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I don’t recommend doing this

I took the boys to the mall today in a quest for the last few remaining Christmas presents. Things were going well, till I took them into Bath & Body Works. I had the double stroller, which the boys were all holding onto. With the threat of being placed into the stroller if they didn’t stay with it. The layout of that store was not created with strollers in mind, or two three year olds for that matter! It was a struggle to get around the store to find what I wanted without the twins destroying every display in the store. I did manage to make it out of there with the present and without the boys breaking anything. I do strongly recommend you not every try this with three young boys!

The highlight of the mall trip for the boys was playing with the Reactrix. It’s this interactive mat on the ground that has different scenes displayed on it that you can interact with. Their favorites are the fish, the soccer game and the racecar track. They would stay there all day if I let them. It was very hard getting them to leave. It is suppose to be an adverstisement tool, but the ads are totally lost on my boys. They think it is a toy and want to know why I can’t buy them one for home.

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Recognized at Costco

I took the boys to Costco today to pick up some prints I had made and look for a few more Christmas presents. We go to check out and the checker says, “Hey, It’s the triplets! Oh wait, one is older, right?” Aidan quickly says that he’s 5 and they are 3. I guess I’ve been spending too much time at Costco lately!

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I Took the Boys to See Santa This Morning

I got there right after it opened, so we didn’t have to wait in line. This is the first year that one or the other of the twins wasn’t afraid of Santa. They all had a good time talking with him.

While we were at the mall, I must have been asked over a dozen times if they were triplets. Aidan has the drill down! I always say no and he pipes in with “I’m 5 and they are 3.”

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Yo-Ho-Ho Hats

Today we got down the Christmas stuff, so we could put out the Advent Candle holder before the first Sunday of Advent, which is tomorrow. I found the Santa Hats in the boxes and gave them to the boys. The immediately started calling them their “Yo-Ho-Ho” hats. They must be the pirate santas! They kept going around saying “yo-ho-ho” over and over. It was too cute!

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More Tears at Swim Class

The boys had their first swim class today. All three are signed up for 15 min private lessons once a week. Last week they had an evaluation and today they had their first class. Aidan is doing great and will likely be swimming after the end of our 11 week session. Last week Riley cried most of the class. This week both Jared and Riley cried, with Riley screaming at some points during the class. I sure hope they get used to the class soon! We are going to practice in the spa during the week to hopefully help them get used to the back floats that they both seem to hate.

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Aidan’s First Day at Preschool

Aidan started his “Preppy-K” class today. He will go MWF in the mornings. After we got back from dropping the girls off at school, he helped me make his lunch – Bologna Sandwich, Doritos and Apple Juice. We drove to the school and located his classroom. After signing him in, we went out to the playground where the kids were lining up to go in to class. Aidan went right to his line, gave me a goodbye hug and headed right off to his class. A few of the other kids were crying and one was screaming at the top of his lungs! After they went in, I went to the class and took a picture of him sitting with the other kids in the classroom. Gave him a final wave and was off. I can’t wait to hear how his day went. I think he is going to have a great time.

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Mommy, I didn’t do it!

I was resting on the couch this afternoon when I felt a big jolt. The house then started swaying and I knew it was an earthquake. I jumped up and yelled at Aidan asking him if he was okay. His reply was, “Mommy, I didnt’ do it!” I told him I knew that he hadn’t done it and that it was an earthquake. All the while I’m talking with Aidan, I’m running up the stairs to check on the twins. They were asleep in their room taking a nap. The earthquake woke them both up, but they were able to go back to sleep. Aidan and I then went downstairs and looked up the earthquake online. It turned out to be a 5.3 (later downgraded to a 4.9) centered in Yucaipa.

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I love you all the way to costco and back!

I was cuddling in a chair with Aidan when he asked me how much I loved him. I told him that I loved him all the way to pluto and back. I then asked him how much he loves me. He thought about it for a while and then answered, “I love you all the way to costco and back!” For him that is a whole lot. When he really likes something, he will say I love it all the way around the neighborhood! I guess that Costco was the furthest place away he could thing of, so I take it as a great compliment.

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Carving Pumpkins

Today we carved pumpkins while the twins were taking a nap. The kids really had fun. After being confronted with the opened pumpkin, Aidan decided he would rather paint one. Talia did her pumpkin almost entirely on her own this year. I only had to help her scoop it out a bit, she did all the carving herself. After they finished with the pumpkins, the girls wanted to roast pumpkin seeds. The turned out really good and everyone enjoyed eating them.

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Happy Birthday Aidan


Aidan turned 4 years old today. He is such a sweet, loving little boy. His favorite thing is playing with his Rescue Heroes. He makes up all kinds of complicate scenarios with them. It is so fun to listen to him playing. His best friend is our neighbor’s boy, Matthew. They play together really well, most of the time.