We lay with the kids at bedtime and get some snuggles in. Elsie's new phrase is 'put your feets in'. She doesn't want to just snuggle, she wants you under the covers. This is mostly because she wants you to rub her feet, which you can't do if you are not under the covers with her.
She has a few other phrases she's tossing around regularly. She likes to announce 'I have a good idea' when she wants to do something. If she wants to play catch and the boys are doing something else, she'll say 'I have a good idea boys, why don't we play catch?' And sometimes Danny and Sammy get on board. Other times she uses it to teach a lesson, if everyone is fighting over a toy, she'll say 'I have a good idea, why don't we take turns'. Elsie the diplomat. Her other phrase is 'what about'. I'll say put your shoes on and brush your teeth before school and she'll respond with 'what about Danny goes first while I play?' Or I'll say let's put our toys away before dinner and I get 'what about we leave our toys out so we can play again after dinner?' I'm not sure why she thinks it's a negotiation because I never give her a different answer than the original. In fact, it only gets worse with every debate, as she loses privileges and inches closer to time out. I love when she puts the 2 phrases together. I told them after school one day we were going to run errands and take a rest. She said 'Momma, I have a good idea, how about I just sit silently instead of taking a rest?' Ay yi yi.
We got an echo for Christmas, and Sammy calls her 'Balecka'. I can't even correct him because it is so adorable. And Sammy has this super high pitched voice which makes it even cuter. We mostly use the echo for setting a timer to settle disputes over toys, and last month Sammy went into the kitchen and said 'Balecka, Danny is playing with the spiderman toy and I want to play with the spiderman toy, but he won't let me, and it's Danny spiderman toy but I really like it so can you tell him to give me the spiderman toy in 5 minutes? Balecka are you listening?' And Elsie walks in the kitchen and says 'Alexa set the timer for 5 minutes. See Sammy? You just have to use a strong voice.' God help us when she is a teenager.
The kids started piano lessons last month. They are so into music and playing instruments and dancing that I wanted to let them harness that. I bought them Ukuleles for Christmas (Elsie calls it a Kookalaylee), and they have a toy drum, saxaphone, clarinet, guitar, and a trumpet. We have a baby grand piano, and they love to bang on it all the time. We go for 1 hour a week, and the first lesson Sammy came out and said 'I had so much fun!'
Sammy is completely into dinosaurs. He's been watching this History app on his kindle tablet that teaches you all about all the different dinosaurs. He knows all the different kinds and pronounces them well (unlike Balecka). It's cool to see him so interested in something.
Danny has been cracking me up with some of the stuff he's said lately. I feel like he is really thinking about a lot of things and then tries to express it. So first off, he calls the tylenol syringe a ringe-sa. And he loves to play doctor so he is always asking me if he can use the ringe-sa. He is also making a ton of 'pew pew' machines. He loves Spider-Man and he says when Spider-Man shoots his webs he goes 'pew pew' (insert spidey hand gesture here). So he makes 'pew pew' machines which are basically anything that can shoot things. Straws, tubes, slingshots, catapults, are all his pew pew machines. Well he came to me one morning saying his pew pew machine wasn't working on the fire truck. This is a toy fire truck that has a little 'water shooter' that shoots foam balls. My mother goes to investigate and he has rocks in it. Now this toy can shoot the foam balls a good 10 feet, thank goodness the rocks jammed it.
His latest word is 'actually'. He usually starts a sentence with 'Actually mom, I was just playing with that and Sammy took it' or 'Actually mom, the bad guys got my shoes all dirty.' Well alrighty then :)
Last week Danny was running and fell and got a good egg on his head. Well several of us used that phrase in the next day or so, and he started crying. He was genuinely concerned (to real tears) that the egg on his head was going to crack. Try explaining that one to a toddler.
Easter was another great day with family. Only 20 people this year so a little bit smaller, and the weather was not great but could have been worse. We enjoyed a nice Easter Egg Hunt after lunch and some great memories with family playing in the yard.
love seeing them sleep in the car
Sammy under the table giving Hannah some love
love our new magnetic blocks
how we roll at Home Depot
this hasn't happened in a while, since we moved to twin beds the kids have pretty much slept in their own beds every night. I heard some footsteps and peeked at the monitor to find Sammy had crawled into Elsie's bed to snuggle.
If he sits on the wall he can see all his 'kids' where ever they are in the yard
This boy loves his momma cuddles
she's recently gotten into accessorizing
headphones are the only alone time triplets get lol
This was one of the last classes they were all together in. Now Sam advanced to the next class and Danny and Elsie are still in class together.
love this smile
saturday morning lounging
my construction man
One day the kids asked to go to their room and rest in the afternoon. I looked on the monitor and Danny and Elsie are snuggled in her bed watching Bubble Guppies on her tablet
bubbles! who cares it's barely spring out there!
3 best friends gliding through life together
afternoon naps in the car
he took his socks and shoes off to get comfy
she likes to make her own space. this is in the foyer. she brings all her belongings with her.
loves snuggling momma
During February vacation, the preschool had a science activity day. The kids made slime and rockets.
love my science girl
Sammy doing yoga
Sammy and Danny playing with their magnetic blocks building a farm with a barn
The weather was nicer in February than March, and on one nice afternoon we joined our other triplet friends Ajax, Nico, and Francesca on a hike. The kids had a blast!
Group shot
someone made a cool teepee out of branches
Patriots day at school!
4 and already multitasking. Building a puzzle while watching a show
Elsie got a yarn loop and mommy is showing her how to use it
Thank goodness for a few good days this spring to play outside
afternoon snuggles with yoshi on the couch
We went to the Home Depot workshop this month. The kids made a periscope. They had so much fun using real tools. This will be on our monthly saturday morning agenda from now on
Danny built his almost all by himself. He was made for this
this girl knows how to get comfy
so grown up
sunday mornings on the couch
she didn't want the boys playing with the blocks and messing up her tower so she sat on the extra blocks. no flies on my girl.
middle of march. ridiculous.
pretty, but ridiculous
drawing on the bathroom counter in her home depot apron
love when they play together so nicely
helping sam peel the wrapper off the crayon
coloring together
my puzzle girl. she will be moving out of 50 piece puzzles soon, even though they are for 6+ years old. she is a whiz at them
love this smile. his eyes sparkle
my blue-eyed bombshell
lunch in the car
Our Sammy was diagnosed with Retinopathy of Prematurity(ROP- what Stevie Wonder has), and we thought those blue eyes may never see. Well here we are at 4.5 yo and he is barely nearsighted. However, his left eye is falling behind a little, so we are gonna try some glasses to catch it back up. He was super excited to get glasses like Daddy.
Absolutely. Melts. My. Heart.
Momma, I love you.
Saturday afternoon picnic
yep. 3rd week of March. 2nd big storm this month.
Opening her Easter bag
sitting in their new camping chairs
My world
she loves drawing with chalk
setting up for the family
Mom, take my picture with my new jewelry, and my headband, and my bunny ears barrettes
Egg hunt
My mom took this video. Listen carefully. Danny is brushing her hair with his claw, and she asks if he is getting her ready for Hollywood.
they had a science day during February vacation and the kids went in and made slime and alka seltzer rockets
My kids love yoga. They ask for it a lot so I put it on and they stretch out
