Author: Pam

Live in New Orleans. Married to George. Have identical triplet boys, born 12/4/07. Love to sew.

Weekend recap

Saturday

Saturday was downright exhausting. I’m doing a half marathon on March 4 with a friend (run/walk) so we went out to the levee to do six miles. It was cold (FINALLY) and very windy, so it was tough in that regard, but it was a gorgeous morning and went so fast. How can half an hour on a treadmill at the gym feel like an eternity, but 90 minutes with a friend feels like 5 minutes? Glad I’m not doing the half alone!

A few from the path on the levee. Gorgeous! You can almost see my office from here.
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After we were finished, I showered and got the boys dressed. We were off to a parade! We were going to a friend’s in-law’s condo on St. Charles Ave to watch it, and since Mardi Gras is still over a week away, it wasn’t terribly crowded. I was able to park about 8 blocks away, which is much better than last year, when I had to park probably 25 blocks away. No biggie if you don’t have a wagon with 100 lbs of kids to pull.

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But it was cold. And windy. And guess what? I forgot their coats in the car. So poor Miles was freezing and very upset but I wasn’t about to haul them back to the car for their coats, so I made them stay with Megan and her family while I ran back to the car. (This on top of the 6 miles…) When I got back with their coats I was about to burst into flames.

Miles never really got into it, sadly. He pouted and cried the whole time.

Check out those giant tears!
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The parade was over too quickly (there was only one) so it wasn’t long before we left.

(Waving to the streetcar)
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Check out my friend’s daughter’s leggings. Love them. Ha!
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After the parade, we went to Target to pick up a few things. And then we came home and I ended up going to bed at 10 pm. Zzzz.

Sunday

Very cold but beautiful day. But I learned my lesson on Saturday. The only outside time we had was a little playing in our backyard.

Some outside pics:
They decorated the tree with Mardi Gras beads.
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Linus is SUCH a ham:
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And that’s about it! This week will be fun, with Valentine’s Day (nothing exciting planned, but the prospect of chocolate makes me happy) tomorrow and then on Wednesday, a school field trip to the zoo. I volunteered to chaperone. Gulp.

02/12/12

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As you can see, it was a gorgeous day, but it was cold. In the 30s. And before any of you Northerners inform you that "that’s not cold", remember that we have thin Southern blood. It IS cold, dammit.

So anyway, this was taken during the thirty minutes we lasted outside this afternoon. The rest of the day was spent inside. A sad waste of such gorgeous sunshine, but what can ya do?

Oh, and this is Linus, yelling, "CATCH!" to me. I was too busy trying to take a picture while avoiding getting hit by that orange ball to make sure it was centered.

02/11/12

Today we went to our first Mardi Gras parade of the year. It was pretty cold, and Miles was generally miserable, but overall we had a great time. This is definitely the last time we’ll be using the wagon. They’re too heavy to pull very far!

02/10/12

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Ahhh, now THIS is what we’ve been waiting for. Finally, having triplets pays off! Our very own cleaning crew. Woo hoo!

Can’t wait til they can mow the lawn and do the laundry, too…

02/09/12

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How freaking adorable are these? The boys did these, without any prompting from us. That’s Linus, Oliver, then Miles.

Sometimes they just kill me.

02/08/12

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Linus the giant! It was such a gorgeous day, I insisted we go to the park after school. So we did.

02/07/12

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Looks like a painting, doesn’t it?

A friend and I started our early morning walks again today and the moon was just so beautiful, but my cell phone camera just wasn’t up to capturing it accurately. But artistically, sure.

02/06/12

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Took the boys to the mall after school to look for some t-shirts. Yeah, I bribed them with cookies. So sue me.

02/05/12

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The 50 month (fifty month!!) photo. I’ve done this FIFTY times. This was one of their less-cooperative ones, and it shows. Linus just wanted to jump, Miles wouldn’t look at me, and Oliver just wanted to shove his hands down his pants. Sigh.

(And yes, we were doing our Valentine’s picture as well, which is going to make for some depressing cards for their classmates. Ah well.

02/04/12

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Our neighborhood had a yard sale to benefit the family of a man who was killed a couple of weeks ago trying to stop a carjacking. This stereo was one of the items for sale. We had one just like it growing up. Blast from the past!