Triplets Plus One = Four Times the Fun

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

16 Months

Sixteen months. That's how long it has been since I last posted an entry. It wasn't an intentional thing. Life's been busy and to be honest I wasn't sure what to write about...what people would care to read about. I started this blog to keep family and friends up to date as we navigated our way through the pregnancy with the triplets. I kept it going because I enjoyed the process of reflecting and writing and liked having various parts of our family's life "on record." I have had fun reading back over my entries, having my memory jogged to times that already seem so long ago.

I have no idea if anyone checks in here anymore. I guess it doesn't really matter. Time passes quickly - too quickly these days. Even if mine are the only eyes that ever see this entry I know I won't regret having my memory jogged to these precious times.

Annie
Age: 4

Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Food: Mac & Cheese

Other Favorites and Interests: Unicorns, ballerinas, coloring, dresses, nightgowns, animals (dogs and horses in particular), all things Frozen, lending a helping hand, Karate, swimming

Eli

Age: 4

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Food: Mac & Cheese and corn casserole

Other Favorites and Interests: The Polar Express, trains, Batman, Legos, singing Christmas carols, drawing, Karate, swimming

Mikie

Age: 4

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Food: Pepperoni Pizza

Other Favorites and Interests: Marble ramps, Superman, playing the iPad, getting people to laugh, Magnatiles, Karate, swimming

Josie

Age: 2

Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Food: French Fries

Other Favorites and Interests: "New-new nightgowns," dresses, princesses, baby dolls, peeing in the potty, Peppa Pig, singing

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Easter 2013

Easter was a lot of fun this year. We hosted dinner and were thrilled to have a nice group of family and friends that joined us. The kids enjoyed the secular side of things...coloring and hunting for Easter eggs and opening their Easter baskets. We'll have to work a little harder next year to make sure they know there is another (more important) side to all of that!

The kids did a great job with their eggs!

They did all their own dying and decorating...

Annie's eggs

Mikie's eggs (not surprisingly most of his ended up on the floor, broken)

Eli's eggs

Josie looking mighty cute in her first Easter dress

Dinner

The hunt!

Happy Easter!

Spring!

(I warned you these would be out of order!)

We had a fun and busy spring. The kids were bursting at the seams, ready to get outside, and I ready for them to get outside too!

We enjoyed discovering sticks...

and playing in the sandbox...

and riding our bikes.

We enjoyed a visit from Nana, Poppy, KJ, Cara and Henry. Poppy and Bobby (and Mikie) worked hard to turn this...

into this!

We tried new haircuts! (Not sure we'll try this one again)

And when the weather didn't cooperate we played hockey...

and read books...

and just enjoyed being (silly) together!

Three 3 Year Olds

(Wow! This entry is REALLY old. I had it written but never got around to giving it a final check and posting it. Let's rewind 8 months...)

January 14 I became the mother of three 3 year olds. Where has the time gone? The kids and I were still in Indiana (we had all been there for Christmas) and we had a small, simple, family party. As far as Annie, Eli and Mikie are concerned, no party (birthday or not) is complete without singing Happy Birthday and blowing out candles. I'm pretty sure we've done both at every party we've hosted in the past year (yes, even at a going away party) so they were THRILLED when the singing was all for them!

Taking advantage of a mild January day to enjoy a birthday present

Onward to 4!!!

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

All About Josie

Prior to posting an entry for Josie's first birthday I thought I would (very) briefly bring you up to date...if I'm not mistaken my last update for her was around age 6 months...ouch!

7 months old - Between illness, hospitalizations and finally surgery this month was all about health and healing so this photo seemed only appropriate.

8 months old - Josie spent this month flying through developmental milestones at record pace. She turned from infant to pre-toddler almost overnight. I think she was happy to finally be feeling healthy and decided to make up for lost time!

9 months old - This month was all about walking. Walking, walking and walking.

10 months old - We spent the month of June in Indiana and as always had a wonderful visit. Josie took her first airplane ride (my first with all 4 kids). It was eventful. I'll leave it at that.

11 months old

Stay tuned for a big birthday update!!!

Tap Dancing Pirates

I've mentioned before that Annie has an obsession with dancing. Click here to see an earlier post about my little dancing queen. She recently had her first dance recital. It was the cutest (and funniest, is that mean?) thing I think I have ever watched. She was a tap dancing pirate. Need I say more???