Thanksgiving 2011

Our kids do not fully understand the meaning of Thanksgiving. So, I told them it was a time to visit with family and eat lots of food!

Our first stop was at Great Grandma Cleys' house. All the cousins were there. The kids were more outgoing this year. Aunt Cathy and Amanda kept them entertained by having them circle what they wanted in the toy ads. They also got to play with Chris's old toys. Though they didn't eat much, I sure did!

I was very happy to be wearing maternity pants this year!

We then headed to my aunt's house. The kids took a little nap on the way there. We walked in just as everyone was eating so I, of course, helped myself to another plate of food. The kids were happy eating bread and butter.

The kids clung to me because there were so many people there. We sat by the fire and read some books. Then they entertained themselves by playing under the table.

Silly kids! Cousin Maya was there, but they didn't even play with her. When you are an only child, you search out other kids to play with. When you're a triplet, you have built in playmates!

I managed to bribe the kids for another group picture at home. Overall, a great Thanksgiving. Especially when compared to last year and the boys having strep throat!

What's Goin On

Been awhile since I posted. Here's what's happening around here.

Sleep Situation:

Abby still goes to sleep without any trouble in her big girl bed. The boys, on the other hand, need someone in their room until they go to sleep. This will either be myself, Chris, or Grandma. This happens every.single.night. Ugh! I keep telling them that they can get big boy beds if they just go to sleep by themselves. No go! They already have a tv in their room that is on all night.

To make matters a bit more difficult. Jack gets up at least once a night. This means that one of us have to go in there and lay on the hard floor until he falls asleep again. Usually it's like 3 minutes. Then you have to tip toe out of there. It just stinks because it interrupts everyone's sleep. Sometimes someone else has to go to the bathroom during the night, but that happens less and less now.

School:

I have the kids signed up for 2 park district classes. Both of them are classes that you drop the kids off and wait in the building. Yeah, not happening. Jack doesn't want to go in the class without me. Hmmm...I see a pattern here! So, he sits outside the classroom with me, doing absolutely nothing, while the other kids are playing, painting and cutting. He then gets no treat once we get home while Abby and Josh do. The Thursday class is a bit more lenient with a parent being in there, so I go in the class with them. This is not a great scenario because it really affects what they do in the class. They usually stand right next to me and don't participate. We're going to try to have Chris take them to class and see what happens.

Toys and Such:

Abby is really into her princesses lately. I love that for Christmas she wants all girl stuff. Yeah! Josh has a severe obsession with the Easter Bunny. Why you ask? I think it started with a giant stuffed bunny I had. We now have to watch The Easter Bunny Is Coming to Town at least once a day. Jack loves Buzz Lightyear and Woody. So adorable! They still can't sit through a full showing of Toy Story.

We are all super excited for Christmas!

Happily Announcing...

We couldn't be more excited!

Halloween 2011

Though the kids attended many Halloween type events, the actual day finally arrived. It was a bit chilly out and thankfully the kids' costumes were quite warm.

I left a bowl of candy outside for trick-or-treaters and the kids just didn't understand why I did this! We met up with our friends and off we went through the neighborhood.

At first, they were quite shy and actually afraid to walk up to houses.

I had to go partially up to the door with them.

And if I didn't go, Daddy had to go with.

After awhile, Jack refused to get out of the wagon, which, thankfully, we brought with us! So we headed back home and trick-or-treated our neighbors.

Darby was more than willing to give them tons of candy!

Our annual Darby stoop picture.

They actually looked at the camera!!!

After warming up with some soup, the kids answered the door. They just couldn't understand why we were giving away candy! They then took stock of their own pickings and compared.

Another great Halloween!