Friday was my first official Parent-Teacher conference at school. I was a bit nervous. Would their teacher lump them all together, or be able to tell me their individual strengths and weaknesses? Would I be able to understand her (she’s only been in the US since school started, so her English isn’t great)? Would I get a bad report about their behavior?

Happily, the conference went very well. Their teacher had nothing bad to say about any of them. In fact, she praised them highly and said they were very smart, and that they were always wanting MORE work to do. She mentioned something about putting them in the PreK-4 class sometimes, I think (this part was a little unclear) but I’m pretty sure she didn’t mean she wanted to move them up a grade. Just occasionally, I guess to challenge them.

She also was very clear on which boy was which, and she even commented on how different they are. (But not their faces, she said. Just their personalities. Ha.) What struck me was that the roles they take on at school are not like the ones at home. Miles, she said, is the most physical and the “leader” of the three; Linus is the most sensitive; Oliver is balanced in the middle. This surprises me, because at home, Oliver is kind of the alpha triplet, with Miles being sensitive and Linus being somewhere in the middle. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. They’re always switching things up. Give them a month, and Linus will be at the front of the pack.

So that was nice to hear. I was talking to another mom before I went in, and she said that she was talking to the aide one day, who told her that my boys were very smart. So third party confirmation!

After we left school, I took them to get “ice cream” (i.e., yogurt) at Pinkberry. They were more interested in eating the M&Ms on top than the actual yogurt, naturally. Don’t they look tough here?

Then they drew on the sidewalk.

Saturday was the two birthday parties I mentioned earlier, and it was also George’s and my sixth anniversary. The boys stayed at Granny & Grandpa’s and George and I went out to eat. Yum.

(The obligatory wedding pics…)

(Can you see the discomfort here? We are NOT dancers.)

Mmm, cake!

Dude. Look at all that chocolate. Heaven.

Sunday, I tried to sleep in, but the stupid light woke me up too early. So I went to the gym, and then we picked up the boys and went to another birthday party. Afterwards, I took the boys to Barnes & Noble to play with the train table, but they only had 2 trains out. Grrr. My plan was to read magazines while they played for hours, but there is no peace when there are only 2 trains for 3 kids. Argh.

I didn’t really take my camera out at all this weekend. I think I needed to take a break. But I have some fun ideas for Christmas card pictures. Hopefully the boys will cooperate.