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!

M & M & M

I finished sewing the kids' costumes Thursday night so we were ready to head out for some Halloween festivities Friday afternoon. We took the kids to the pumpkin maze where they had a great time again. They were so excited to put their costumes on that we were able to get a few pictures before we left.










Saturday morning we took the kids to Market Mall. We spent a bit of time walking around the mini golf course, looking at the water and fish. Then we went into the Children's Museum and the kids had a lot of fun there. Mitchell laid claim to the wheel barrow right away, that thing did not leave his hands regardless of how much Maggie and Casey wanted it to. That is until an older girl came over and gently took it out of his hands (which was interesting because he gave it up without a fight, and actually it wasn't a bad thing otherwise he would have never wanted to leave).




We found out late Friday night that a friend of ours had some extra FREE tickets to Mamma Mia so Leah, Gail and I went to the show Saturday night. It was really good!

Today we worked on our trick or treat script at home before we went over to Leah's house. The kids had a good time there with all of her Halloween decorations and candy. Maggie was up to her hoarding ways and piling all of the red bags in one spot. Mitchell and her were tag teaming to empty all of Leah's candy into their buckets. It was funny! And I think Casey was their decoy to distract us.


After that we went to see Auntie Robin and Alan and then onto our friends Jen and Sheldon's. Our kids love playing with Jordyn and Luke, especially with their huge play kitchen. We got a pretty good group shot before we went home for lunch and a nap.

That's it for tonight. It will take me a while to go through all of the other pictures from the rest of the day. But holy man, I had no idea how much fun it is to take the kids trick or treating! Daniel and I had a blast, and I'm pretty sure the kids had fun too!

Time For a Change

There has been change brewing in our house for a little while now. Daniel resigned from his job with the Saskatchewan Golf Association back in September. He has been there for over 8 years and although it was a great job in many ways, it was no so great in other ways. He put in a lot of extra hours and was away a fair bit. When it was just him and I it wasn't a big deal, but since our family has expanded exponentially it was starting to take it's toll on all of us. So, it was time for a change and October 15th was his last day at work. We've had the opportunity and time to do things in the past 2 weeks that we haven't done a lot of before - simple things like taking the kids swimming and other day to day things that we now have more time to all do together. He has been taking some much needed down time to do some things around the house and take care of jobs that haven't been done since we moved into our house 6 months ago. We still have our nanny coming in her usual days and times to keep things consistent for the kids, to keep her working and to allow Daniel some time to get things done. As far as what the future holds - there are a few options that he could pursue but hasn't committed to anything yet.

Last weekend Daniel's parents came for a few days and him and his dad worked on the fence. The kids had a lot of fun outside playing with grandma and watching daddy and grandpa work.



The little boys were dead set on helping the big boys and finally settled into scooping dirt into the wheelbarrow over and over.




Here are a few other pictures from before the snow fell. Casey was determined to move the fence and got quite angry when he couldn't. Then he moved onto the water meter.


Mitchell was having a blast with the hose.



Maggie LOVES these little cars. When we're outside the boys will be play with a bunch of different things but she just rotates between driving and pushing the 3 cars all over the yard.



Well I better go and add a few more things to Daniel's to-do list!