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Spring update

so....it's about that time of year again...for an update on our family.  we've been busy as usual.  so, where to begin?

Toby in the spacecraft that we got from uncle Howard/aunt Suzu about 2 years ago that we finally put together!

Macy, Harris, & Hunter on the Ohana class trip to the Zilker playground.

well...in the last few months, our wee guy had a birthday!  yes...Toby is now 3!  poor guy was so confused!  he had a birthday celebration at school on his 3rd birthday, the 28th of March.  then, that night, we had a "family" celebration at home.  and then on the 29th, we had a big birthday party at home.  most of his classmates came.  there was plenty of sugar!  and lots of running around and playing.  it was a great day! 

 

so...also this spring...BOTH little guys are doing gymnastics...and LOVING it.  Harris has amazing upper body strength.  it's kinda freaky! Toby loves it so much, that he's having a difficult time remembering on what piece of equipment on the circuit he's supposed to be on.  he just runs around and plays.  it's quite hilarious! 

we drove up to east Texas 2 weekends ago to hang with aunt Kelly's parents.  the boys had a blast fishing!  unfortunately, the fish weren't biting...much.  oh...and thanks to life jackets...cuz Toby fell into the lake.  the water was quite shallow, and we just reached in (thanks Kelly!) and pulled him out.  but it was quite cold.  Harris was reallllly into fishing...and Toby was reallly into taking his minnow "for a walk."  he kept pulling his fishing pole out of the water so he could touch the fishie.

this past weekend, we went to Houston to visit Aunt Gugi and Uncle Jay for Passover.  the boys had a blast "swimming" in the hot tub, riding their bikes, and hiking on the trail at Little Thicket park. 

back at home...Cindy's been working in her spare time (between her job and her classes at ACC) to replace the carpet in our 4 bedrooms with laminate flooring.  she's done 2 so far...and it's a great improvement!  we took the oppportunity to move the boys into the former office...so, now they are sharing a room.  Harris has done an awesome job of sleeping in his bed all night.  Toby..not so much.  must work on that!

AND....a big milestone for Harris....he lost his first tooth!  and had his first visit from the tooth fairy.  thanks so much Mere for the awesome tooth box!

that's about it for now...upcoming activities include cousin Drew's high school graduation in Breckenridge, CO over memorial day weekend; a trip to Port Aransas with our good friends, the Caldwells in early June; Harris starting JCC summer camp in mid-June...and finally...Harris will start kindergarten in August at the Austin Discovery School. 

Winter Update!

new pics posted in the November, December, and Green Family Pagan Winterfest 2007 albums.

November found us still doing soccer.  Harris realllllly loved it!  he did very well and had so much fun...right up until the last few games when the kids suddenly became buddies and then suddenly forgot what they were doing on the field and instead had a blast making each other laugh.  pretty hilarious to watch that progress!  we had thanksgiving in Houston with aunt Gugi/uncle Jay.  YUMMY!   oh...and we got a wii.  Cindy got guitar hero for her 41st birthday! 

In December, Chanukah came early...and we celebrated every night!  our friends, the Caldwells, came over and we ate latkes and chicken matzoh ball soup while the kids decorated their own menorahs.  Harris and Toby really enjoyed spinning the dreidel.  possibly they enjoyed the betting aspect a bit toooo much!  we also celebrated Christmas a bit early at the Caldwells' house.  it was great fun for both families to learn about each others' holidays and traditions!  at the end of the month, we met up with the rest of the Green family in Galveston for our annual Green Family Pagan Winterfest/Holiday on Ice celebration.  It was really awesome!  the kids realllly enjoyed the beach, even though the water was very cold!  so much fun just hanging with the family for 3 days!

no pics yet from January...hope to post some soon!

fall update

for the 3 of you who are still reading our blog...

we've been quite busy...and i've cleaned up the photo albums on the left side and uploaded pics from August, September, and October...to show you just how busy we've been!

August pics include our visit to Denver for Papa's 70th birthday.

September pics include our trip to Port Aransas, TX...where we went with our friends, the Caldwells.  this was our 2nd year with them...so, i'd venture to say it's our "annual" trip! 

October pics include everything from Harris' new endeavor...soccer(!!!) to two birthday parties for friends of Toby...to Halloween festivities.  you'll notice that we had two small ninjas begging for candy this year.  thankfully, the candy witch came to our house and stole our candy the next day, and left behind Halloween gifts!

Harris is 5

pics from Harris' 3 day 5th birthday celebration:

more Cancun pics

as promised....here are some of our Cancun pictures: 

Harris pics at school

we lent our camera to the interim assistant in Harris' class for 2 days earlier this week (wow...how current i am!).  she took the most amazing pics of all of the kids.  i just cannot get over how beautiful the kids in his class are.  anyway...i'm sharing a few of Harris' pics with you here:

Cancun June 2007

All photos "borrowed" from Jay/Gugi's stash of photos. Someday soon, I'll upload ours.

 

Goldie, 1993 - 2007

well....as usual, it's been quite a while.  since my last post, lots and lots of changes have occurred.  Toby turned 2 years old.  we got a kitten, and named her Nola.  and...just yesterday, we said goodbye to Goldie.  technically, the blog name should change to 2boys2moms1dog1cat, but i think for now, as a way to remember Goldie, we'll just stay as we are. 

Goldie Green was nearly 14 years old.  she'd been in my life since1994.  our meeting went something like this....

i'd been looking for a dog...had gone to the Town Lake Animal Shelter and the Humane Society...but hadn't found the right dog.  i was home alone that weekend....back at the house on Madison Ave, where i'd lived with Kelly and her sister Kim.  i read my horoscope, which told me to read the classifieds.  and so i did.  and i saw in the classifieds an ad for pet adoption day at the Petco closest to my gym.  so, i got dressed in workout clothes, thinking i'd just run by Petco on my way to the gym.  i never made it to the gym.  i got to Petco, and there were 3 dogs.  Goldie was one of them.  she was about 5 months old...and had been picked up wandering around the highways of South Texas.  i picked her up and she immediately put her head on my shoulder.  and we were a match!  and she was my first dog.  i brought her home to meet her brother Baskin.  Goldie and i were quite the pair...and we lived in many places together.  we lived temporarily with Delonda after Kelly and i sold our Madison Ave house.  then, we moved to New Orleans with Baskin and lived across the street from my childhood house on Nelson St..  then we moved back to Austin to Palo Duro Rd and lived next door to Pam/Don and Kathryn.  we walked a lot back then.  we moved to Avenue D with Cindy and Sandy.  and then we moved to Gerona Drive. 

Goldie was always a very timid dog.  when she was 2 years old, people would ask if she was an old dog.  when she was an old dog....she still had quite a bit of puppy in her when she'd chase squirrels in the backyard.  in her older days, we added children to the mix...and she never really cared for them.  Harris was good with her...he knew that she didn't really like kids, so either she'd leave the room when he became mobile or he'd just leave her alone.  Toby just couldn't leave her alone.  and she snapped a lot at him.  but it didn't scare us much...cuz as she aged, she lost more and more teeth to decay, although she had her teeth cleaned at least once a year, and sometimes twice a year. 

yesterday, we said goodbye to her.  she couldn't really see or hear any longer.  and her teeth were just a bit too much for her to bear.  and her body seemed to be in all sorts of pain.  she had spent most of the last few months sleeping on her bed in the laundry room.  it was a very difficult decision to say goodbye to my dear friend Goldie.  but i hope that she is no longer in pain. 

goodbye my friend.  i will always remember you, my first dog. 

Nov & Dec 2006 pics posted!

November and December 2006 pics are posted! 

you'll find pics from Thanksgiving in Denver with the Morans....and pics from both my mom's bday and the GreenFamilyPaganWinterfestHolidayOnIce in New Orleans.  and also...there are a few pics from Jordan's bris, though i didn't post anything graphic!  big congrats to Wendie and Rose on Jordan's birth!  he's sooooo adorable! 

today is day 3 of Austin Icefest 2007.  it's totally nuts.  the whole city's pretty much been shut down since Sunday night. we do have some ice/snow-ish stuff in our yard.  and it's not gotten over 30 degrees in the past 3 days.  as for me, no complaints....the boys and i have been having a great time.  Cindy's at work today, and she only put in about 3 hours a day the past few days.  the boys have been watching Jakers.  and i've been watching Arrested Development and reading some Jennifer Weiner (my first attempt at reading "girly" books in a loooong time!)  today...i've uploaded pics and will start doing some laundry soon....or not...

it will be quite hard to go to work tomorrow...thankfully it will only be 2 days of work before the weekend!

Toby's 2006 school pic