Valentine's Day 2011



Grayson






Kaitlyn

    Just wanted to add some photos from our Valentine's Day this year...

Strawberry Cupcakes

Zac



Brayden


The day before Valentine's day we went to our new Texas Roadhouse for a Valentine's family lunch (minus Zac because he went to a friends house to play but we brought him home some peanuts and ribs).  It was surprisingly good.  We lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico for nearly 2 years so we have had authentic southwest BBQ and are sometimes hard to please.  We loved the atmosphere at the Texas Roadhouse and the food was good.  Brayden and PaPa enjoyed throwing peanuts at each other.  Kaitlyn and I loved our Cherry Limeades (which I used to drink all the time in Albuquerque).  A very fun time but we missed Zac.  And I'm glad we went out as a family instead of getting a sitter and going out just the 2 of us.  We rarely go out to eat so this was such a treat.

More of my songs...

I forgot to add some important songs from our life in my previous post.  I have songs for each child.  When Kaitlyn was born we called her Kaitlyn Snowflake and sang the Suzie Snowflake song to her but with her name instead.  Zac came along and I sang the Rubber Ducky song for him but it went like this..."Wacky Zachy you're the one, you make my life so much fun, Wacky Zachy I'm awfully fond of you!"  Brayden's song is sung to Davy Crockett..."Brayden, Brayden Noah, King of the Wild Frontier!"  Brayden and I also have a little duet that goes like this...Me: Brayden  Him: What, What, What?  Me: Brayden   Him: What, What, What?  Me:  Brayden  Him:  What, What, What?  Me: King of the Wild Frontierrrr-ah!   To which he promptly replies "tier".  Meaning it's just frontier, not frontier-ah.  Now Grayson doesn't really have one special song yet.  When he had Roseolla,  it was  - "Spotty Gray Green, Spotty Gray Green, he's the meanest baby I've ever seen".  He's only 13 months old so there is still time for him to have his own song.

The Singing Greens

     I've always loved to belt out a good tune.  Whether it was a show tune, nursery rhyme, Bon Jovi- it didn't really matter.  I just really love to sing and have always wanted to be a singer.  However, the talent wasn't quite there.  Now my singing as been put on my family.  Kaitlyn goes right along with me and has apparently inherited my singing, song belting genes.  The boys...not so much.  And Jason has always just rolled his eyes at me.  From the time Kaitlyn was 2 she has been creating some great songs.  Her first masterpiece was "Standing on a Skateboard".  She would sing it like this...Standing on a skateboard looking at the sky-eye....with an extra emphasis on the last "eye".  And then she would rock on my Boppy that I had for Zac and sing..Seesaw seesaw over this time...over this time.  While playing with her Little People garage with her Dad she belted out...I'm on the phone so leave me alone...while the Little Person was on the garage phone.  We also had our bathtime song to make washing her hair a little more enjoyable..."At the beauty saloahoahon...with much emphasis on the "on" in salon.  While driving her to school in first grade we made up a great diddy about the crossing guard we called, Flicker.  "Flicker, flicker,flicker, flicker flicked us in, flicked us right on in...Flicker, flicker, flicker,flicker flicked us in, flicked us right on in...He flicked us into the parking lot...flicked us right on in...OH, Flicker, flicker, flicker, flicker flicked us in flicked us right on in".  And then there was the time (again while driving Kaitlyn to school) that Zac asked when it would be Halloween...I belted out..."We gotta get through winter, next comes spring, then we'll see what summer brings, next comes fall, we'll have a ball because it's Halloween...CHA CHA (with hand motions).  One time Zac was so upset over the sippy cup I gave him and I started singing "It doesn't matter what you drink from, it's just juice (it's just juice), it doesn't matter what you drink from, it's just juice (it's just juice), it doesn't matter what you drink from , it's just JUUiicce, It doesn't matter what you drink from...It's just JUICE".  I can't quite capture the true show tuney nature of these songs without the music to them.  They are masterpieces.  We have one for pork as well that I believe Kaitlyn and Zac made up...."Momma made pork, yum...momma made pork, yum...gotta get it ready for your tummy, gotta get it ready for your tummy...Momma made pork, yum".  I also like to belt out a good "take me out to the ballgame" every now and then too and my new fave is "Clang clang clang goes the trolley, ring ring ring.....".  Like I said, it kind of drives Jason nuts but it's really fun and the songs have stayed with us over the years.  The crossing guard song and Fall song were created over 5 years ago and we still sing them.  We still see Flicker everyday as well and the tune always comes to mind.  Now Kaitlyn and Zac have their own IPods and they prefer to sing their songs but as long as there is singing going on, I don't mind.  Gotta love a good tune!

Spotty Gray Green

Spotty Gray Green, Spotty Gray Green, He's the meanest baby I've ever seen!

One word...Roseola.  You would think that by my fourth child I would be ok with this virus.  However, Gray took the cake with this one.  On Friday February 4th he developed a fever and it went as high as 104.2!!!!  I have never seen that high of a temp in any of my kids.  Scary.  So we started alternating Ibuprofen and Acetametaphin.  He continued with the fever through the weekend.  Finally on Monday the fever went away and the typical rash appeared.  However, once again Gray took the cake with the rash as well.  He was covered from the top of his head to his toes with spots.  Even though I was pretty sure it was just a virus I called the Pediatrician on Monday to be seen.  But for the first time in my 10 years with this practice, they couldn't get me in.  The nurses called several times reassuring me that it really sounded like the Roseola virus.  On Tue. he was still miserable so I called again and got an appointment.  Sure enough he was diagnosed with Roseola.  A very common childhood (most common between the ages of 6 months and 24 months) virus.  I remember vividly when Kailtyn had this virus as well.  And Jason and I vaguely recall Zac and Brayden having this as well.  Along with this virus comes an extremely foul mood.  Gray was just plain mean.  He began to scream at me whenever he wanted something.  If you took something away from him that he shouldn't have (like my IPhone) he frowned, grunted and ended with a stern scream at you.  He charged you like a bull, crawling as fast as he could and then head butting your tummy.  Basically this Roseola changed my sweet calm baby into a screaming aggressive monster.  We began calling him Spotty Gray Green and followed it up with-he's the meanest baby I've ever seen.  He has been well now for about 5 days now.  But the lasting effect from this dreaded Roseola is the change in my sweet babies temperament.  He wants what he wants immediately and lets you know it! 





Father/Daughter Dance 2011

So Friday February 11 was the annual Indian Princess Father/Daughter dance.  This one was particulary emotional for me.  For one, we had to shop in the Junior section for Kaitlyn's dress.  And another, she is now one of the older girls at the dance (I felt like she was the youngest for so long).  And finally, next year in 7th grade, the real boy/girl dances begin.  She was so excited for this dance and it made me so happy that she still really looked forward to it.  Now back to the dress.  I was clueless on where to go.  It seems the past couple years Justice has been the store of choice.  But Justice is no longer cool.  She only shops at Aeropostale (sp?), Hollister and American Eagle (she would shop at Abercrombie as well if it didn't cost a fortune).  And as for shoes, she only wears Uggs (she has 5 pairs!) and sneakers for basketball and gym.  So it was quite a challenge this year.  We started at Macy's and it was a bust.  We then ventured to H&M and it seems as if this store creates their clothes for extremely tall women (not that theres anything wrong with being extremely tall, my dear sister in law Kris is a whopping 6 foot and could be a model!).  Finally we went to Boscov's in the Social Dresses section in Juniors.  And we scored a beautiful dress.  She fell in love with it instantly and thankfully so did I.  Her Gramy just had to remove some scratchy material underneath the skirt and she was good to go.  I just got her a pair of silver flats from Target.  After school we went and got her nails done and they looked beautiful.  It was only $6 for a painting and they even put pretty little silver designs on 2 of her nails.  So she showered, I curled her hair and put a little make up on and she was transformed into a beautiful young woman right before my eyes!  Her Daddy brought her home a beautiful bouquet of little lillies and daisies.  He quickly got ready, made sure he had enough cash for the cash bar (for her shirly temples and his beers!), took lots of pictures and they were off for their night of fun.  The dance was at the Concord Country Club and the buffet was a breakfast for dinner theme!  Very cool...there were omelets, french toast sticks, sausage and bacon and cupcakes for dessert.  The girls danced and played hide and seek and Jason and Kaitlyn were home by 9:45pm.  Now that's my kind of dance.  I love the innocence and sweetness of it.  And I love how much Jason and Kaitlyn still enjoy it.  Jason asked her if this would be their last year.  And Kaitlyn quickly said No way, we are going next year too.  I just hope and pray that next year at this time she still feels the same way.  A lot of girls end their Indian Princess days after 6th grade.  Bittersweet.  Why do they grow up so fast?

The Green Family...EST 1997...a little about us!

Hi we are the Greens from PA.  I am Lauren and I have been wanting to start a blog for quite awhile now.  My brother, Dave, has given me the inspiration to start.  I would like to be able to chronicle the events in our family so that I have something to show my children and look back on.  I am 40 years old and married to Jason (lucky guy is 39).  We have been married nearly 14 years, how does that happen?  It goes by in a blink.  We have 4 little blessings- Kaitlyn, Zac, Brayden and Gray.  Kaitlyn is 11 1/2, Zac is almost 9, Brayden is almost 4 and Gray just turned 1.  Life is crazy and hectic and I yell too much.  But I love the life I have!   So here we go with the Greens!