Disney World on July 27th

FINALLY Blogging it! Happy 7th Birthday to my kiddos! We went to Disney World on their birthday. They got in free and was given these birthday pins to where during the day. I set my alarm to go off at 10:30 so I could take their picture at the time each turned 7 exactly. I may have already written about this. I remembered the time change so I set my alarm for 9:30. Dummy Dummy Dummy Me! Florida is an hour ahead not behind. So I ended up taking their picture 2 hours early. phooey!I love this picture of my family. I only wish I could have been in it.





We had a super time at Disney. We went with their cousins. Only cousin missing is Kaitlin.



My very favorite ride was the Buzz Light year ride. I don't know what it was called, but we shot at targets. It was lots of fun. I got a couple of pictures.

It rains in Florida just about everyday. It helps to cool things down. Before we went into the park, I ran into Target and bought some rain ponchos. We didn't even need them. It did rain, but we happened to have been eating lunch at that time. Lunch was excellent! They gave our kids Winnie the Pooh bears as birthday gifts and cupcakes with candles.






Nana and Papa came for 1/2 the day. They left after lunch.
It was nice having the cousins with us. Ashley and Karley went on all the rides together. I was usually with one of the boys and Greg would take the other one.

As you can see I skipped this ride and Greg rode with both of the boys. It was probably right after I got off the tea cup ride with Aussie.
I rode the tea cup ride with Aussie. He wanted to go fast fast fast. We were flying we were going so fast. And I was sick sick sick after getting off of it. I was NOT going to ride it again, but somehow little one talked me into it.

I took Ashley on the race cars. AND she will NOT be getting her license until she is at least 16!
She said, "Aaaaa I can't control this thing!"


The kids loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. All of them bought swords or guns and they had a GREAT time fighting with this guy outside the ride. He was good sport. They kept coming back and back, but he kept playing with them.

We tried to leave before the big crowd left, but it didn't happen. We were stuck in lines waiting for the trolley to take us to our car. The kids were terribly tired. Greg ended up carrying 2 of them. Mason was a trouper!!!! He would have loved to been carried but he stayed awake and walked the whole way. We presented him with $3.00 the next day for being such a good sport.

First day of Co-op

It has been crazy busy in the Greene household. Friday was the first day of co-op. I am teaching 3rd and 4th grade World History.

I took the annual first day of school picture and as you can tell they are jumping for joy.
They were not happy one bit about having assigned seats in their class.

Mason gave me a sweet big smile anyway.

The kid sitting next to Aussie tried to change the name tags around so he could sit next to his friend.

I know it is a good thing for them to be seperated, but it did break my heart a bit when Mason said that the other 2 got to at least be at the same table.

Then Ashley and Aussie had ballet. I looked all over for a leotard that would look good on a boy. I found one that had kind of shorts on it with sequence. I thought I would just take off the sequence. But he didn't like it, he thought it looked like a girl. So I bought him a regular leotard. I didn't see it until he put it on at school. Now it did look girlish. I put a black t-shirt underneath- but yikes! It didn't help that his sister yelled out in the hallway, you look like a girl. So I talked to his teacher, and told her I was uncomfortable with what he had to wear and asked if I could change it. So I bought him shorts and a shirt.

They both love that class so much. Emily is young but a great teacher.

While they were in ballet, Mason played some games. They have a really cool game room. Unfortunately, we were told we are not to play in there anymore, because the preschool downstairs couldn't get their children to sleep during that hour.

My class went fine, but it was really crazy! It took me at least 20 minutes just to get the boys to sit down. We ran out of time and I was basically throwing papers at them at the end. But I have gotten feedback from several of the kids saying they love my class. So I'm glad about that. I asked for help next week, so I think it will go smoother. AND the teacher ahead of me is going to put them girl/boy/girl/boy assigned seating next week and they will have to stay that way for my class. :)

I got my haircut.

I got my hair cut and colored. I haven't had my hair colored in YEARS. I love the color!

Mason took these pictures.

You ask- does Greg like it? He says he does, but right now he is mad at me because I ran out the door and forgot my cell phone. It normally takes 1 hour to cut my hair when I have it cut every 6 weeks and it had been since September. Plus getting it colored too. It took at least 2.5 hours. He was worried. But still I was hoping for WOW! And not the kind of WOW that means that looks different. I wanted the WOW-you look sexy. {from my husband}

Locks of Love

I am so very proud of my 7 year old daughter! Today she donated 10 inches of hair to Locks of Love.

AND... she got a little pink strip put into her hair. It will wash out after 4 shampoos.

She LOVES it! I think she is so cute too! The timing was perfect! We have been talking about this for a long time. And typically she is terrible with change! I remember when I got my haircut short, for MONTHS she would cry at bed time and say I want my old Mommy back. So I wasn't sure how she was going to do with this. She waivered back and forth saying, "I'm not sure if I'm ready." But yesterday, her friend Abby asked her to spend the night tonight. Abby has a cute short haircut, much like what Ashley got. And Ashley said, I want to surprise Abby and get my haircut before I see her tomorrow night. So you bet, I made it happen today. She's got the support of her friend and that makes all the difference. Oh and she is such a diva at the beauty salon. She loves it! And everybody was doting over her.

Tomorrow, I get my hair cut. I'm excited! I haven't had my hair cut since September. Greg is a little freaked out! He said if I would allow my daughter to get a pink strip in HER hair, what will I allow them to do with mine. And since he won't read this before I go...I let you in on the secret.

I'm going darker. About 2 shades darker. I've never really been a brunette. I'm so excited! We talked about a very "light"-that is not the right word..."mellow" is not quite right either but a very mellow redish highlight. But I think I will pass on that. I'm not sure how I'm getting it cut. I'm torn. I like the fact that I can put my hair in a ponytail, but I also really like a haircut much like Ashley's. Wish me luck!

Their last day being 6 years old

Alright, I guess I will have to post out of order because I keep forgetting to get the first half of our trip's pictures off of Greg's PC. So this was Sunday, July 26.

I found this gorgeous dress at Goodwill for $6.00. I couldn't resist. I thought I might be able to get some good pictures in the church bathroom since it was the same color as her dress. But as Ashley pointed out here she said, "Look I'm camoflaged!"
I still kind of like these pictures by the mirror though.

After church we ate at Barnacle Bills. I was disappointed that they didn't make the chicken salad on a croissant on the weekends. Honestly, several years ago I had ordered this and that is how I came to even like chicken salad in the first place. When I noticed it was not on the menu, I asked the waitress about it. She said, that they only serve it on the week days and that she wasn't even able to put it into the system for them to make it on Sunday. They didn't have much on the menu that was not seafood. And since I am allergic to seafood, that made it quite difficult for me to find something. I said I would have chicken fingers, but I really didn't want them. So I decided to ask the manager about it, not that I was angry, but disappointed. And lo and behold...Guess What? All of a sudden it was available! Hey it doesn't hurt to ask! So I got my chicken salad on a croissant and it was yummy!

Greg wanted a picture of the brown-eyed Greens, but Mason was much too silly and kept making faces. As you can see in this picture, he couldn't even stand still.

After lunch we went to visit a graveyard where many of Greg's relatives are buried. It is a VERY beautiful graveyard! Every day for the last 3 months or so Ashley has been praying that she could see MeMaw again. We told her we will see her someday when we all get to Heaven. But she kept praying to see her before that point. So specifically we wanted to show Ashley MeMaw's grave, maybe hoping for some resolution. Ashley has stopped praying that, so maybe it worked. The boys on the other hand had no interest. I think Mason's comment was, "You mean we are standing on top of their dead bodies?"
Effie is Greg's Grandma who died 2 years before he was born. Effie made a scrapbook, which we got to bring home with us this last trip. When I first saw this scrapbook over 13 years ago, I felt like I knew her. Her scrapbook is one of the main reasons I got into scrapbooking.

I found this gorgeous spot there that I thought I could take a few pictures. The mosquitoes were rampant though, so I had to take my pictures fast.

And on our way out, Greg wanted me to take a picture of this angel with the trees in the background. I didn't really get what he saw in it at first. I took a couple of pictures, showed him and then he got out of the car and took several more. I'm glad he did. He took this picture and I can now see the beauty of what he was talking about.

Then we went home and packed for Disney World. I wanted to get to our hotel so that we could swim. But unfortunately the pool was outdoors and it had been storming. But we did get to see a rainbow. And this is the first time Ashley had gotten to see one. There was actually 2 but the 2nd one was really hard to see.


Here is Aussie snuggling with his CatLink blanket. He LOVES it and he was SO surprised to see his character on the blanket.

And here is Ashley taking a picture with her new BRIGHT PINK camera. She is a shutterbug just like her Mama!

And here is Mason in his new Pokemon shirt. I think he would wear it everyday if I let him.

OK that's it for now!

Project Morning person begins

We are back from our wonderful trip to Florida! Nana gave the kids a fabulous birthday party! And we went to Disney World on their actual birthday! I have tons and tons of pictures to edit and post. I will try to do a blog entry per day we were gone. All my pictures are on Greg's computer, so I need to get them transfered on here.

Today starts project Morning Person. My goal is to go to bed by 11:00PM and get up at 7:00AM.

School starts next week and I have LOTS and LOTS of preparing to do.

Please pray that I can become a morning person and also be able to get my class syllabus completed by next weekend.