I will let the pictures tell this story. Matt has a fancy new camera!
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Hey, I got my new boots on!
This week is looking up. Everyone went and stayed at daycare today. Woo Hoo! I stayed home with Lucy and Eva yesterday after a terrible night of sleep for everyone. Luckily the only parenting they required in the morning was for me to operate the remote in between netflix episodes of backyardigans, so I got caught up on sleep a little bit. It was warm enough to play outside so the girls took "baby eva" and "baby lucy" on stroller rides around the block. They played very nicely out back even though we don't really have any great outside toys right now (it being January). The girls did invent a game where one would fall down and ask the other one for help getting up. Not gonna lie, that was adorable. Lucy was a little more into it than Eva. Then we did some water color before lunch and I was able to work as they got excited about dipping the paint. Then Eva tried to drink the water and it was time for lunch. And I actually finished a report during lunch. Not bad for a day staying home with sick kids, though we went through multiple boxes of kleenex (not to mention my shirt sleeve).
Also their new rain boots came last night. They are really cute and Lucy is WAY excited about them and got her through her trepidation about going back to daycare this morning. They are a little big because I wanted them to last a couple seasons so hopefully they can actually wear them this spring. I'll try to post pictures of that as well.
Another cute thing I remembered is a game we invented Monday? The kids took turns bringing me the red car, sitting on it, and having me gently push-kick them into the living room. The cuteness lasted quite awhile and they even took turns with little prompting. I'll post pictures of that later tonight.
May these small pockets of cooperation, cuteness, and charm sustain us through the rest of the terrible twos. Because it gets easier right? RIGHT?
Bonus double alliteration in that last paragraph :)
Also their new rain boots came last night. They are really cute and Lucy is WAY excited about them and got her through her trepidation about going back to daycare this morning. They are a little big because I wanted them to last a couple seasons so hopefully they can actually wear them this spring. I'll try to post pictures of that as well.
Another cute thing I remembered is a game we invented Monday? The kids took turns bringing me the red car, sitting on it, and having me gently push-kick them into the living room. The cuteness lasted quite awhile and they even took turns with little prompting. I'll post pictures of that later tonight.
May these small pockets of cooperation, cuteness, and charm sustain us through the rest of the terrible twos. Because it gets easier right? RIGHT?
Bonus double alliteration in that last paragraph :)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Kids did not get the memo about 2013 being the year of no sickness. And while i was frantically trying to turn left out of the HyVee parking lot while Lucy was throwing up in her car seat, a black SUV cut around in front of me. This happened at 4:30 and I am still plotting revenge. Also, poor Lucy's digestive antics prevented me from being able to purchase a reliable thermometer (apparently left ours in Des Moines). Luckily the girls' fevers are high enough that I can diagnose them without a thermometer, yay? I NEED THIS TO GET EASIER!!!
15/31 days in Decemmber someone was sick enough to go to the doctor or stay home from work/daycare.
4 days so far in January. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
15/31 days in Decemmber someone was sick enough to go to the doctor or stay home from work/daycare.
4 days so far in January. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
2.5 is proving to be a challenging age. Maybe that is a universal fact or maybe its the unique combination of three at once. December has brought with it: 106 degree fevers, vomit at a christmas party, nap boycotts, later bedtimes, night terrors, hitting, and now pink-eye (ewww). On a positive note (because I swear I am trying desperately to be positive), Lucy knows all her letters and insisted on "reading" Matt's "tall" Derrida text in bed. Alex has decent rhythm when he drums and dances along to jingle bells, and Eva gives the best hugs ever and asks questions (both reasonable and ridiculous) in the cutest voices. "Mommy, can you tuck me in." "Mommy can you click me (in her carseat)."
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Halloween
The kids are Ginnea Pig Linny (Eva) Turtle Tuck (Alex) and Ming Ming Duck (Lucy) for Halloween. They were so excited about their costumes this morning (t-shirts with the characters/and capes-from Abby on their Birthday). "I'm gonna be ming ming". So many smiles. And then when the came out to the living room they found their pumpkin buckets from last year and distributed them amongst themselves without any parental mediation. It felt like christmas morning at our house!
While they're previous costumes (peas in a pod, and hungry caterpillar) were totally awesome, this is the first year they seem to getting caught up in the excitement too. Hopefully I will be able to update this post with pictures and stories from trick-or-treating later tonight!
So its a Mad Dash to get home from work and get ready for trick-or-treating. Our friends Jon, Sheila, and Thomas joined us for trick-or-treating and so we felt we need to have the house presentable and snacks on hand. That coupled with making some finishing touches to costumes and Lucy spilling her milk, meant mamma needed a cocktail before we took off.
Trick-or-treating: Our friend Thomas was a champ saying his "trick-or-treat" on cue and nice "thankyous". Alex did pretty well, but the girls were feeling pretty shy. Trick-or-treats were barely audible when they were willing to say them at all. It didn't help that Sheila dressed as the "undead" version oft lherself with dead make-up and teased hair. Thanks alot sheila :) We walked to several houses and the neighbors who know us were very excited to see the crew. Eva got into the idea of putting candy in people's buckets but would take it a little far by putting her own candy into the big buckets people were trying to distribute from. Once we got home she enjoyed helping us distribute our own candy even though some of the costumes were quite scary!
Our neighborhood gets TONS of traffic so we saw a lot of costumes. I think the old-school power ranger was my favorite and I lament the lack of Harry Potters. Maybe we'll have to bring that back one of these years :)
See the Picasa site for pictures of the action https://picasaweb.google.com/earlymiller
Happy Halloween!
Trick-or-treating: Our friend Thomas was a champ saying his "trick-or-treat" on cue and nice "thankyous". Alex did pretty well, but the girls were feeling pretty shy. Trick-or-treats were barely audible when they were willing to say them at all. It didn't help that Sheila dressed as the "undead" version oft lherself with dead make-up and teased hair. Thanks alot sheila :) We walked to several houses and the neighbors who know us were very excited to see the crew. Eva got into the idea of putting candy in people's buckets but would take it a little far by putting her own candy into the big buckets people were trying to distribute from. Once we got home she enjoyed helping us distribute our own candy even though some of the costumes were quite scary!
Our neighborhood gets TONS of traffic so we saw a lot of costumes. I think the old-school power ranger was my favorite and I lament the lack of Harry Potters. Maybe we'll have to bring that back one of these years :)
See the Picasa site for pictures of the action https://picasaweb.google.com/earlymiller
Happy Halloween!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Tori's last day
From August 2012
Big changes at Triplet Central. Today is the last day our awesome nanny Tori will be taking care of the kids at home. Monday the kids start going to a home daycare not far from our house. Tori has been an energetic and caring nanny who gets the kids to behave and eat soooo much better than Matt and I ever seem to be able to. The kids adore her and are always very snazzily dressed and groomed on the days she watches them. We got to have lunch with her and the kids today at a local coffee shop. Kids were promised chocolate milk and when we left the ordering counter without any in hand yet, Alex gazed up sadly at the boxes in the case "bye, bye chocolate milk". He was quite relieved when he got to have one after all. As we were handing them out Eva was the last to get hers which was of great concern to Lucy. "Eva's milk Eva's milk." Glad they are looking out for each other.
Big changes at Triplet Central. Today is the last day our awesome nanny Tori will be taking care of the kids at home. Monday the kids start going to a home daycare not far from our house. Tori has been an energetic and caring nanny who gets the kids to behave and eat soooo much better than Matt and I ever seem to be able to. The kids adore her and are always very snazzily dressed and groomed on the days she watches them. We got to have lunch with her and the kids today at a local coffee shop. Kids were promised chocolate milk and when we left the ordering counter without any in hand yet, Alex gazed up sadly at the boxes in the case "bye, bye chocolate milk". He was quite relieved when he got to have one after all. As we were handing them out Eva was the last to get hers which was of great concern to Lucy. "Eva's milk Eva's milk." Glad they are looking out for each other.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Day with Dad
Matt had the kids to himself yesterday. I had to work 12 hours so it was a loooong time alone with the kiddos. But beyond just wrangling 3 2-year-olds at home he actually decided to do a grocery run. Grocery shopping has gotten a lot harder now that the kids no longer want to sit in a stroller. Usually if we take the kids we go as a family and have one in charge of kids and one in charge or shopping and even then it can sometimes devolve into chaos. Although the kids are famous and beloved by our friendly neighborhood Hy-Vee staff and patrons. When I asked him how it went, this was his response:
"Well we had a cart with the truck on the front but even as we started in produce they were starting to stand and get out. So then I thought 'I either need to rock this or just abort'. So I went for it and I just kept moving didn't stop the whole time. Sometimes I went down aisles where I didn't need anything just so I could plan for the next one and strategize where things would be. And we made it!"
I also have to say that when I got home, Matt seemed pretty pleased with himself for having gotten through the day. And he even went so far as to say he still really liked our kids (which I'll admit I don't always feel at the end of a long day on my own). Side note: we have been trying to figure out some sort of backup daycare situation since I really can't miss much work during internship and Matt shouldn't miss all that much either. Its just tricky with the 3 because when one gets sick usually another one does as well and we miss a whole week of work staying home with sick kids. We may have found a possible solution but still need to test it out.
Take Care,
Martha
"Well we had a cart with the truck on the front but even as we started in produce they were starting to stand and get out. So then I thought 'I either need to rock this or just abort'. So I went for it and I just kept moving didn't stop the whole time. Sometimes I went down aisles where I didn't need anything just so I could plan for the next one and strategize where things would be. And we made it!"
I also have to say that when I got home, Matt seemed pretty pleased with himself for having gotten through the day. And he even went so far as to say he still really liked our kids (which I'll admit I don't always feel at the end of a long day on my own). Side note: we have been trying to figure out some sort of backup daycare situation since I really can't miss much work during internship and Matt shouldn't miss all that much either. Its just tricky with the 3 because when one gets sick usually another one does as well and we miss a whole week of work staying home with sick kids. We may have found a possible solution but still need to test it out.
Take Care,
Martha
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