Author: Pam
Live in New Orleans. Married to George. Have identical triplet boys, born 12/4/07. Love to sew.
Busiest weekend ever
So it therefore requires a recap.
Friday night, after the boys went to bed, I went to the pub for a little while. Just to get out of the house, since the boys were with me all day. Linus had woken up, complaining of an earache, in the middle of the night, so I decided to bring him to work with me so I could take him to the pediatrician at some point. But the other two boys, rather pathetically, were saying, “but I’m coughing ” so I decided, what the heck, I may as well bring them all. Long story short, I couldn’t get an appointment until almost noon, so they were at work with me for a long time, and then I figured it wasn’t worth bringing them to school a couple of hours before the end of the day. So by nighttime, I was ready for some relaxation.
I got home a bit later than I’d planned, but George was kind enough to let me sleep in on Saturday morning. Hooray!
And so our busy day began…first up, a birthday party for a former classmate at Audubon Park. There was pizza (that they’d only eat the crust of, and only the part with no cheese or sauce) and cupcakes (which we brought with us, and which are now smeared all over the interior of the van) and a pinata (which only an adult could break open.) But it was fun and the boys had a great time running around.
The second party was right after that one, back near our house. It was a mermaid and pirates theme, and the cupcakes were to die for…
After that party, we headed to the boys’ school for their first Marche de Noel, a Christmas craft fair. My mom and Larry met us there, and they bought some French books for the boys. (French books are tricky…I can’t read them, and they can’t yet either. So I just make up stories based on the pictures. Hmm.) The boys also showed off their classroom and their coathooks to Grandee and Larry.
Right before we left, we saw my friend Mary and her tiny new baby, Dash. The boys were smitten, and it looks like the feeling was mutual. 😀
Last event was the our triplet group’s Christmas party, which I mentioned before. I don’t really have many pictures of my own kids from that, since I was taking pictures of other families, but I did get this one of the boys and my friend’s quads. (I’ve mentioned a million times before, they share the same birthday.)
So after that, we finally went home and I crashed.
Sunday was another busy day. A friend had her baby five weeks early, on the boys’ birthday and I have been waiting ever since she announced her pregnancy to take pictures of her newborn. So I wasn’t expecting to go until closer to Christmas, but fortunately, little August was healthy and came home quickly. They live near my mom, so we drove up Sunday morning and I spent some time taking pictures of this sweet baby boy…
After I got back from doing that, we went to my mom’s office, where they were having some Christmas crafts for the kids. The boys had fun decorating cookies and making ornaments, and playing with glitter.
I was casually trying to recreate the look here, but it clearly needs more work (and glitter.) Maybe if we get bored over Christmas break…
12/11/11
12/10/11
We had a Christmas party for our triplets (and more) group this evening. There were about 14 families there, with at least 3 kids each…it was very loud, very chaotic, and very fun. For the first time, the boys ran off to play as soon as we got there. I was so happy about that.
Oh, and yes, 2/3 of my kids are picking their noses here.
12/09/11
12/08/11
12/07/11
12/06/11
The fourth birthday
Four years old. That sounds so old! Definitely not babies. Not toddlers. Four year olds. Wow.
(And, can you believe this was us 4 years ago today? Man, I looked awful, but the boys were cute, even with IVs stuck in various parts of their bodies. And the other two moms are now good friends.)
Saturday was their party. It was robot-themed, so Kristina (who flew in to help) and I made a robot cake and robot cake pops. Much easier than last year’s masses of cupcakes and Sesame Street-themed cake pops.
If kids weren’t crowded around the cake table, trying to swipe a cake pop, they were gathered around the cardboard rocket ship to color on it. This was a huge hit. Woo!
(or inside it)
Each boy got his own Happy Birthday song, but we had to pretend to blow out candles. It was very windy.
So the party was a success. I wish it had been a tiny bit cooler, and I wish I’d gotten more pictures of kids with the robots at the “photo station” but the wind was a problem.
The next day (Sunday) was their actual birthday, so more celebrating was in order! We started with a breakfast at IHOP, which went fine until they came out with ice cream sundaes while singing. It was a bit loud, and Linus ended up in tears. Ha!
After lunch, we headed to the park so the boys could ride the scooters that Grandee and Larry gave them.
And we even got a rare family picture out of it! Okay, well, at least George and I are smiling.
Later, we put together the Hot Wheels Wall Tracks that we gave them, and there was much cursing.
And finally, before bedtime, I wanted to actually let them blow out a candle, so Kristina and I put up a few balloons and sang three more times.
Miles:
Linus:
Oliver:
Happy birthday to my sweet boys!
12/05/11
The boys had absolutely NO problem making the transition from birthday mode to Christmas mode. As if it isn’t obvious. They helped set up the tree Sunday and loved wearing their new Christmas jammies and the hats I bought them last year (that they wouldn’t touch back then.) Christmas is going to be so fun this year!
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