her what she needed to do to get it. She'd say something to the effect of "candy, go potty." Well, today she asked for candy today at daycare and we went through the whole spiel. So she went to where the little potties were, pulled down her pants, and took off her diaper. She didn't go right away so Ms. Corie just put Lara's pants on her without her diaper. 2 minutes later she had disappeared and when we looked for her she was by the potties pulling up her pants! We had to call Daddy at work and tell him, and Grandma :) She was pretty proud of herself AND she got her candy. Now I just have to knuckle down and seriously potty train...

I just have to say that Jamie Foxx was the BEST celebrity mentor that those contestants could have had this season. He had awesome advice and it was obvious that he was honest with them. Loved, loved, loved most of the songs and most of the contestants tonight.

Top performances- I'm going to put Danny Gokey on here first, not because I think he was better than Adam Lambert, but because he finally was good enough to make me smile and say WOW!
Simon was wrong- with Kris Allen and Matt Giraud. Kris was good, Matt was not. Most pitchy performance, again- Matt Giraud. Most boring- Allison Iraheta. Who should go home?- Allison Iraheta. Best looking in a white suit- Adam Lambert. Best entrance- Adam Lambert. Best falsetto- Adam Lambert. My prediction for final 3- Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert.

I started going back to the gym this week, hence my Melaleuca Product of the Week is the Access bars and shakes. Access uses a patented process that helps your body turn fat into fuel by blocking adenosine. (Adenosine is something that is left over from our caveman days when you had to fight or take flight to survive). Tammy Van Wisse, a world renowned swimmer, used this product when swimming across the English Channel! I, personally, enjoy the milk chocolate shakes and Reed prefers the bars (Krunchers specifically). I definitely have more energy during my exercise and am less sore when I get home. You can watch a little video about the Access products at melaleuca.com.

Disco week usually brings hokey, horrible singing along with bad dancing. Tonight was a pleasant surprise with a few exceptions. Best performance of a BeeGee's song that didn't sound like a BeeGee's song- Adam Lambert. Best dressed- Adam Lambert. Best falsetto- Adam Lambert. Can I say enough about Adam Lambert? I wasn't too sure about him in the beginning because I thought it was kind of cheap that he was on American Idol but already had a touring star role in Wicked. But I now have decided that he should win.

Other top performance- Kris Allen. I think he should be in the final 2. Most frantic performance but still showed great vocals- Matt Giraud. O.K.- Danny Gokey. Really, really, really tired of her- Lil Rounds. Two to go home tomorrow- Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai.