First hair cuts

Took the girls to get their first real hair cut today. So far I have been cutring it and mostly just their bangs. Didn't make any drastic changes but at least it's even now :-) til I get my hands on it again at least.

Apple pickin' / pumpkin farm

Over the weekend we did our annual fall fun with the Moyer clan.  It was a pretty chilly day, but we still had a lot of fun.  Then we went back to Gigi and B-paw's and celebrated B-paw's birthday!

All photos from this day are here https://plus.google.com/photos/106046516931355716164/albums/5931993980346525057?authkey=CIHU-c7Y7d74NA

Getting Crafty

On Friday night (Oct 4), the girls and I went to Crafty Paradise in Alton to do some fun craft projects with some of my good friends and their daughters.  We had a good time, and it was fun to do the mother-daughter thing with some of my favorite people!

Happy birthday B-paw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhDbx3h-gA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fun Fall Weekend

This weekend was a fun one!  We did so many things and got to see so many people!

On Saturday, we went to the Lochhaas' out in the country.  The kids got to ride on a horse for the very first time!  They did so good, and can't wait to go back.  We also got to visit with family that we do not get to see very often.  Hopefully we can make this a reunion and do it every year!  On Sunday we went to the Faith Fellowship annual picnic. The kids played hard again, I'm sure it's going to be hard to get up for school on Monday!

All photos are here 

Faith Fellowship Picnic @ Glazebrook park

Logan missing the girls

Here is a picture of Logan's artwork from school today. He said he was sad and missed his sisters. They had to stay home and go to the doctor. Nora has two ear infections. So far all Clara has is a cough. Let's hope it stays that way!

Logan playing in the puddles

Today we went up to Carlinville for the family reunion on the Moyer-Schwaab side. We had a lot of fun, as usual. We really only get to see that part of the family once a year at the reunion so it is always great to catch up.

Logan took his rain boots and played a bit in the puddles!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX5-3leZJJ4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Nora drew a picture of B-Paw

Logan was laying out outfits for his 1st day of school

1st day of preschool

Well, we had no tears!!! (ok except for mommy & maybe daddy)  The kids are attending St Mark's Mini School in Florissant for preschool.  They were so excited, I hope that they have a fun day and I can't wait to start hearing about every single day and everything they are going to start learning.  Below are some pics from this morning, if you want to see all 53 (yes this mommy went a little crazy with photos) you can see the album on google here. 

Today's weird stuff

I always expect the unexpected, but it doesn't stop me from sharing it with everyone else!

The untraditional seat

Someday she won't be able to do this. Until then, it isn't the end of the world to let her do it. :-)

Clara singing

Clara just might start herown band. Or perhaps she will be a one man band? Either way, here is her version of Itsy Bitsy Spider.

http://youtu.be/VCO2LdiKDfo

Preparing for school!

It's Labor Day weekend! Which means I have an extra day of fun... I mean organization. The house is a mess, I have about 6 loads of laundry downstairs and we are out of food. The kids start school on Wednesday, so I have to use my extra day to get us a little more organizes and prepared. 

I also rearranged my cabinets, for like the fifth time this year, because the kids are just getting into the food and then not eating what I fixed for them. Plus they like to help me empty the dishwasher and now they can reach where their cups and plates go. 

On today's agenda I will be going to Sam's to stock up on food that according to my new food schedule/calendar should last us for the month. We shall see about that. Then we are heading to Grandma and Grandpa Sanders for a BBQ.

Tomorrow... Laundry! 

A day up the river road

On Saturday we took a drive up the Great River Road. We wnt all the way up to Pere Marquette and played for a bit. Then we stopped in Grafton and ate lunch at the Loading dock. On the way home we stopped by Gigi and Bpaw's and visited with them for a while. It was hot but it was a great day!

Could it be true?

It is something that I hate to talk about too much for fear that I will jinx it... But I do believe I am done with diapers! The girls have been potty trained for a while, and it finally clicked with Logan. For the past three nights we have successfully gone without pull-ups. So, I went to target today and for the first time in 3 years I didn't have to worry about whether we needed diapers. I figured this was a blog-worthy topic since I don't post much any more.

So, I estimate we have been diapering for 1,277 days

Around 5 diapers a day per child, so 15 total a day = 19,155 diapers

On average, I paid around $0.23 per diaper

Totaling our diaper investment to be around $4,400

WOW!

Kinda crazy huh?

3rd birthday photo book

FINALLY DONE!

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My future rock stars

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Time is getting away from me!

Well, I had two New Year's resolutions: 1) to keep this blog more up-to-date and 2) to get myself healthier.  I kept #2, which I guess is the more important of the two... so here I am blogging almost 2 months later.

Life is such a whirlwind these days, but I am having such a good time and feeling better than ever.  The kids are so amazing, growing leaps and bounds both physically and mentally, so fast that I can hardly believe it.  Clara is definitely my talker.  She loves talking, singing, making any kind of noise with her mouth.  I will take any of that over crying for sure, and I love to hear some of the things that come out of her mouth.  It's amazing what they remember and pick up on, even when you don't think they are paying attention.

Nora has gone full speed ahead with eating.  Thank goodness!  With her being the littlest one at birth, I always wondered if she would always be the littlest.  She's not the tallest, but she's putting on some pounds and eating better than the other two.  Logan is pretty good with eating too, but Nora will just about try anything once.  Clara... she's a whole different story.  She's my tall and lanky kid.  Which, when she gets older will not be a bad thing for her.  But right now sometimes I wonder what keeps her alive.

Logan... well... he's definitely a boy!  Rowdy, rowdy, rowdy!  But that's ok, because that's what boys are supposed to do.  I think he also feels like he has to act out differently since he IS different than the other two.  I think he notices the girls dressing alike and getting the same gifts, etc. and maybe he feels a little left out sometimes.  But, enough people spoil him to make up for it, trust me!

Their 3rd birthday is one week from today.  I can't believe it. We are in the trenches of potty training right now too, let me tell you how fun that is... well, nevermind, I won't tell you because it's NOT fun. :-)

More to come...

A new year!

My #1 resolution for 2013 is to use this blog more!  There are so many wonderful things happening with the triplets right now and I hate that I am not documenting it for them to look at later on in life!

It's so hard to believe they are going to be 3 in just a couple of months.  I never thought it was possible for time to feel so fast and so long at the same time!  The kids just loved Christmas.  It was so neat this year, they actually understood what was going on.  Of course, they had about 4 days of opening presents so when it was finally over I don't think they understood why!  But they got lots of great stuff that they love and if I ever hear the words "I'm bored" come out of their mouths I might go crazy! :-)

Photos from all of our holiday events can be found here
https://plus.google.com/photos/106046516931355716164/albums/5825858073113457457?authkey=CJ6KkoOl1IK53gE