First Day of Kindergarten

Today was their FIRST day of Kindergarten!! And the first day of co-op. Their teacher is Mrs. Robin. She is very sweet. They learned about Brazil and the children who live in the rain forest. They made masks-(hmmm I should have gotten pictures. I guess I'll do that tomorrow).

Austin and Mason said it was fun except for when they went outside. They said the playground was for babies. And Ashley said class was boring. I'm sure that will change.

Poor Mason had a bug bite on his eyelid, which made it swell up really big. I gave him Benadryl and it actually looks tons better.

Tomorrow is their Pirate birthday party with their friends. It should be really cute!

So many decisions to make...like what should they wear. It has to be comfortable, cool and color coordinate (the 3c's).

I have to say I am really looking forward to seeing baby Jack Jack in a pirate outfit. Jack is Renee's son (Page's baby brother). Page is the little girl diva, who all the kids fawn over, including mine.

Oh by the way I'm 100% better! Thank you for your prayers!

sick

Well the "ho hum" feeling went away and I got REALLY YUCKY sick. I'm hoping I'm on the mend now. The kids have their first day of school at the co-op tomorrow and I need to be well!

My Mom just called and told me that a tornado just went over their house and that they are all fine. I asked if there was any damage. She said, yes but she hadn't been out to see it yet.

Greg took Aussie to the ENT today and it looks like everything is fine. So that is good news.

Please take a minute and pray for me right now. Thank you!

Ho Hum

I am dragging today! I've got so much to do and I'm having a hard time doing any of it. Why do I want to sleep all day? I got enough quality sleep. Actually, I think our family is trying to fight off a little bug. At least 3 of us have had stomach issues. (not terrible but enough to make you feel a little queasy)

I really want to go to a GNO tonight, but with 3 of my friends being pregnant, maybe it's not such a good idea to go.

hmmm...pray that I get out of this ho hum feeling and start feeling good!

Thanks!

SPA and train table

I need to go to bed, but I just don't want to. Tonight was WONDERFUL! I went to my last P.O.T.A.T.O (parents of twins and triplets organization) meeting. Tonight was SPA night.





I started out with a wonderful massage. Then soaking my feet and topped it off with some wonderful "fruit smelling" foot lotion (not that anyone is going to smell my feet). Then a facial with Mary Kay, then a parafan (sp?) wax on my hands, fingernails painted, another relaxing cleansing facial from Beauti Control that is very relaxing and then another massage. And all of this with a chocolate fountain.





What a way to end my time there. I'm leaving because my children have gotten older and I just really don't need the group anymore. And since I never get to any of the events, then why should I spend my money on a membership? It was a great group to be in, but I think my time is up.


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I've cleaned up the school room and we are just about ready to start school on Friday. I need to hang up a frame and get rid of the train table in there.

By the way I am selling the train table. Anybody want it? I'm selling it for $50.

Passwords

I LOVE THIS!!

So each of the children have a "password" to get onto each others beds.

Mason's is ..... God is Love.
Aussie's is....... God is Real.
Ashley's is........ God is Alive.

They came up with these!!!

They are precious in His sight!!

Wildest dreams

Let's talk about dreams........

Tell me what you would like to do "someday".

Here are some of my dreams....

1. I will go to Ireland
2. I will go to Paris and see the fireworks on New Year's Eve over the Eifel tower.
3. I will be a great teacher.
4. I will sit in the front row (or whatever the best seat is) of my husband's musical on Broadway.
5. I will spend a week at Disney World and stay in one of the luxurious hotels there.
6. I will move into a bigger house that has a room for each child, guest room and 2 offices and a big master bedroom and a place for family to stay (is that called MIL quarters?).
7. I will have a housecleaner that also likes to cook.
8. I will live debt free.

So what are your wildest dreams?

beds.

AY ay ay! My boys are sleeping in bunk beds!

Greg and the kids put the beds together today while I napped. They finally "agreed" that Mason would sleep on the bottom all the time and Austin will be on the top. Ashley is not feeling very special right now. So if it is affordable I would like to get her one of those things (don't know what it is called) that hangs down from the ceiling made out of light see-thru material. (Kind of like a princess bed)

I went scrapbooking yesterday and had a fun fun time. I can't believe I was there for about 12 hours and hardly got anything done!! It sure was nice to be with friends though!!!

And now as usual I am typing this up in the wee early hours of the morning, so I guess I better go to bed too.

On the Farm

On our way to Chic-Fil-A tonight we passed a barn with some horses. There was an advertisement for McDonald's on the roof of the barn, which I had not seen until I looked on our way home. Austin had asked me why McDonald's was on that barn. I said, "I don't know...Did you see McDonald's somewhere?" Well then Mason piped in and said, "Maybe the song is right! Maybe it is Old McDonald's Farm!"

Thought that was cute and had to share. Good night!

Family and Birthday

SO much to share! I wonder if I can fit all these pictures I resized on here. Let's see...

Friday was the kiddos birthday. Gramma, Grandpa, Uncle John and Aunt Beth came to visit. They took the kids to Build- A-Bear for their birthday present. The kids loved it! Ashley got a kitten and named her "CAT", Mason got a penguin and named him "PENGUIN" and Aussie got a bunny and named her "HELLO BUNNY".

We ate lunch at Opry Mills mall. The kids ate Burger King and I had the BEST salad from Chili's.

This picture is of my Mom and Ashley.

Everyone pottyed before leaving the mall. So on our way home I hear with an urgent cry, "I have to go to the bathroom!" Crud! What do I do? I'm literaly STUCK in trafic! I can't pull over, the exit is at least a mile away with bumper to bumper trafic going 10-15mph. I said, "Can you hold it?" "NO---Turn around and go back" Yah right! Well all I can say is Thankfully they made it to WalMart!

On the way to Wal Mart, I talked to the kids about what cake we would get. I said that we were only getting one cake and we all had to agree on it. We all agreed on a dinosaur cake. But when we got there they didn't have it. URRRR! So the debate continued. It was REALLY cute listening to them pick the cake. They really picked up on using the word "agree". The conversation was something like this:

"I agree on this one"

"I don't agree on that one but I agree on this one"

"Do you agree with this one?"

"Aussie agrees on this one and I agree too."

" I can agree on that one."

"We can all agree on this one."

(of course it went on a lot longer than this)

In the evening Mom and Beth made yummy Sirloin Tips and Salad for dinner. Then we had CAKE! I L O V E birthday cake!!!! I'm glad it is all gone or I would eat and eat and eat! We sang Happy Birthday to each child separately. They each picked out their own candles at the store.

They were spoiled with presents! Mason got this hamburger toy from Gramma. You know Mason is all about some food!

But one of their favorite toys were the Littlest Petshop pets. They put them in the train and dragged them all around. They all played so nicely together. I was so happy they were sharing with everything they got. Saturday they got up early and played and played and played!

We went swimming Saturday at Mom and Dad's hotel. The kids did great. They all were swimming by themselves with life jackets on. Mom got pictures but I was in the pool so I didn't get any.

Then Sunday morning after first service my family had to leave to go back to Ohio. So we took some pictures before they left. This is my Mom and Dad.

This is Aunt Beth with Mason. Does he look like he belongs to her with those big brown eyes?

This is my brother John and Beth with the kids.

Uncle John with Aussie

Uncle John with Mason

Mom hugging Mason

And my FAMILY! Aussie is holding up his doors. Yes, he is back into wanting doors again.

I love them! They don't stay long enough when they come.

Birthday Party Re-Scheduled

OK- I decided to re-schedule the kids' birthday party. There were at least 3 other events going on the same day and I only had 1 YES. So it is re-scheduled for August 11.

My family is coming in town today, so we will have a nice family birthday party on this Saturday.

To my friends who read this blog...I only invited kids/families of kids close in age to mine. I don't want to leave anyone out if you want to come. Just let me know. I would rather ask than to have someone think, "Why is she inviting me?"

We will have a fun treasure hunt, they will pick up pieces along the way and by the end of the game each will have a pirate outfit on.

It will be lot's of fun!!!

Smart Alec!

My Almost 5 year old boy who starts with an "A" is a real smart alec!!

So Aussie says: Mom, do you sell Littlest Pet Shop Books yet?
Me: No, sorry honey my company doesn't sell those books.
Aussie: Why not?
Me: Because we sell good educational and fun books.
Aussie (using what he has heard me say several times): You sell books kids LOVE to read?
Me: Yes. Good educational and fun books.
Aussie: Well I love to read Littlest Pet Shop, Thomas and Rugrats!

A Word of Advice!

One must check stuffed animals for holes BEFORE washing them.

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As I was sewing "Pirouette" back up, Ashley was telling me that Pirouette does not like my nails squeezing her and that it hurts her when the needle goes through her. I tried to explain that she will be MUCH happier when she is fixed. But Ashley proceeded to then TALK for Pirouette...

Ow.... OW.... OW.... (with every prick of the needle)

Simplicity

I've finally got a layout done in time to submit to the OLW (One Little Word) challenge. The word this time is SIMPLICITY! So without further ado here is my layout...

The journaling around the layout reads:

*This is everything in my life that is simple.

*Every picture on this page represents the simplicity in my life.

*Triplets (do not)= simplicity.

*Our life is extremely full, this layout shows Everything in our lives that is simple.

*My life (does not)= simplicity.

*But we do enjoy life.

This and That

Well so far so good. Aussie is eating. So hopefully the medicine took care of it. Thank you for your prayers!

Oh last week sometime, we met Dana and her kids at the zoo. I love these 2 pictures. The first one is waiting for Dalton to come back from the bathroom and the 2nd is them racing off to the playground.

And the kids are getting more comfortable with Kiki. I can't say that I am, but here are 2 pictures of my scardy cats now holding Kiki. Even Mason doesn't want to get rid of her. They all say they love her and then they torture her by putting her in boxes and trapping her under clothes baskets. I'm surprised they haven't thought to put clothes on her yet. I know I did that with my dog, "Buffy". And I would stroll her around in a stroller. I'm sure it won't be long.

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Oh Today Aussie had another funny! I decided to get the kids another Rugrat movie. There is a thrift store nearby that I can usually get old videos for $1.00. Unfortunately, it has a new owner and they had no movies. So we walked up to Goodwill and found a few good movies. So today, Aussie said, "Mom have you changed your mind about Rugrats? Do you like them now?" And I said, "No, I still don't like them, but I think you are old enough now to know what is right and wrong." And Aussie said, "Yes your right, these videos can be for Kindergarten. We can watch them and then tell you what they do wrong in them." HA HA HA! So all you other homeschooling Moms...have you incorporated Rugrats into your curriculum?

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Then tonight Austin wanted some milk. So I gave him some with a lid on it and he said, "I'm going to enjoy this milk upstairs." I just thought that was really cute how he said that.

LOOK!

WOW! I have an incredible Secret Sister! This is amazing. Look what she sent...

These are all easy readers for the kids for homeschooling. How exciting!

And she sent me this great book of Stories from the Heart. I haven't read any of it yet, but it is full of wonderful authors. I look forward to some time to relax and be uplifted with these stories.

My Secret Sister has been so awesome! I'm gonna have to step it up on the one I have.

BTW Secret Sister....Honestly, I probably wouldn't read the CM book. So go ahead and sell it on Ebay. Thanks for asking.

The "perfect" song

Yesterday, Greg was watching the children and they were putting on a show for him. He made a little stage out of a laundry basket and some big blocks. Ashley would hide behind the play house and would shout out, "Now presenting Ashley Greene." Then she would get out and sing a couple of songs, like Doe a deer and Row row row your boat. Then she would take a bow and say "Thank you Thank you".

Next she would say, "Now presenting the magnificent Mason Greene". Mason would come out and do a song and everyone (Daddy) would clap.

Then Ashley presented Austin. Austin got up there and did a little dance, swaying his arms in front of him side by side. And he sang, "poo poo and pee pee yuck...poo poo and pee pee yuck." Well Greg started booing him off the stage. Austin was NOT too happy about being booed off the stage. And asked Greg seriously, Why he was booing him. And Greg said it was a gross song or something like that. But Austin again very seriously and offended said, "But this is a very important song! It teaches you not to pee or poop on the floor." (hmmmmm...Gayle and Steve does this sound like anyone you know? "swallowfish dive") So Greg reconsidered and let him finish his song on stage.

Greg told this to me and I just died laughing! This is SO MUCH like what Greg would have done when he was little.

Busy busy busy

Hello out there!

What a VERY busy day! I left the house at 8AM and didn't get home until 4:30PM.

The kids started soccer camp today. They are so cute. Tomorrow I will have to take some pictures.

Today, I signed them up for Co-op. School starts August 10th. Ay ay ay! But their class looks really fun. I will be helping with 5th grade Science.

I had an errand to run downtown, so we had lunch with Greg at Wendys.

Then I dropped off some books in Brentwood.

Then we went to Target to get the kids' soccer balls and look at ALL the toys they want for their birthday.

Then even though I really didn't want to be out in the heat, I took the kids to Edmondson Library playground.

I was SO tired and just wanted to go home.

Then I went out to Panera Bread for a MNO. I was hoping someone would show up, but she didn't. So I was slightly bummed, but it was still nice to be out.

But then I came home to a husband who had a scowl on his face. I knew exactly what that was for....I forgot my cell phone at home. I didn't realize it until I was on my way home.

I want to go to bed, but I think I need to do dishes.

The Incredibles

On Tuesday I took the kids to OpryMills Mall to see Rugrats. The kids loved it, but I hadn't felt so antsy to get out of a movie in a long time.

I wanted to check out the Disney Outlet store for Birthday present ideas. When we got there they were having a semi-anual sale. The prices were "incredible"! So I let the kids buy Incredible PJ's/costumes since they were only $2.99 each. They REALLY wanted to put them on and I said they could put them on in the car. But Austin said, "Then can we come back in?" I said, "No." And he said, "But then NOBODY will see us!" I said, "OOOOOOHHHH". So I took them into the bathroom and let them put them on. It was the funniest thing ever! And I (who nearly never is without my camera) pulled it out and took pictures. Everybody got a hoot out of it! And I went back later that night and got several birthday presents!

Awww!

The cutest thing happened yesterday.

We went by Scrapin' Memories and I picked up several of my layouts that had been on display. Tammy had several big frames that she bought from a store going out of business thatwould be perfect for homeschooling. You just click in a poster board and shut the frame around it. When I saw them I asked her if she didn't need all of them if I could buy one from her. So yesterday she let me buy one. So I had a big pile of stuff that I was putting into the car.
Ashley said, "You got a lot of scrapbooking!"
And Austin said, "You deserve it Mom!"

AWWWWWW!!!!!

Thank you SS!

Look at these WONDERFUL things my Secret Sister sent to me. Thank you SO MUCH!

I LOVE paper! Why do I love paper so much? I don't know. But my kids love it too. And this stack from my SS is JUST for ME! Maybe since it looks like a little book they won't notice that it's actually blank paper!

And look at this cool Devotional Book. I didn't have anything yet for our daily devotions. This will be perfect!

Thank you again! I truly appreciate them!