A few years ago, when the boys were still babies, I wrote a post about triplets being easier than singletons. Well, I updated it and rewrote it and it’s over at the New Orleans Moms Blog.
Go check it out!

Okay, I’m back. Still recuperating, but feeling much more human.

So, let’s see. What have I been up to? Well, Kristina was here for a week, which was awesome. Not only because I haven’t seen her since last fall, but also because our house is more organized, less cluttered, and generally cleaner than it ever has been. We got rid of so much stuff at the yard sale last weekend.

Which resulted in this (that is now in the bank, so don’t bother trying to rob me)

Also, this happened last week. This is a very big deal.

Yes. I finally watched Top Gun. It was kind of my thing, not ever having seen it. I honestly had no desire to. My friend Ren really wanted me to see it. She would regularly bug me about it. And that was kind of our thing. But then a friend from high school (who was one of Ren’s dearest friends) died after a too-short battle with cancer, and she pulled the “Jay really wanted you to see Top Gun,” which I actually kind of believe, and how can you argue with that? So Kristina and I watched Top Gun. And I made some people happy. And now I have to think of a new thing to have.

Isn’t Renny beautiful?

Also, my friend Amelia had her baby girl, and I went to visit at the same time Mary Catherine and Hank were there. I pretended like I had twins.

Piece o’ cake.

Not really. How the heck did I deal with three of those???

So that hits the high points. I guess I should show a picture from Easter. I wasn’t there, but here’s one of Oliver and the Easter Bunny.

Cute!

Okay, not here, but I have written a couple over at the New Orleans Moms Blog. Check them out!

In Defense of the Minivan

and as part of our Feeding Journey series,

Three babies but only two…well, you know

I thought last weekend was busy. I mean, the one before this past one. (I’m a bit late blogging about it.) Remember, I posted about how busy it was? Yeah, that was just a practice run for this past weekend. Get a load of this…

Friday

Boys get off school at noon. I put in a whopping three hours of work before I have to leave to get them. (No aftercare.) We go have lunch at my friend’s restaurant.

It takes a little longer than anticipated, but the food is great. There was a French couple sitting at the next table who were delighted by Oliver’s rendition of “Alouette” that they overheard.

We leave the restaurant and go across town for haircuts. It’s worth driving across town for $10 haircuts. We’re out of there in half an hour. Another benefit of the $10 haircuts.

We swing through the Starbucks drive thru for snacks and coffee for Mommy, and then back to school for parent-teacher conferences! I have mine lined up three in a row, and the boys sit in the hall* while their teachers tell me nice things about them.

*not really. They ran up and down the hall, poked their head in the doors, etc, etc.

Rundown of the conferences (all three teachers pretty much said the same things.)

– They’re much less shy than they were at the beginning of the year.
– They all play with other kids in addition to their brothers
– They love to draw and are really good at it
– They’re eating slightly better (i.e., at all.)
– They’re very smart, can do their worksheets without help from the teachers

All good things, no major concerns, music to my ears.

After the conferences, we had a little time to kill until we needed to be at the park for a birthday party for one of Miles’s classmates, so we ran to the grocery store.

Finally we headed to the park and the boys played while I talked to the other parents.

We get home around 7:30, the boys get a bath, and off to bed. On the way home, though, I call my friend Teresa, desperate for a bottle of wine. She just happened to be at the neighborhood wine bar and we arranged for her to bring me out a bottle of wine when I pulled up outside. Superstar!

Saturday

Made some dips (like last weekend) while feeding the boys breakfast. And then off we went to Chuck E. Cheese’s for a birthday party. For one of Miles’s classmates. I was able to relax a bit while the boys played with their friends. Miles had a bad time with the C.E.C. that walks around. He doesn’t like.

After the party, we ran across the river to pick up a cake for my friend Amelia’s baby shower that I was hosting. Also some wine. Always good to have on hand.

Get home, drop Miles and Oliver off at home, and Linus and I go to my friend Steph’s house, where the shower is being held. Inexplicably, Linus wanted to come with me. So he did.

The shower was lovely. Linus played with my phone the whole time, so I don’t have any photos. Sad. It was hot outside, and muggy, but at least it didn’t pour.

Got home, did a bit of laundry and cleaning and relaxing.

Went out to meet my friend Anne and a friend of hers for dinner. Also at The Irish House. Was yum, had a great time. Home, bed, zzzz.

Sunday

Fed the boys, etc. Went to Mary Catherine’s house to snuggle photograph baby Hank for a few hours. Then came home, relaxed for a bit, then headed to Audubon Park (with boys in tow) to photograph another set of triplets. And after that, we went to a nearby birthday party where the boys RODE THE PONY! TWICE EACH!! This may not seem like a huge deal to you, but trust me, it is. I was so, so proud of them for being so brave! My little cowboys. Sniff, sniff.

My heart, that is. My doctor called me back yesterday and let me know that the results of my echocardiogram were a-ok. Whew. I wasn’t really worried, but at the back of your mind there’s always a tiny worry.

And I just wanted to post this picture. This is the artwork in the bathroom at my plastic surgeon’s office. Strange choice.

Yeah, pretty much the most depressing newspaper front pages ever. Hmm.

And to make this post even prettier, I shall share some recent pics…

I feel like I haven’t posted a real blog post in a while, so here goes…

The weekend before last was crazy busy. I had an Easter egg hunt (that I was an organizer of) on Saturday morning, a neighborhood party (that I was supposed to be helping out with) Saturday night, then a day’s worth of photography on Sunday. Busy, busy, busy.

The Easter egg hunt went great. We had about 200 kids, and all proceeds went to the March of Dimes. The weather was nice, and even though we didn’t have enough eggs, really, everyone had a great time.

The boys had fun playing with a portable microphone I borrowed from a friend:

Later that evening was a Candyland-themed fundraiser for our neighborhood park. I had volunteered to photograph people outside the “Gingerbread House”, but the weather went from gorgeous in the morning to freezing and ominous in the evening. Suffice it to say, no one wanted their picture taken, and after the boys whined at me for an hour and a half, we left. I dropped them off at Granny and Grandpa’s in advance of my photo day on Sunday.

Sunday was spent photographing seven of our triplet families. It was meant to be spring pictures, but it was, oh, 40 degrees. But at least it was sunny! I spent all day at the park, and had a great time. I was really nervous about doing this, but it went much better than I could have hoped! Here are some of my favorites from the day:

So that was fun, but exhausting.

And then last week, George became mobile again. Woo hoo! He’s still doing a bit of limping, but at least we were able to send the peg leg back.

This weekend was pretty busy too. Though I can’t seem to remember exactly what we did. There was a family lunch involved on Saturday, at Panera. The only thing I can say about that is, what crazy kids don’t like grilled cheese?!? (I am guessing you can figure out the answer to that.)

And then yesterday was the boys’ school fundraiser. I was asked to be the official photographer, but I got a VIP ticket out of it, so I consider that a good deal! It was very nice.

The only problem was, I didn’t get home until 11. The boys were staying with Granny & Grandpa since I was gone so much of yesterday at the event, and since I was called in for jury duty today, I had to leave the house at the crack of dawn, drive to G&G’s, pick up the boys, drive across town to school, then get back downtown to make it to court for 8:30. Ugh. I’m tired now. And it was cold and gray today, which just makes everything yuckier.

Fingers crossed I don’t get called back tomorrow, but we’ll see. I don’t find out until 5:30 the evening before. So ridiculous.

Looking forward to Wednesday – Tee and I are going to Cirque du Soleil! I’m so excited, I’ve always wanted to go. Yippee! And this weekend is a baby shower for Mary Catherine, and possibly a fun play date with friends, and maybe more triplet photos, and a St. Patrick’s Day race on Sunday that a friend roped me into. I just wish I liked Guinness. Ah well, it’ll be fun anyway!

Oh, and related to one of my last posts – I’ve been drinking smoothies every morning, and I’m really liking them. A bunch of spinach, a random assortment of frozen berries and fruit, some almond milk and a bit of greek yogurt. Yum!

It’s March, and in the next few months, a bunch of events are coming up that will necessitate gift buying. We have

– two baby showers (and the accompanying births)

– George’s birthday

– Emily and Ellie’s birthdays

– graduations

– Father’s Day

– Mother’s Day (though at least that’s the one holiday that I don’t have to buy for. Hopefully.)

Who doesn’t want to give cool gifts? Isn’t part of the fun of gift giving finding awesome, unique gifts that won’t be regifted or scorned? But there are so many places to look. What you need is a site is a carefully curated selection of gifts. Gifts for friends, kids, moms, husbands, cousins, the teenaged daughter of your friend…
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