I have been making good on my promise to supply M&Ms in exchange for sleeping in cribs all night (and potty training.) The M&M distribution has been happening after I arrive home from work, which means that it is fairly close to bed time. Yeah, sure, here's some sugar and red dye number something to help you calmly fall asleep.
And it sounds as if Allie is saying "lemon ems" so we've been calling them that. It's kind of funny.
It's interesting to watch the girls consume their M&Ms. Em is usually the first one finished with hers. Anna ends up with chocolate "all over her face!" As Allie and Em tell her. Allie likes to eat slowly and enjoy her M&Ms. She'll eat a few, play for a bit, return to eat a few more. Well, the other night I watched Em walk over to Allie's bowl and eat the remaining M&Ms. Allie returned and said, "Hey, someone ate my lemon ems." Did Em try to hide what she had done? Oh no, she marched around saying, "I ate Allie's em an ems."
And tonight Allie had a bit of a breakdown after receiving her second serving. These are the mini M&Ms and I try to keep the servings small and hope that the girls will be distracted enough to forget about asking for more. Anna and Em were satisfied with what I handed to them but Allie wanted "a whole bunch." I finally dumped a few more in her bowl and she finally calmed down. A few minutes later she walked over to us and said, "I'm all better now." The funny part is that she only ate a few before we had to head upstairs for tubby time and she didn't freak out when they parted ways.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Piano playin'
We've had the bench to the piano in the basement since we've moved which means that the girls have never seen it. It was placed in its proper spot in front of the piano the other night as part of the girls' holiday card photo shoot. (When I recover from that experience, I will blog about it.) The bench was inadvertently left in the family room after the photo shoot but the girls seem to be doing well with it. There has only been one incident of Allie standing on it.
I've captured several photos over the past few days of Allie and Emily sitting at the piano, playing and singing. Anna sometimes joins in but I think it is more difficult for her to climb up onto the bench.
I will be beyond the moon if one of the girls decides that she wants to play the piano. I plan to start to teach them and if they show talent and want to learn more, I'll send them to someone better than me for lessons. Their first lesson is to identify middle C. Let's just say that they are still working on that.
Allie
(I'm working on a new format for photo presentation so the above may or may not be any good. I'll know when I publish.)
I've captured several photos over the past few days of Allie and Emily sitting at the piano, playing and singing. Anna sometimes joins in but I think it is more difficult for her to climb up onto the bench.
I will be beyond the moon if one of the girls decides that she wants to play the piano. I plan to start to teach them and if they show talent and want to learn more, I'll send them to someone better than me for lessons. Their first lesson is to identify middle C. Let's just say that they are still working on that.
Allie
(I'm working on a new format for photo presentation so the above may or may not be any good. I'll know when I publish.)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Three toddlers, three rooms
We have made the definite decision to separate the girls into their own bedrooms. The decision was somewhat finalized after listening to Em yell, "Wake up, Anna," after Anna fell asleep before Em did the other night.
Rich's brother-in-law is going to finish off our basement so that we can move the office and the guest (Grammy's) bedroom down there. When the girls are older and we no longer need to have an active guest bedroom, that area will become a playroom.
I've already started telling the girls where their new bedrooms are going to be and how we are going to take the sides off of their cribs and they are going to sleep in big girl beds. I'm not sure if I'm really preparing them for the big change or myself. Because it will be a big change.
I want their new rooms to be fun as well. Not just a room with a bed and some stuffed animals which is basically what their room is like now. I had some ideas for decorating it but just never had the time to actually follow through. Last week while shopping in Target I came across girly bedding that is a knock-off of Pottery Barn Kids at a fraction of the price. You better believe I purchased the entire owl collection for Allie's room.
I've decided to make Em's room a ballerina room. There is an indent where a small closet would be if that room were to be listed as a bedroom. I'm going to hang tulle in front and make the inside a girly fortress. I've already started to accumulate ballet/dance wear as well. (I think I'm going to have as much fun as they are with this stuff.)
I haven't fully decided on what to do with Anna's room. I think I may pick up some little chairs and a little table at Home Goods and make a tea party type of scene. I definitely need to find some wall decor as well. I have an idea in mind - I just need to find it!
So hopefully their rooms aren't so much fun that they refuse to stay in their beds. This whole moving to big girl beds thing is freaking me out a bit. I'm fully expecting to wake up to Em next to my bed in the middle of the night. Every night.
And just a cute story from tonight. Rich wasn't home so Grammy and I gave the girls their bath and put them to bed. Allie and Em were sitting on little stools in their room clean and in their jammies waiting for story time to begin. After Grammy released Anna from her hair combing session, Anna walked over and said, "Hi guys." Em was like, "Hi, Anna." It was the cutest exchange EVER. And it reminded me that they are growing up so very fast.
Rich's brother-in-law is going to finish off our basement so that we can move the office and the guest (Grammy's) bedroom down there. When the girls are older and we no longer need to have an active guest bedroom, that area will become a playroom.
I've already started telling the girls where their new bedrooms are going to be and how we are going to take the sides off of their cribs and they are going to sleep in big girl beds. I'm not sure if I'm really preparing them for the big change or myself. Because it will be a big change.
I want their new rooms to be fun as well. Not just a room with a bed and some stuffed animals which is basically what their room is like now. I had some ideas for decorating it but just never had the time to actually follow through. Last week while shopping in Target I came across girly bedding that is a knock-off of Pottery Barn Kids at a fraction of the price. You better believe I purchased the entire owl collection for Allie's room.
I've decided to make Em's room a ballerina room. There is an indent where a small closet would be if that room were to be listed as a bedroom. I'm going to hang tulle in front and make the inside a girly fortress. I've already started to accumulate ballet/dance wear as well. (I think I'm going to have as much fun as they are with this stuff.)
I haven't fully decided on what to do with Anna's room. I think I may pick up some little chairs and a little table at Home Goods and make a tea party type of scene. I definitely need to find some wall decor as well. I have an idea in mind - I just need to find it!
So hopefully their rooms aren't so much fun that they refuse to stay in their beds. This whole moving to big girl beds thing is freaking me out a bit. I'm fully expecting to wake up to Em next to my bed in the middle of the night. Every night.
And just a cute story from tonight. Rich wasn't home so Grammy and I gave the girls their bath and put them to bed. Allie and Em were sitting on little stools in their room clean and in their jammies waiting for story time to begin. After Grammy released Anna from her hair combing session, Anna walked over and said, "Hi guys." Em was like, "Hi, Anna." It was the cutest exchange EVER. And it reminded me that they are growing up so very fast.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Exciting news!
Well, for me anyway.
I was finally able to convince Allie to wear one of the tutus that I made.
She loves it! I'm still trying to finish a bright pink one that I had started to put together for her. The tutus are super easy to make but are somewhat time consuming especially when I never have a block of free time.
That wand that she is waving around came from the Sleep Fairy. Well, the Sleep Fairy must have purchased them on sale at the Children's Place or something like that. The girls love to wave them around and say that they are sprinkling sleepy dust everywhere. I usually request that they do so over each other. They need all the sleepy dust they can get.
On the sleep front - the girls have been doing so much better with going to sleep sans meltdowns and staying in their cribs all night. Especially Emily. Well, except for this morning when she was awake at 5:27. Anna woke up before I could sneak out of the room with Em so I lugged about 50 pounds of toddler downstairs. They both managed to fall back asleep for a bit.
More exciting news - I actually took pictures for a family this past weekend. It was a great opportunity and learning experience for me and I was so honored that someone would want me to photograph their children. Now, I just need time to finish editing.
I feel the need to include this cute picture of Em and Anna from Sunday.
I was finally able to convince Allie to wear one of the tutus that I made.
She loves it! I'm still trying to finish a bright pink one that I had started to put together for her. The tutus are super easy to make but are somewhat time consuming especially when I never have a block of free time.
That wand that she is waving around came from the Sleep Fairy. Well, the Sleep Fairy must have purchased them on sale at the Children's Place or something like that. The girls love to wave them around and say that they are sprinkling sleepy dust everywhere. I usually request that they do so over each other. They need all the sleepy dust they can get.
On the sleep front - the girls have been doing so much better with going to sleep sans meltdowns and staying in their cribs all night. Especially Emily. Well, except for this morning when she was awake at 5:27. Anna woke up before I could sneak out of the room with Em so I lugged about 50 pounds of toddler downstairs. They both managed to fall back asleep for a bit.
More exciting news - I actually took pictures for a family this past weekend. It was a great opportunity and learning experience for me and I was so honored that someone would want me to photograph their children. Now, I just need time to finish editing.
I feel the need to include this cute picture of Em and Anna from Sunday.
Monday, November 16, 2009
One of those days.
Today has been one of those days. Sort of. In a way.
I thought tonight would be a good time to take pictures of the girls for our holiday cards. Yeah, maybe not so much. Emily had a meltdown before we even started the process. Allie decided that she wanted to wear the outfit that Em was supposed to wear. Their hair was a mess. The boots turned out to be slippers (another post for another day) and apparently size 5 at Old Navy is really a size 3.
Seeing as the whole photo thing was stressing everyone out and I'm sure Rich will not agree to assist in a re-shoot, I'm going to have to use one of the pictures from tonight. I'm one of those people who can only use photos of their kids dressed in holiday wear.
Here are some pictures from last week. They all decided to wear their leggings on their heads. And of course they cooperated for photos.
Allie
Em
Anna
I thought tonight would be a good time to take pictures of the girls for our holiday cards. Yeah, maybe not so much. Emily had a meltdown before we even started the process. Allie decided that she wanted to wear the outfit that Em was supposed to wear. Their hair was a mess. The boots turned out to be slippers (another post for another day) and apparently size 5 at Old Navy is really a size 3.
Seeing as the whole photo thing was stressing everyone out and I'm sure Rich will not agree to assist in a re-shoot, I'm going to have to use one of the pictures from tonight. I'm one of those people who can only use photos of their kids dressed in holiday wear.
Here are some pictures from last week. They all decided to wear their leggings on their heads. And of course they cooperated for photos.
Allie
Em
Anna
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Our Saturday Evening
Rich and I both needed new winter coats. Warm winter coats. We found ones that seemed decent (and warm) in an LL Bean catalog that somehow made its way into our home. Seeing as I have to try on everything now, we headed off to one of their stores after the girls' nap yesterday afternoon.
We decided to allow the girls to walk into the store. Big girls. No strollers. Only because we knew exactly what we were looking for. They LOVED it. It wasn't too bad - no one took off running but there was some wandering. While I was trying on coats, I noticed an older gentlemen rocking in one of the store chairs while he waited for his wife. He seemed amused just sitting there watching the girls. As they were leaving, he approached us and said, "They can't always be this well behaved." Why, yes they are.
Our next stop was Bugaboo Creek for dinner. This was a first time visit for all of us. We had heard that it was good for kids so we thought that the girls may enjoy it. Let's just say that we were not overly impressed. Service was pretty lousy and the girls hated the chocolate milk. I took a sip after Em kept coughing and agreed that it had a funny taste. The talking bison was fairly amusing. Anna was afraid of it and both she and Em would jump when it would start to talk.
So now let's discuss all the comments were received at Bugaboo. As we were waiting for our table to be set up, this young girl (maybe eight years old) came in with her grandmother (I think.) The girl walked up to my girls and asked, "Are they triplets?" Why, yes they are. She then said, "They look identical." Why, yes they are. Her response was hysterical (to me, anyway.) She replied, "My friend told me that you can't have identical triplets." I told her that she could tell her friend that she saw real live identical triplets!
Then the grandmother asked me if they used different hands because with twins you always have a righty and a lefty. Ahhhh, no you don't. So I explained that Anna usually uses her left hand while Allie and Em tend to be right-handed. But I have seen Allie use her left hand too. I didn't want to get into the whole mirror image twin thing so I just let it go.
There was another older woman who approached our table on her way out. She was very polite and said, "I just want to tell you that you have beautiful family. They are doing so well." That was due to the girls' awesome behavior. They sat patiently in their chairs, never fussed, never cried, never whined. Now let's talk about the five year old (or close to five years old) boy sitting at a table next to us. Our table was next to a fireplace sort of in the middle of the floor. The girls were already in their chairs and I was busy distributing crayons. There were these things (which I thought at first were just long sticks) hanging over our table from the fireplace area. Well, of a sudden they started tipping and falling onto our table. It was a basket full of freaking fishing poles and this kid was over there messing with them. I was already standing when it happened so I grabbed them while saying, "Hey, HEY." Can you believe that the father didn't even apologize? All he did was say to the kid, "I told you not to touch those." Which explains why they were hanging over our table to begin with.
I watched this family while we waited for our food. The boy was so undisciplined and the mother just sat there doing nothing. She looked a bit stuck up if you ask me. Meanwhile the kid knocked over his chair, refused to stay in his chair, threw his fork full of food onto the floor. Eeesh, no wonder why people are always commenting on how well behaved the girls are.
Okay, I have a million pictures to post this week. The girls have been extremely entertaining posing in their tutus and princess crowns.
Don't forgot to pop over to Multiples & More to vote for the girls. They are #8. The voting for the Top 10 ends Monday at 6:00 pm! Remember, it is one vote per computer per day. Thanks!
We decided to allow the girls to walk into the store. Big girls. No strollers. Only because we knew exactly what we were looking for. They LOVED it. It wasn't too bad - no one took off running but there was some wandering. While I was trying on coats, I noticed an older gentlemen rocking in one of the store chairs while he waited for his wife. He seemed amused just sitting there watching the girls. As they were leaving, he approached us and said, "They can't always be this well behaved." Why, yes they are.
Our next stop was Bugaboo Creek for dinner. This was a first time visit for all of us. We had heard that it was good for kids so we thought that the girls may enjoy it. Let's just say that we were not overly impressed. Service was pretty lousy and the girls hated the chocolate milk. I took a sip after Em kept coughing and agreed that it had a funny taste. The talking bison was fairly amusing. Anna was afraid of it and both she and Em would jump when it would start to talk.
So now let's discuss all the comments were received at Bugaboo. As we were waiting for our table to be set up, this young girl (maybe eight years old) came in with her grandmother (I think.) The girl walked up to my girls and asked, "Are they triplets?" Why, yes they are. She then said, "They look identical." Why, yes they are. Her response was hysterical (to me, anyway.) She replied, "My friend told me that you can't have identical triplets." I told her that she could tell her friend that she saw real live identical triplets!
Then the grandmother asked me if they used different hands because with twins you always have a righty and a lefty. Ahhhh, no you don't. So I explained that Anna usually uses her left hand while Allie and Em tend to be right-handed. But I have seen Allie use her left hand too. I didn't want to get into the whole mirror image twin thing so I just let it go.
There was another older woman who approached our table on her way out. She was very polite and said, "I just want to tell you that you have beautiful family. They are doing so well." That was due to the girls' awesome behavior. They sat patiently in their chairs, never fussed, never cried, never whined. Now let's talk about the five year old (or close to five years old) boy sitting at a table next to us. Our table was next to a fireplace sort of in the middle of the floor. The girls were already in their chairs and I was busy distributing crayons. There were these things (which I thought at first were just long sticks) hanging over our table from the fireplace area. Well, of a sudden they started tipping and falling onto our table. It was a basket full of freaking fishing poles and this kid was over there messing with them. I was already standing when it happened so I grabbed them while saying, "Hey, HEY." Can you believe that the father didn't even apologize? All he did was say to the kid, "I told you not to touch those." Which explains why they were hanging over our table to begin with.
I watched this family while we waited for our food. The boy was so undisciplined and the mother just sat there doing nothing. She looked a bit stuck up if you ask me. Meanwhile the kid knocked over his chair, refused to stay in his chair, threw his fork full of food onto the floor. Eeesh, no wonder why people are always commenting on how well behaved the girls are.
Okay, I have a million pictures to post this week. The girls have been extremely entertaining posing in their tutus and princess crowns.
Don't forgot to pop over to Multiples & More to vote for the girls. They are #8. The voting for the Top 10 ends Monday at 6:00 pm! Remember, it is one vote per computer per day. Thanks!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Today's post
The girls slept in their cribs until 6:30 this morning. Em was awake bright and early and woke up Anna. Allie slept until 8:00 - I wonder who she takes after. Someone (I think Anna) kept crying out in her sleep and waking me every hour on the hour. I'll take that over sleeping downstairs with Em every night. I was so afraid that we had feed into her bad habit. {mini sigh of relief}
Today was my day to post over at How Do You Do It? You can click here for a direct link to my post.
And I just realized today that the Halloween Photo Contest at Multiples and More allows one vote per computer per day! No wonder why I'm behind. If you are in the mood to pop over and give us another vote, I would appreciate it. The girls are #8. Just scroll down and vote in the poll on the sidebar. Voting for this round ends later on Monday.
I'll be back tomorrow. I need to post about our exciting trip to LL Bean and Bugaboo Creek.
Today was my day to post over at How Do You Do It? You can click here for a direct link to my post.
And I just realized today that the Halloween Photo Contest at Multiples and More allows one vote per computer per day! No wonder why I'm behind. If you are in the mood to pop over and give us another vote, I would appreciate it. The girls are #8. Just scroll down and vote in the poll on the sidebar. Voting for this round ends later on Monday.
I'll be back tomorrow. I need to post about our exciting trip to LL Bean and Bugaboo Creek.
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