I think i'll go for a walk outside now...the summer sun's callin my name(i hear ya now)...i just can't stay inside all day...

I gotta get out get me some of those RAYS!
everybody's smilin
sunshine day!

*sorry...I had a Brady Bunch flashback*

Today I am heading over to Ben's field day. As a matter of fact...I'm leaving as soon as I finish this post. I love field day. I remember my own field days. The sack race...fishing game...pie in the face of the principal...etc. So much fun...I know Ben is really looking forward to it. I will take MANY pictures to show off later. It's sunny here this morning...I hope the same for you!
Be blessed...

10 reasons why I love my hubby!

by teresa

1. Because he is a godly father and husband.
2. Because he always tries to make me laugh (and succeeds...he is really hilarious!)
3. Because he provides for our family's needs. (even traveling alot eventhough he would rather be home with us..just so I can be a SAHM to our kids)
4. Because he makes a mean chilli! (seriously...it's awesome!)
5. Because he genuinely cares about and for me.
6. He is extremely intellegent...but doesn't take himself too seriously
7. He does housework! Nuff said!
8. He thinks I'm beautiful no matter what state I am in.
9. He always reads books that I recommend to him. Even if it is a childrens book (and he is into the sophisticated literature that flies way over my head)he reads it and tells me I have such great taste in books!
10. Because he ALWAYS says "I love you" first.














*there are many, many more reasons...the best of which can't be written on my "family blog" hee hee*

rain rain go away...come again another day...

by teresa

Yesterday was pretty uneventful. Went to church...then came home and grilled some hotdogs for lunch. We all lazed around most of the day. Reading the paper and watching tv together. Later in the afternoon Nick layed down and took and nap and Ben and Chris went outside and played basketball drills for over 2 hours! I sat out there and watched them. I did go over a few times and try to shoot. Ben would laugh at me...and then I would return to my chair and lemonade. Once the kids were showered and in bed Chris and I watched game 2 of the NBA finals. Which the HEAT lost again! Now the series in 2-0 in favor of the Mavericks! BOO!! The one cool thing about the game though was that Elliot Yamin sang the national anthem before the game. He did pretty good too...except for some weird giggling and hesitation by him at the beginning of the song.

Today has been raining and blah!

The kids all got up good though...looking forward to starting this last week of school. For the boys the last week is slack. Full of parties, field days, assemblies and such. For Lauren the last week means FINAL EXAMS! Don't those words just send shivers down your spines? It does mine!
Nick's school called awhile ago. Apparently Nick threw up and I needed to get there immediately! So off I went. I get there and he is SOAKED from head to toe. GROSS! Another mom was walking in with me. We got to talking and realized her daughter was in Nick's class too. Nick comes around the corner grinning from ear to ear. He didn't look sick to me! I as him..."did you get nauseous?" Nope...he says. The girl beside me at the lunch table threw up....so I threw up! And then he just chuckles. Man did he REEK something awful too! I told the office lady that he wasn't sick...he just has a weak stomach (like me). She said that the rules state... if a child throws up ...a child goes home! So Nick got a get out of jail...I mean school free card! I brought him home...had him shower...and burned his clothes! Just kidding...I rinsed them in the garage sink and put them in the washer. He is upstairs now laying across his bed watching tv in his jammies.
Cause MY rules are....if a child comes home sick...a child goes to bed!

Tonight Chris and I are taking the boys to see the movie CARS. Vrrrooom! I hope it's as good as all it's hype.
I hope all of you guys are having blue skies and sunshine! Talk to you later....

You Should Know By Now!

By Chris

O.k. Have to vent on teenage daughter a bit. She's 17 . . . driving now . . . lots of freedom. I think we're pretty good with her too. She doesn't even have set curfew (I don't get the curfew thing. So, you say your kid has to be in every night by 11 p.m. That, to me, is a free ride to do whatever you want before 11 p.m. Pretty much everything I don't want her to do can be done before 11 p.m. . . . or anytime for that matter. But, hey, she would be home by eleven!). So, we say tell us what you want to do, and we'll tell you when to be home. Done by 7 p.m.? Well, be home at 7:20. No unaccounted for time is our key. Heck, if she gave me a real good reason that she was doing some legitimate thing I could check on, she could come in at 2 a.m. (have not seen that legitimate thing yet!). We also say, when you leave any location for another, call and ask first (not when you get to the next destination). And, we never say no. We just have to know (going to Jasmine's . . . . fine. Call us when you get there from her phone so we can see it on the caller id). Yet, she slips on the prior notification a lot. I don't get it. Just call!!! Last night, it happened again. She headed off to church. It was getting a little late, so we put out a call. "Where are you" . . . . "Barnes and Noble," she says, not even getting it. Well, Barnes and Noble AIN"T CHURCH!!! She says: "You should know by now that I go out after church every Sunday." AHHHHH#$??@! Yeah, and she should know she has to call before doing that. Right? I mean, we would let her go. So now, she shall pay! Stay tuned for how!

you blow my mind!

by teresa
Today has been a blur. Yardwork and kids playing. Chris and I went a bought a tiller and a blower. The blower is so great. It has been a bear trying to keep the new concrete areas leaf free. But with the blower...the job can be done in about 10 minutes. Katy and the kids came over bright and early today. They enjoyed riding bikes and playing t-ball in the backyard. we grilled out tonight. Yummy steak kabobs with tomatos, peppers and onions and honey mustard chicken. mmmmmm The weather was a perfect 80 , with a cool breeze! Nice! Lauren had to work al day...but I saved her a plate.
Tomorrow will be busy with church and then Lauren's end of the year cheering party. The will be getting their awards and letters.
I hope you guys are having a fun filled family weekend. with good weather and perfect attitudes (from the children...and husbands).
I'll leave you with this...

Take me out to the ballgame...take me out to the crowds...

by teresa

This cracks me up...

Somewhere over the rainbow....

by teresa
Okay...while going from bedroom to bedroom straightening and making beds this morning...I realized something. I am a woman who is SO not afraid of C O L O R ! As a matter of fact...my house looks one of those skittles "taste the rainbow" commercials. It's everywhere. The walls...bedding...even my closet! Look at these pictures. The boys room looks like a crayola box....Lauren's room is wild and crazy (and yes...that's a shower curtain window treatment)...and our room looks like a bunch of grapes exploded. I even took a picture of my closet and the pajamas I was wearing to show you that I carry this colorful theme with me even when I leave the house. Are you guys into color too...or are your walls a clean, crisp white?

now I know my ABC's....next time won't you sing with me

by teresa

Yeah....Blogger is letting me on!!!

I tried to post several times yesterday....and blogger kept shutting me out. Boooooo!

It is pouring here in Va. this morning. I had to frantically look for Ben's raincoat as the bus was coming around the corner. I offered to take him...but he said,"Just get me a coat...I want to ride the bus!" The only things I could find quickly was his ski coat and Kai's old jacket he left here a while back(which is 2 sizes too small for Ben). We went with Kai's jacket. If you've seen the movie Tommy Boy with Chris Farley....when he puts on David Spades coat...and it's busting at the seams and half up his arms....well that's what Ben looked like. Too funny! *fat guy in a little coat...fat guy in a little coat*

Lauren had her last Orchestra concert last night. She has played the violin since grade 5...and decided to pass on it her senior year. Her schedule for next year(I can't believe she is going to be a senior) is going to be great. Teachers of Tomorrow(yes, she wants to be a teacher), Yearbook, honors english 12, Marine biology and honors government 12. Most of them are half year classes (block schedules) so she will get out by lunch each day. So the first half of the year she will have T of T...yearbook...English. Second half of year Yearbook...biology...government. We will expect GREAT things from her with such a slack schedule!

Today I actually have nothing on my calendar. After I got the kids off to school I did label and stuff some envelopes for Chris' work. He says I am quick and efficient...and cheap!
I was wanting to do some yard work...but with the rain and all...I guess it will have to wait till tomorrow. My laundry is all done (even last nights jammies are washed and back in the drawers). The only bad thing about doing the laundry so quickly is that I accidently dress the kids in the same clothes for two days in a row. They are always back in the closet by the next morning...so I can't ever remember what they just wore. I guess I'll dust and vacuum....blah!

Ben is very excited that the movie CARS is finally coming out today. We saw the preview for it in theatres like a year ago! He has been anxiously awaiting it ever since! Tonight is his turn to spend the night with Nanny Jackie and George. The grandparents always have the kids take turns to avoid fighting and also so the kid can experience some "only child" time. Maybe THEY can take him to see the movie....are you reading this Jackie?? I said maybe THEY can take them to see the movie! *hint hint* :0)

Lauren is going over "a friends" house tonight to watch movies. Notice how I put that in quotation marks? I'll just leave it at that...for now!

Yesterday Ben came home from school with something very special. The completed alphabet book. You know....THE alphabet book I have been working on since my first day volunteering at Ben's school. I wrote about it often. Remember?

Oh yeah...my sister Katy got a new car. Well...not a new car...just new to her. She had been driving moms old 93 GMC Jimmy for the past few years. It seats 5. And with 3 kids of her own, and babysitting 2 there was no way to go anywhere. If we were to meet at the park I would have to stop by and pick half of them up. Also the Jimmy had NO air conditioning. So the kids looked like melting popsicles everytime they came over. She found a really nice 2001 caravan. Now they have plenty of room for all those kids, carseats and strollers. Her and the kids are so excited. She brought it over last night and Kai was giving us the grand tour...."here are the dry cleaning hooks, here are the air vents, here are the seat belts..etc"

I am going to hop in the shower and get a few things done...I'll meet you back her in a bit. Happy Friday!
Here's some pictures of my....I mean Ben's artwork!

Home Sleep Home

By Chris

Well . . . I miss my new bed. Since Teresa did her best to re-create the Marriott sleeping environment, this is my first out-of-towner. Baltimore-Washington hotels were extremely busy, and I find myself at a Quality Inn tonight. Teresa's bed definitely beats this one. There is, however, one problem with the new bedding. Unlike Marriott, we now have satin sheets and pillow cases. Feels reeaaallll good when you slip into bed. But, it's been driving me crazy in the middle of the night, as I literally slide in me sleep and the pillows move their way out from under my head. It's a dilemna, because the satin is intoxicatingly comfy.

Eating lunch today at a nifty little cafe in DC with outside dining, a funny thing happened. These crazy city birds were all over the tables and making these b-line dashes over my head, which caused me to duck every time and loose track of my lunch meeting conversation. I must have looked like a real city amateur, since everyone else just seemed like it was very natural to have the little fellas flapping around. I told my lunch partner that these are obviously crazy city birds, who have never seen one of their cousins shot and retrieved by a dog!! They just were way too comfortable being VERY close to people.

Finally, I saw a funny sign (only in DC) outside a construction site of a huge building. In official text: "A building for the people of the United States of America" followed by architechts' names, contractors' names and a line that read "George W. Bush, President of the United States." No mention of what the building was for. Just that it is for us. Of course it is. Surely, they'll be letting me stay there when it is done. Down the street, my host and gracious driver for the day pointed out a gas station where she recently discovered they openly sell crack pipes! "You wanna see?" she asked. "Uhh. No," I replied.

"twenty bucks on pump three . . . and, oh yes, one crack pipe please."

I should have just booked our vacation at a nude beach and saved myself the headache!

by teresa
The kids and I went to the mall this evening before church. Lauren was in dire need of a new bathing suit....JC Penney's was having a sale! I know...I know....two rambunctious boys...shopping for a bathing suit for their teenage sister....AM I CRAZY? Yes I am! Between her work...school...karate and church...this was just about our only free afternoon to get this done before we leave on vacation next week. She tried on a gazillon(seriously...a gazillion)....the boys were so restless. They were knocking over displays, chasing each other and then of course...FIGHTING! I had to separate them...so I brought Ben in the dressing room area with me while Lauren was inside. Nick sat in a chair by the door. How do I know he sat there like I asked him to? Because he set of that doorbell signal (so the clerks know someone has entered the dressing rooms) about two hundred times while I was inside! I was about to take some of those crotch stickers(you know the ones they put in the bottom of swimsuits for sanitary purposes) and bind his arms behind his back! Ben was being exemplary too. Climbing up on the tops of the doors...and peeking over! When Lauren opened the door to show me one of the bathing suits (which was a tad bit tiny on her...revealing LOTS of skin), Ben shouts for the whole place to hear....EWWWW....SISSY LOOKS GROSS! I CAN SEE HER BOOBIES! To which Lauren responds by turning around and mooning the both of us right then and there. Good grief! She's such a dainty little princess...NOT! We finally found a perfect one. Very becoming....halter style...great colors(turquoise and aqua)...and on sale too. After our shopping fun I rewarded my perfectly behaved children with dinner in the foodcourt. Afterwards we went to church. While in the nursery with mom and Katy... I tell them that we just got back from the mall buying Lauren a swimsuit. Mom says...I bought myself one the other day online. It was from JC Penney and it is sooo cute! She says...it is brown and torquoise, with a halter top. I was like...NO FLIPPING WAY! Once we got home we looked online. Yep...they got the SAME bathingsuit! Can you believe it? There is one difference though...Lauren's has regular bikini briefs, and mom got the swim mini with hers. So it won't be EXACTLY the same. I hope Lauren finds this as amusing as I do once she gets home from youth group! Wearing the same bathingsuit as your grandma is always a big hit with the teenagers these days! Well let me go...I'm going to take a couple tylenol (gee...I wonder why I have a headache?) and hit the hay!

my day...

by teresa
I had a really nice day today. Although I jinxed myself by saying I was caught up with the laundry. Someone (who shall remain nameless) had an accident in bed last night. So that meant 4 tubs worth of sheets, mattress pads, comforters and pillows (yes, it got on the pillows too). But ...by the time the boys came home from school...the beds were all put back together...yeah me!
The volunteer breakfast was super! I forgot my camera...which really ticks me off! First the kindergarteners came in and sang us a song...then Ben and 5 other 1st graders came in (each holding a letter spelling out the word THANKS...Ben was the A). They each recited a poem that started with their corresponding letter. TOO CUTE! AND NO CAMERA!! One of the other...good mommies took a picture of him and is emailing it to me. Yeah!
Then the second graders and third graders read poems and sang songs to us. It was actually quite moving...with lots of mommies tearing up. Then they had some yummy breakfast food to indulge in while they presented us with certificates and gifts. It really was lovely.
After school I came home and finished up the laundry...then hit a couple of thrift stores. Didn't get much...I think out of the three I went to...I spent like 4 bucks. I also stopped by Barnes and Noble to pick up a surprise for Ben. He didn't know it but a new Junie B. Jones came out. And you all know how much of a Junie B. nut that kid is. I surprised him at bedtime with it. We finished up the last 10 pages of this....and then I said...let's read a little of this one too...and I pulled it out from the pillow. The kid FREAKED OUT!! we only got to about page 40 before he was out. I was going to invite Nick in to lay with us...but just like always he was already asleep before I could peek in on him.
That kid loves to go to bed. He's like an old man! He has his shower...get in his jammies...turns on his NPR...and out goes the lights! I even offer for him to have the tv on sometime...he wants nothing to do with that. Too funny!
We also had karate (double lessons) this afternoon. Ben and I did his homework during Nick's lessons...and Nick and I did puzzles in his Jack and Jill magazine during Ben's lessons. Before and after every karate session the class "prays in" and "prays out". They ask the kids to raise their hands if they want to pray. There are some pretty funny ones sometimes. Today...one kid prayed protection over the class so no one would get a boo boo...and that his mom would stop yelling all the time! TOO FUNNY! The woman looked like she was going to die! hee hee In another class a kid says....I just want to thank the Lord for ...hermit crabs!...Amen! That totally cracked me up. Being a sunday school teacher for many years(3,4,5,6yr olds)...you get to her some doozies from the children during prayer request times. Parents..just know....they see everything....and they tell everything!!
Well...tomorrow is field day at Nick's school (Ben's is next week) so I will be heading over there for part of the day. Hope you guys had a good day...and I'll talk at ya in the am!
*sweet dreams*

Boo Boo Helper

By Chris

Got home this evening, ate some chicken and went upstairs to change clothes. I guess that was Teresa's cue to, "poof" , disappear. The boys and cousins out back, no sign of their mommas when Kai comes screaming into the house, sounding like he had gut a finger off or something. "Where is she," I hear one of them say, obviously looking for a momma. I call downstairs, letting them know that adult supervision is within earshot. "Kai's bleeding," was the extent of the next answer. Bleeding and screaming. Scooter accident left him with scraped leg and arm, and a pretty manageable amount of blood. The leg cut had little pieces of the residue from the still pretty new concrete play area in it. "Want me to fix that up for you," I ask, thinking he would say "no, give me my mommy." But he said yes. Little 'ol Kai, who used to never go to anyone but his mommy (not even me, the best uncle in the world). He has been much closer to us lately, and this was a real ego boost for me that he would let me fix his boo boo. Heck, I don't think my own kids would let me touch their boo boos! Nick, of course, wanted to run the whole patch-up-Kai missioin, having already pulled out Teresa's mongo emergency hurt-sick kid box from the cabinet when I arrived on the scene. He had picked out several band-aids and some "No More Ouchies" spray. Kai freaked when he saw that. "NO NO NO NO NO I DON'T WANT IT!!!" he wailed. I told him don't worry, I will just wash it with water. Of course, sensing his fear, Ben proceeded to grab the bottle and fake spray him, to get him all freaked out and screaming again, which made Ben laugh. Ahhh, nothing like a lovin' cousin in your time of pain, huh? With Kai settled down again, I washed him off, and Nick band-aided his arm. Pretty well, too. Then, Ben sprays some of the Ouchie spray on his on hand and wipes it on one of Kai's boo-boos. "Hey, that didn't hurt!" Kai says, all excited. Then, he wanted Ben to use that indirect application method on all the wounds, which we did. The whole time, Kristian kept looking at this all-boys approach to scrape handling like we had lost our minds. With Kai bandaged up, they all ran back outside to play. Without a single assist from any mommies (and, without them even knowing the bloody incident even occurred), we had managed to get everything back to normal.

Chuck E. Cheese is ...where a kid can be a kid!

by teresa

Just when I thought I was a bad parent for not reading Ben that third story last night....or forgetting that my boys don't like raisons and packing them in their lunch yesterday...somebody does something like this that makes me look like MOM OF THE YEAR!!

DUH?

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now

By Chris

Teresa alluded to this. When I started this blog, she didn't get it. So, I mostly wrote from my point of view about the happenings of the various Green family characters. Then, as she is apt to do, Teresa picked up blogging real quick . .. and took over. Good thing. Because she has made it great. I love reading it. Especially on the road. But, somehow I feel like I'm butting in on a conversation now when I blog. So, now, a decision. Start my own blog, or just chime in here? It would be fun to have my own "sub-blog" (is that a new term?). But, as various personality profiles show about me, I like starting things but get bored quickly. Then I would have blank weeks. Not good blogging. With Teresa leading the way, there would be no blank days. And what would I call it? Hmmm.

the ants go marching one by one....The little one stops to suck his thumb...And they all go marching down to the ground...To get out of the rain....

by teresa
Wow...
I can't believe I never got a chance to blog yesterday. I was literally busy from sun-up to sundown. I had skipped laundry for a couple of days over the weekend(I know...shame on me). So I had some major loads to get done. I started around 5:30am and continued through the day. But not just clothes...I washed everyones bed clothes (I know...I have redeemed myself) and even all the boys tennis shoes. They were looking kinda grubby! And y'all know I love they boys in bright white tennis shoes! So as I sit her writing this, the only things that will be in the hamper once the family wakes....is pajamas. YES! YES! YES!
Yesterday also consisted of 101 errands. Stuff like post office, pharmacy,grocery store(when your out of Tide, toilet paper and soda a trip to the grocery store is a must),office max, Lowes and Bed Bath and Beyond. Chris has been complaining about our bedding for a long while now. Not the bedspread(which is beautiful shades of purple) but the under covers and pillows. He travels enough that he is spoiled by the Marriot bedding. He says the hotel is the only place he gets a "heavenly" nights sleep. He was waking up here with back aches and neck cramps. So....I went to BB&B yesterday and hooked my baby up! Satin sheets and pillow cases...those Marriot pillows...the goose down mattress cover and matching comforter. I brought it all home, cleaned everything and put the bed together. I was so excited for him to come home that I almost called and spilled the beans several times during the afternoon. But I heal out...and his face when he went up to change out of his suit after work was all smiles! We both climbed right in to see if it was as comfortable as it looked. IT WAS!! It's so fluffy though, once we climb on top of all the "fluff" our noses just about touch the ceiling...hee hee.
I also had to write up letters to the parents in Nick's class about their end of the year party next week. I also had to get a new calendar. As much as I love this one (and I'll still use it for current reminders) I needed a whole year at a glance (monthly). The kids had things going on in July and August that I just had to get down on paper or they would be overlooked. So I found a calendar and come home and filled it up through the summer months. It feels good to have everything written down (all three church camps, cheering conditioning and tryouts, karate events, Nick's summer school (a two week foreign language introduction), vacations,Chris' out of town days, etc.)
Another "have to" errand was to find some Ant Killer. I hate ants...and we get them in the kitchen this time every year. Right around the sink/counter top. There's hundreds of the little buggers...ad when it rains....they triple! YUCK! So I placed some liquid ant traps all over and outside the house. I hope it does the job!
I also started looking trough all my craft stuff to put a "kids craft" kit together for our vacation. A little of this and a little of that. All of this....and a couple of those. It keeps them busy in between activities and from driving us CRAZY! Last year I even took playdough...big mistake! Let's just say it cost us half of our down payment (Kristian + playdough + carpet = bye bye security deposit :(
Well, I'm off to wake the kids and take them to school. Everyone was in bed and asleep by 8:30pm last night(even Lauren)...so I shouldn't be met by grumpy sleepyheads.
I have to go to Ben's school early this morning for the annual volunteers breakfast. Should be fun. See y'all later...

weekend at a glance

by teresa
It has been such a busy weekend so far. Saturday morning the boys and I headed out early. Their Karate school had their annual kick-a-thon fundraiser. The participants kick (4) fifteen minute rounds. All the kicks have to be above the waist and also each have a chamber and a recoil(knee up...kick...knee back up...leg down). They also could do machine gun kicks(leg is extended up to the side and kicked repeatedly without placing back on the ground...very hard). They get a 15 minute break in between each round to stretch and drink a little gatorade. They get people to pledge an amount per kick. The boys had a great time and I even got to be a counter. Together the boys kicked 11,075 kicks. Man...were they beat when we got home!
Chris decided not to come with us. So he got several hours of alone time. Unfortunately it rained all day long...so he couldn't play with his basketball hoop. So he said he ended up watching 4 episodes of Dharma and Greg. Then he cleaned out the refridgerator and microwave...then vacuumed downstairs. I know....you are jealous right? I was very pleased...and I rewarded him greatly!! I got him a hot fudge sundae. What? You were thinking of something else? Like I said..the boys were so tired when we got home. They ate a late lunch and we ALL went upstairs and layed down. Okay...get ready to be jealous again....I took a three hour nap!! That's right! Chris got up and came downstairs when the boys got up. And I just kept on sleeping. When I woke up I felt like I had been run over by a train. Yes..I do have a great husband. But, as wonderful as he is...he still says things sometime that make me want to knock him upside his head. For instance...Friday night as we were walking into Carrabba's restaurant he leans down to me and says..."hey, you have a big, gray stripe on the top of your head...did you know that?" Grrrrr!
Then yesterday evening I had nuked me one of those weight watcher dinners. He walks by and says," wow...TWO PEICES of buttered toast...how many point are THOSE?" Grrrr! Then last night we were sitting on the couch watching tv and he kept blurting out.."DID YOU FART?" I'd be like...NO! Then a few minutes later he would ask again..."DID YOU FART? YOU DID DIDN'T YOU! TELL ME! I CAN SMELL IT!" Geesh! Leave me alone already!
Friday night was the big basketball game. The Heat vs. the Pistons. The Heat won...which makes me very happy. They will be starting the championship games (best of 7) next Thursday against the Mavericks. Sorry Melissa... but Phoenix lost last night to Dallas.
Today...after church...Katy brought over food to grill out. She bought everything and treated us to steak, hamburgers, hotdogs and baked potatoes. Yummy! Oh yeah...and one of those cheescake assortment platters. Thanks Katy!! We all enjoyed it so much!
Then Lauren and her friends came and everybody got in mom's pool. I think the kids will conk out good tonight. With a bellies full of red meat and pool water!
Chris says he is going to start his own blog. He says I have taken over this one and that when he posts something you guys are like....who cares...bring back Teresa! lol When he set it up back in August...I was terrified to post anything. I would write things and edit them over and over before posting. Now...this blog is a big part of my life. You guys are my friends...my for real friends. I look forward to hearing how your kids did in the big game....if your feeling good....if your house is clean...your trips to target...etc. Your lives mirrors my life. It's pretty cool. What in the world did I do before I had this outlet?
Hope you guys had a grat weekend...I'll look forward to reading about it all tomorrow morning. Until then....to infinity...and beyond! (we wathced Toy Story for the umpteenth time last night...can you tell?)

knucklehead!!

by teresa
I don't have time to chat right now...I have alot to talk about. but I'll catch up with you after church. I just thought I'd tell you something funny. Well...actually it isn't really funny. Just flipping ridiculous!! Lauren has lost her glasses AGAIN!! Can you believe it? Lucky for her....she is due for a new appointment. So I won't kill her all the way. Just a tiny bit of torture is coming to her. This will be her third pair of glasses in one year. I am so getting her one of these as punishment...and making her sport it everywhere she goes. hee hee

*tear*...*sniff*...*sniff*

by teresa

I had a good time at Katy's today. The kids were so good. Kai played with some kind of building sticks and Kaden crawled up in my arms and fell asleep for an hour. There is just nothing better in life than a baby asleep in your arms. I don't think I took my eyes off of her for the entire hour. Watching her cute little dream smiles and her nose wrinkle up when I kissed it. It reminded me of when Lauren was a baby. I would get up with her in the night so she could eat. I didn't have a chair in the room...so I would plop on the floor against the wall to feed her. I would sing to her as she ate (the mommy song) and she would fall asleep in my arms. I would sit like that on the floor for hours. Staring at her...tracing her face with my finger....over and over. Her full lips, each eye, her little turned up nose (my nanny's nose), down under her plump chin and neck. Memorizing each feature, her breathing rythmn, the sweet humming she made as she slept, her smell (I love that baby smell). At least I thought I was memorizing her. That little baby is so far away now. Sometimes I have to look at her old photo albums to bring that face...that precious little face to the front of my mind. It is harder for me to recall those special late night rendezvous. The looks she gave me. The smiles when I walked into her sight. I miss that terribly! In two weeks my "baby"...my little girl...will be a senior in high school. Where did the last 17 years go? Seriously...I want to know...I want them back! It makes me realize how quickly things change. And leaves me to cherish every single moment with the boys. While they are still little kids.

I remember the words from my favorite childrens book...I'll love you forever...by Robert Munsch
"I'll love you forever...
I'll like you for always...
As long as I'm living...
My baby you'll be".

So true...so true!

be back soon...

by teresa

Well..I gotta head out the door in a minute. Katy has to run an important errand (I'll discuss it later) so I am going to be her fill-in babysitter for a couple of hours. It's a pretty day..so maybe later I'll come home and do some yard work. I also need to run by Old Navy and take back a couple of things I bought for Lauren last week. So I'll see you later. While I'm out stop over and read what some of my favorite people are up to. Here...here...here...and here. Oh yeah...her and her are great too!

just another day at the Green's

by teresa
Last night I lay in the bed and read until I fell asleep. I was reading a sweet little book called...Lunch at the Picadilly. Anyway...I woke up a short time later and my reading light was still on. So being half asleep and too lazy to get up...turn around and flip it off. I tried to stretch/twist/extend my arm beyond any human capability up to the lamp to turn it off...all with my eyes closed. Well...it didn't go very well for me. I ended up knocking the lamp off the shelf and onto my head. The shade shot off and on to the floor, the bulb part hit my nose and went *poof*, then burned out. My nose was all sore and burned where the bulb hit it. Nice!
Then around 1:00am our electricity went out. Remember...we are a clan of FAN sleepers! We MUST have the fan on at all times during sleeping hours. So when the electricity goes out....making the fan cut off...we are all WIDE awake! A couple seconds after it went out I heard Lauren's bedroom door open. She comes busting (and I do mean busting....she hit the door so hard it flew back and hit the wall) in our room with a flashlight. Why in the world did she have a flashlight readily available in her room? Anyway...she was all....DADDY...THE ELECTRICITY IS OUT! We were like...okay....and? She looked outside our window and said it looked like everyone elses was out too. Well...of course it's going to look like that...it's 1:00am...everyone is asleep! Then she stumbled back to bed...about 30 minutes later the electricity came back on...and I drifted back into sleep.
This morning, despite the happenings in the night, I felt very refreshed when I woke up. I came downstairs...read my bible...got notes together for my Moms In Touch meeting this morning and then got the children up. I am leaving in a minute...then heading to do the security desk at Ben's school. The people are coming today to install the new basketball hoop. So the boys (especially Chris) are very excited. Unfortunately we have double karate lessons this evening...so they won't get much playing time outside today. You guys have a great day..and I'll catch up with you all this afternoon.