Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you had a great one filled with lots of yummy treats. We had a rainy day (for the most part) with some clearing in the middle.

We had 2 eager beavers (G & J) to wear their firemen costumes & one not so much (E). We pretty much had to beg him to put on his costume. He was ok with going out & getting candy (still timid about it but said ok) but we told him he wouldn't get any if he didn't put on his costume. Grandma & Grandpa luckily stayed at the house so they could hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters while we took the boys around. I tried to grab shots of them in their costumes but I only had 2 posers...

E getting ready to run

J getting dressed

E on the run

G trying to bring me my butterfly wings

We headed out & went to our neighbor's house (who the boys know). They really enjoyed seeing their lit up pumpkins along the way & once they started getting candy, they were eager to go to the next house! Our neighbor across the street had a blow up ghost with a graveyard in front of it. I didn't think they'd want to go to that house, but since they'd watched "Casper's Scare School" they just thought it looked like Casper & said it was "spooky" with a giggling voice. After every house it was "Ok mommy, let's go to the next house". With the wind picking up & some drops becoming bigger (not heavier just  thicker than before), we had to limit some of the "next houses" we went to. We got to meet a few more of our neighbors although I can only remember a few names & I'm not sure I can match a name with a house just yet.

Unfortunately, we didn't get as many treaters as we thought (it was quoted to me by a neighbor as 60-70 kids). Not sure if it was the weather or the fact that we don't have a sidewalk on our side.

E couldn't get out of his costume fast enough no matter how much I pleaded for him to keep it on. I was hoping to at least get a shot of each kid in their costume if not one of all 3 together but I was turned down. I got one of G & J separately:

J pose

G pose

They broke out the goodies pretty soon after we got home. After they each had some candy/chocolate/lollipops we had to put an end or else they were going to be on a huge sugar high.

One final attempt (i.e. guilt trip) with E (telling him auntie was going to be very sad if she didn't see him in his costume) & he allowed me to take a picture with just the top.

G saw E in his costume & wanted to give it a try himself (of course E wanted to be in the picture):

J saw the 2 of them & decided he wanted to be in the picture too (hey, we always need the third one around here!)

Maybe I can convince them to each wear their costumes tomorrow so I can get one with all 3 (i.e. more guilt trips)???

All in all, I'd say this was a successful Halloween for us this year & I got a few pics that will work for the family calendar's I make for everyone.

The Beginning of This...

Hi everyone! I'm super excited to start this...I read a few on a consistent basis & have wanted to do it for a while (wish I would have started sooner). Having 3 monkey triplets in the house doesn't make it easy to find time to do things but it makes it easy to have LOTS of interesting stories!! I try to write it all down so they will have something to reference to when they get older but, it gets hard to keep track of all of it! I'm hoping I can keep up with this so that it can be our home "journal" of sorts & the boys will look back on it some day with (somewhat) pride (or embarrassment, possibly both).

I hope you find this interesting enough to keep up (or at least enough to keep checking back in every once in a while)!

We celebrated the boys' third birthday last weekend. This was the first time they were totally into their birthday (i.e. not crying when they saw burning flames on the cake). They were so into it this year that they let me take some pictures of them together for their invitation:

I was THRILLED once I saw the results of our home photo shoot that morning...granted I had to bribe them with playing outside, but hey, I got my shots!

For the first part of their birthday celebration (Friday), we went to Puddicombe Farms. We tried to do a train ride that day on the farm but unfortunately, they only have the engineer available on Tues/Thurs/Sat/Sun. We still had a great time, though. This was the first time the boys got to go apple picking. They also picked out their own pumpkins for the second year in a row. 

On Saturday we had their birthday party. It was raining outside but it was warm & fun inside! They still don't have too many of "their own friends" so it was mostly adults with a few others their size (which also mean no real games for the kids to play). We had lunch for everyone (pizza & pulled pork sandwiches) & then cake along with ice cream. Afterwards, we decided to brave them opening presents. Well....it went okay. They decided they needed to tear into some of them before we were ready with the cameras. Luckily, it was only one (well 3 because they each got a box from the same person) & we still got some shots of them opening them. We went from 8 that morning until 2 the next morning (I went until 3). It was totally worth it & we loved seeing everyone!

3rd birthday

On Sunday it was much nicer outside & we went back to Puddicombe Farms for the train ride. It was a great ride (although we didn't get to sit as close to each other as we wanted). The boys also roasted some marshmallows courtesy of the farm.

Monday, it was time to say "Until next time" to auntie & uncle by taking them to the airport & spending the rest of the day playing at grandma's house.

We are so blessed to have so many people that care about us & these boys. Thank you to everyone that made this weekend great!