Okay, so for Christmas, Santa Claus brought all four of my little people a trampoline to share.  I KNEW that  Bregon  would be ecstatic, as he has wanted one of these since he was four and our friends in Tyler had one that he borrowed every weekend.  I figured that the babies would adore it, too. After all, they had always enjoyed anything and everything that allowed them to  boingy  their way through life.  It never occurred to me that my  boingy -est baby, my daredevil  Kaiden , would manage to actually be afraid of it.  After sitting on my back porch for almost an entire week because of the rain and mud, husband finally was able to get up enough gumption to grab my eldest and attempt assembly.  The whole thing went up in under an hour, as opposed to the many reviews and advice that we had read online about having to be a rocket scientist to get the whole thing assembled and together safely.  My eldest,  Bregon , immedia...

Over the past week, I have had many visitors over to my home that are normally not around for the babies' everyday routine.  I am finding out that I am a very lucky Mum, too! Everyone seems to be so amazed over how good and happy my tiny trio are.  Both my sister and my in-law's were over at bedtime earlier this week, and each marveled over how it was laid back and tear-free.  Apparently, they always had trouble getting their kids to go to bed when they were little, or something.  After thinking about it, I suppose it isn't every day that you find three one year olds who can tell you when they are ready to go to sleep whether it's nap time or bedtime.  Our normal routine involves dinner at 5 each night. Everyone eats until they are finished (however long that may take) and each are allowed down to play until bedtime.  Bedtime is usually at six unless the babies are super tired, then they can head out earlier if they choose to do so.  All I have to do i...

I am sure that by now, everyone is quite familiar with my latest toddler trio problem - CLIMBING!  Why, it was just last week that I discovered Kian hanging out inside the bottom oven, Kaiden swinging from the dining room chandelier and Vivienne swinging her legs as they dangled from the back of my sofa where she had perched herself.  I thought that I had figured out a way to stop the climbing from happening for the most part.  I have moved every chair away from the dining room table and positioned them along the walls of the dining room and living room.  I even moved the one that was supposed to be designated for the homework table that is in the living room corner.  I had thought that the one that was basically useless unless you pull the table away from the wall would be safe and immune to baby-climbing.  Oh, boy was I mistaken! I heard crying coming from the living room while I was in the bedroom trying to fold laundry and put it away in the dresser dra...

Do you stop and talk to people every time someone stops you or tries to stop you while out shopping or running errands?  We were talking about this over on the Triplet Connection Forum just now, and I thought that I would ask everyone and see what everyone else does in similar situations.  I know that when I am out doing things such as shopping, or taking my kids to doctor's appointments, I will get stopped by people who want to talk about my multiples.  Some even only want to stare at my kids as if they were some sort of circus freak or sideshow attraction.  Then there are some people who really do have nice things to say and are pleasant. I don't mind stopping to talk to pleasant people.  But, there are some very unpleasant people and some that I just do not really want my kids to be around.  So...do you stop for these sorts of curious people always as a general rule, or do you smile, nod and keep going in hopes that they will understand.  I had an i...

Friday night, I received an email from a friend thanking me for posting the NICU reunion Christmas party information on the forum page. It's funny, because his email is what reminded ME that it was this Sunday. When you have three babies and a teen, planned events like that can often times fall by the wayside and go quite forgotten! Anyways, Husband and I decided to try and take the kids and go to the NICU reunion party since we missed it last year because our babies were too sick to go. Since all of the little newspaper blurbs and news station clips touted that this was a party that would be attended by miracle babies, many of them multiples, all dressed in their Christmas finest, I figured that we shouldn't disappoint and that the babies should wear their Christmas outfits to the party in spite of the weather. So, the boys had to wear their turtle neck onesies with their sleeves rolled up. Lucky for Vivienne, her dressie is one of the shorter ones with the bloomers that are s...

A few days ago, I learned an invaluable lesson. Never, ever EVER give your toddlers Oreo cookies as an afternoon snack.  No matter how deceptively small and innocent and tiny those cute baby Oreos may appear, they are NOT a toddler snack food.  This means that even the cute tiny ones that come in the little bags or cups are DANGEROUS when given to a toddler! I repeat, even 2 or 3 little baby Oreo's can be BAD!!!! I mean, they do look innocent enough.  They come packaged deceptively in similar packaging as their less potent counterpart the Teddy Graham which has been a staple of our snack-time ever since that first tooth cracked through my tiny trio's gums.  I don't know what I was thinking. Kaiden had seen the advertisement on the back of his Teddy Graham package for several other cookies and had become quite excited at the prospect of there being more yummy tea-time treats out there in the world to try.  I very innocently catered to the whim of my 1 year old an...