September Photo Dump

I swear I was just writing about the month of August.  This past month has gone by so fast.  September has been full of trips to the zoo, play dates with friends and fun at preschool.  Julie, Cruz and Kash seem to be enjoying school - or at least they don't cry when I drop them off.  They get to color, play with kid scissors, and learn how to paint (which mostly ends up on their clothes or in their hair).  They are starting to learn their shapes and colors.  I absolutely LOVE seeing them learn new things.  

Julie has really grown in the past couple weeks.  When I point to things and say what it is, she'll try to repeat me.  This is HUGE.  She never did that in the past.  She will also repeat songs she hears on Dora.  I love it!  Julie started speech therapy last week.  A lady is going to start coming to our house once a week to work with her.  She also gets to attend a toddler group on Fridays to continue her speech development.  I was SO disappointed my boys didn't qualify.  I knew they would LOVE going to this class. Then the teacher called me and let me know that siblings are welcome to join Julie for the class.  I was TRILLED!  We went to our first class last week and they all loved it.  We sing songs, read books, work on our colors and shapes, and get a little snack at the end.  On the first day of class the teacher was working with Julie on her shapes.  She pointed to the circle and said "circle".  Then Julie repeated, "circle".  Then she pointed to the triangle and asked, "What is this?"  Julie mumbled something.  Then the teacher said, "Triangle".  And Julie repeated, "Triangle".  Then the teacher pointed to the octagon and asked, "What is this?"  And Julie said, "Oct-gon".  Are you kidding me?!? Hahaha..  We both almost fell off our chairs.  It was so funny.  Julie's face lit up and she started laughing with us.  I thought it was a fluke but later in the day I pointed to the octagon and asked her what it was and she said, "Oct-gon".  She is too much.  I'm so excited to see her grow and learn.  

Giraffes at the zoo. 

Car rides with their bestie. 

 We went to a friends gender reveal party.  We all wore blue thinking it was a boy, but it ended up being a GIRL!  We are so excited for Cara & John!

   Everyone needs a Trey in their life.

 They love the elephants. 

 Rite of passage - taking ALL the toilet paper off the roll. 

It was too quite...then I found them like this.  They thought they hit the jackpot.

 Out of all the toys in the house he HAD to bring the Elsa doll to the park.  "Elsa!  Elsa!"

 He's obsessed.  Too funny! 

   Our FHE was about missionary work.  They probably didn't understand one word we were saying, but they loved coloring pictures for our favorite missionary Sister Seamons and they LOVED their little name tags.  

 My little rock throwers. 

 Finding the perfect rock.

 Hugs with P.

 Kash is all puckered up and ready for his turn.  :)

August Update

I really can't believe what a roller coaster ride parenting triplets is.  One minute my stress level is a 10/10 and I feel like I'm entering the looney bin - and the next minute I'm melting with an overwhelming love for how freaking cute they are.  Some days I really don't know how we made it through in one piece and I'm counting down the minutes until Curtis gets home from work and other days they are such a joy and we have fun staying up past bedtime doing the "Watch Me" (Whip/Nae Nae) dance around the house.  I definitely struggle managing it all most days but I would never trade it for anything.  I love my kids more than I can express and I think it's healthy to recognize that it is HARD WORK!   

 The boys still suck their ring finger while sleeping or when they're tired. (They just woke up from a nap here in this picture).

We took a weekend trip up to Hollister last month and went to Gilroy Gardens.  My kids LOVED it.  It really is the cutest park geared more towards young kids.  If I lived closer I would definitely have a season pass. 

 How cute is Kash waving as he passed us by.

The trips started preschool a couple weeks ago.  So far they love it - and I love my little break with Trey.  Some days I get SO much done while they are gone and other days I do absolutely nothing at all and it feels great. (I love Julie's backpack haha).

 A pic I received from Curtis while I was at the gym with the triplets.  He said Trey was a little TIREd. :)  He's a crack up.

 This little toy right here wrecked havoc at the pool.  No joke.  I got the triplets in their swim diapers, put their swim suits on, got one toy for each of them to bring to the pool, packed a few snacks - and we headed out to the pool.  They were all playing in the kiddie pool and having fun when Julie found this stupid little toy in the drain.  They all immediately threw their toys and wanted this ONE.  It was ca-razy!  Fighting, screaming, crying, hair pulling, etc.  I almost pulled out my phone to record it, but everyone at the pool was starring, so I thought I should go intervene.  I tried taking the toy away and hiding it, but they weren't having it.  I tried to distract them and start playing with their other toys or give them snacks, but they were still screaming.  So we went home. 

They are OBSESSED with these little rides at the mall. 

Both of them with their little tongues sticking out. 

Hugs

Sand should only be allowed at the beach.  

Stank face.

Cheese!

 Kash was going to give him a kiss, but then he saw his sandy mouth and said "Ew!" and walked away.  

 We gave Tyson a buzz cut to hopefully help with all his shedding. 

 Cutest little stink LOVES the bath. 

He's too much. 

 I just love his little body. 

The cause to my first grey hair.  And MANY more to come.  :)

Kisses From Julie

I realized lately I have the worst memory.  If I don't write things down or set reminders in my phone, then it doesn't happen.  I'll even go to the store for something, then completely forget it because I didn't write it on my list. 

I never want to forget the little things my kids do at this age.  It is seriously such a fun age (minus the whining). One thing Julie does that is the absolute cutest thing is give me goodnight kisses.  This past month we have separated the triplets at nighttime.  Cruz and Kash sleep in the same room in their bedroom and Julie sleeps in the guest bedroom in a pack n play.  She would stay up an hour or more after we would put them to bed and keep her brothers up, and then she would get upset when they would wake her up bright and early the next morning.  So now she gets to stay up and chat with herself in her own room and sleep in as long as she wants.  

Well, every night she'll just babble and talk to herself in her crib - lights off and sound machine on.  You can hear her cute little voice from outside the room.  One night she was babbling away two hours after we put her to bed.  I wanted to make sure she didn't poop so I went in to check on her.  I picked her up and she immediately laid her head on my shoulder, then two seconds later looked up at me and gave me a kiss.  I completely melted.  Then she laid her head back on my shoulder.  Two seconds later she looked up at me and gave me a kiss, then laid back on my shoulder.  She seriously did this twenty times.  It was THE CUTEST thing.  I didn't smell any poop so I laid her back in her crib, said I love you, and she went right to sleep.  I didn't hear a peep from her after that.

So now it's a tradition.  I'll put her to bed, then go put the boys to bed.  Ten minutes or so later I can hear her talking away to herself.  I'll go in and hold her for a minute or two - get 10 kisses - then put her back to bed.  She always does the same thing every night (unless she's super exhausted and goes right to sleep).  Her little giggle after every kiss is my favorite.  Oh I just love her.