Photo Shoot

There are so many great pictures from the session we had done back in September. Here are a bunch of my favorites.




Goofing around with Daddy.


Mitchell was playing it pretty cool that day.



After a few failed attempts of getting the kids to sit still with us, Auntie Gail had a great idea. She stood behind the photographer and bribed the kids with crab apples, getting them to say please. It worked like a charm!


There are so many beautiful pictures of Maggie.



I love these ones of the kids running and then posing perfectly before they took off again.





Casey looks so serious in some of his shots and so smiley in others.



Our little tree-huggers.




I think this one looks like they are posing for their picture as a rock band. There is the lead singer, the back-up singer/eye candy and the drummer in the back.

There were lots of hugs and kisses.




It was so awesome that the kids held hands right when we wanted them to.



We really couldn't have asked for a better day - the kids did great and we have so many great pictures and memories!

Nap Time Antics

Nap time has become a little more interesting around here lately. To back track a bit, a few months ago Mitchell fell out of his crib one day. It was the end of nap time and I heard a big thud. When I went into the kids' room, he was laying on the floor saying, "I fall, I fall". I think he scared himself enough to not do it again for a while. Then two weeks ago Daniel went into to get them up and he had done it again, except a lot more gracefully. He was just sitting on the floor right beside his crib with a huge guilty grin on his face. I'm predicting that this little boy is going to be the world's worst liar because either flashes you a really guilty but super cute smile or he puts his head down and looks up at you with his huge blue eyes whenever he's done something that he knows he shouldn't have.

Another thing that has been slowly escalating is the stripping. The boys especially had been stripping down to just their diapers more often over the past month or two and then every once in a while they would get their diapers off too. There have been a few occasions in the past few weeks where I've found diapers in the middle of the room with the contents spread all over the floor.

Well, last Tuesday no one was in the mood for a nap (which also has been happening a little too often lately). I went into their room 3 times in about an hour because Mitchell reached over and grabbed Maggie's soothie from her mouth and she was upset. You think she would have learned by now to not stand right at the end of her crib close enough for him to steal it, but she hasn't yet. Each time that I went in there Casey and Mitchell both had their clothes and diapers thrown into the middle of the room so each time I put them back on. Time #4 I had had enough so I went in with a roll of industrial strength packing tape and started taping the boys' diapers on. They laid down in their cribs and watched me and I think I saw a flash of "Mommy's lost it!" in their eyes. I went back in a little later to check on them and at first I saw diapers on both boys so I was happy, but then as I got closer to Mitchell I realized what he had done. He didn't get his diaper off but he got it far enough down to be able to reach back and grab a handful of you know what and then smear it all over his crib, his sheets and in both hands. Yuck!!!

So after I got him cleaned up I put him back in his crib and gave everyone a few books to look at because there was no way they were going to sleep but I wasn't ready for them to come out yet. A little while later Daniel walked by their room and Maggie casually strolled on out! Another monkey escaped!

Just to cap off that day, while I was making supper the kids were in the play room and Casey came out holding some of the wall decals that were now torn up and crumpled into a ball. Lovely!

So now taping the diapers is a regular thing at nap and bedtime and it has kept them on, but our little Picasso has left his mark all over his crib a few more times. I DO NOT want to put our monkeys into big kid beds yet because I have heard too many horror stories from other moms of multiples that when they did this, it was just one big party and naps went out the window - and I can totally see that happening with our kids. Who would want to sleep when you have the freedom to play with 2 of your buddies? So instead I've ordered 3 crib tents which are mesh domes that attach to the crib and supposedly kids can't get out of. This way I figure I can keep them on their cribs until I potty train them just in time to go to Kindergarten. Ha ha!


Mitchell on the wrong side of the bars.

Casey was busted!

Little miss not-so-innocent.

I'm going to enjoy the fact that Mitchell won't be able to lie very well, let's hope that lasts into the teenage years.



Notice how the diaper and tape are still on, but there is a lot of cheek showing?

He has gotten himself out of zipper sleepers without undoing the zipper or the top button, he just wiggled his way out of it. Another triplet mom gave me the website of a company who sells pj's for kids that zip up in the back. That may be what we need for our little Houdini!

M & M & M - Part 2

The kids were so good about posing for pictures this weekend, I think they were just so proud to be wearing their costumes. I should admit that I told some white lies to get them to stay against the wall, but hey, whatever works.


We have so many pictures of Maggie like this from the weekend, she had a perma-grin. She was the most excited of the group to be in her costume and said cheese with a huge smile anytime she saw the camera.



Here is one of the videos we got of the kids (Mitchell was a little zoned out for part of it).

Before we took the kids out trick or treating we went to watch the football game at Auntie Gail and Uncle Dave's. It's a good thing we we had a nice visit and the kids had fun because the game was terrible. The green helmets and the boxing gloves were the biggest hit.




Auntie Gail and Meaghan with the kids.

Hanging out with their cousins Brett and Brennan.

We planned to just go to the few houses that were on our way from Gail and Dave's as we walked home. However, the 5 of us were having so much fun and it was such a nice night that we just kept going. The kids were so good with holding our hands as we walked. When we got up to some of the doors the kids would knock and say, "Knock, knock, come in". Maggie started setting her bucket down inside the door as she waited for her treats. The few houses that we went to with puppies were a big hit - the kids just tossed their buckets away so they could have the puppies lick their fingers. Once we started nearing the end of the block, I said "Okay, one more house". Then after we would start walking down the driveway all 3 of the M & M's would say "One more house, one more house!" So we did a few more after that and then went home. It was so much fun and so great to see the kids enjoying it so much.



We finally made it back home and Maggie was still pumped!

It was a very busy but very fun weekend. I can't wait for Christmas!