Triple-Take

Hellooooo .. ooo...oooo..ooooo

2009-05-09T08:05:00.005-05:00

Hi.. is this thing on? tap tap.... every few months I get a nice little nudge from my Aunt Martha to update my blog.. You see... she's all the way in Colorado and never gets to see the shenanigans. it's CRAZY around here.. pure craziness.. and i know i need to do a better job at updating... I feel we've outgrown this blog.. I always feel like this was for them when they were babies.. So, I will be closing this blog and starting a new one.. for a new chapter in our lives as we get closer to the triplets 4th birthday.. 4... F.O.U.R. i still can't believe it.. it just seems like yesterday that i was bringing them home.. where have my babies gone..

A few little updates... Devin has been sick all week and had to b picked up from school twice! It's been a rough week for that little stinker.. but i think he's on the mend now.

Chase... well.. what can i say.. he's still Chase.. the busiest kid you'll ever meet..

Macy.. aka: chatty cathy... aka: Alverna Jr.. she talks and talks and talks and talks.. and you just have to nod your head.. because she really needs that confirmation that you are listening.. but when you talk to her.. her first response is "What you say?".. so we dubbed her.. Alverna Jr.

Here are some videos.. just for fun..

A little Q & A... Devin

2009-03-31T12:51:00.001-05:00

My child: Devin 3 1/2

1. What is something mom always says to you?
get a spankin

2.What makes mom happy?
one time

3.What makes your mom sad?
two

4.How does your mom make you laugh?
3 seconds

5. What was your mom like as a child?
get a bottle

6. How old is your mom?
4 and daddy is 4 too

7.How tall is your mom?
big

8.What is your moms favorite thing to do?
get a lipstick

9. What does your mom do when you are not around?
go work

10.If your mom becomes famous what will it be for?
for Devin (I like this one)

11. What is your mom really good at?
get dressed and i got dressed by myself

12. What is your mom not very good at?
don't drink very fast, if you eat the ice cream fast you gonna get a headache

13. What does your mom do for a job?
press this.... (Mouse)

14. What is your moms favorite food?
soup (weird.. two in a row)

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
watch tv

16. If your mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?
a girl

17.What do you and your mom do together?
ummmmm ... ummmmm.. something really really really good

18. How are you and your mom the same?
brown eyes

19.How are you and your mom different?
you a girl

20.How do you know your mom loves you?
make you so so so so so happy

A little Q & A... Macy

2009-03-31T12:50:00.002-05:00

My child: Macy (3.5)

1. What is something mom always says to you?
take your jammies off

2.What makes mom happy?
take my jammies off

3.What makes your mom sad?
i don't listen to Mommy

4.How does your mom make you laugh?
silly

5. What was your mom like as a child?

i don't know

6. How old is your mom?
5

7.How tall is your mom?
bigger

8.What is your moms favorite thing to do?
work

9. What does your mom do when you are not around?
work

10.If your mom becomes famous what will it be for?
paint

11. What is your mom really good at?
work

12. What is your mom not very good at?
not working

13. What does your mom do for a job?
on the puter

14. What is your moms favorite food?
soup

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
when i listen

16. If your mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?
i don't know.. you think

17.What do you and your mom do together?
i don't know

18. How are you and your mom the same?
girls

19.How are you and your mom different?
girl

20.How do you know your mom loves you?
I love you

There ya go.. I didn't make any of these up.. apparently i need to stop working so much!! Out of the mouth of an almost 4 year old.. Stay tuned for Chase & Devin's answers!!

A little Q & A... Chase..

2009-03-31T12:50:00.001-05:00

My child: Chase 3 1/

1. What is something mom always says to you?
knock it off

2.What makes mom happy?
not being bad

3.What makes your mom sad?
crying

4.How does your mom make you laugh?
tickle

5. What was your mom like as a child?
crying.. whaaaaa

6. How old is your mom?
i don't know

7.How tall is your mom?
bigger, bigger, bi-gger

8.What is your moms favorite thing to do?
pushing buttons (this cracks me up)

9. What does your mom do when you are not around?
cry

10.If your mom becomes famous what will it be for?
Mommy

11. What is your mom really good at?
cheez its

12. What is your mom not very good at?
monsters

13. What does your mom do for a job?
go bye bye

14. What is your moms favorite food?
popsicles

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
not being bad

16. If your mom was a cartoon character, who would she be?
Wiggles

17.What do you and your mom do together?
eat and drink the drink all gone

18. How are you and your mom the same?
bears

19.How are you and your mom different?
thomas the train

20.How do you know your mom loves you?

get a kiss

i know.. i know.. i know..

2009-03-31T10:22:00.002-05:00

I'm going to catch up soon... Martha called me out.. I promise Martha to keep this blog going.. i'll be back later today with some photos and a catch up!

My son.. the sock guy!

2009-02-18T23:30:00.005-06:00

i'll make this post short & sweet.. This was what i found in Devin's room yesterday after he had been left alone for about 10 min in his room.. had this been Chase.. he would have torn down the ceiling fan.. but this was Devin.. sweet, demure Devin..

yep.. he had taken apart all his socks.. and layed them next to each other at the "foot" (no pun intended) of the bed.. and if you notice they had to be layed in the same direction.. he went one step further and also matched up his spider man slippers and threw in some coasters for good measure...

Then tonight after I dropped off the kids at their Dad's.. I went into the boys' room to get the dirty clothes to wash and I found this at the "head" of his bed...

That Devin... he matched them back up , AFTER , I had put them away... he got them out again! if you have a daughter.... say... hm.. 3 years old to 5 years old.. I will put her on a list for an arranged marriage.. he sure is going to make a fabulous Husband someday... not to mention the most awesome sock matcher a Mother could ever want !!

To the Dentist..

2009-02-17T20:56:00.008-06:00

Look at Little Miss Pro.. she jumped up there and showed those boys how to do it..

This guy needed a little extra help from Mommy!!

this guys was good too.. he was excited about getting a toy!

Random .. Randomness..

2009-02-09T21:31:00.003-06:00

yeah.. i got a little slap on the wrist today for not updating this site... I forget sometimes that i still have visitors here... I spend most of my time over on Facebook.. and I assume that everybody else does too.. but that's just not the case... SO.. here is some randomness.. We're hanging in there.. We are sooo ready for spring to just get here... so that we can spend more time outside and run off some energy... it's been a looong winter and we DO NOT like punxatawny Phil anymore..

it's been pretty much status quo here lately.. and i'll try to get better at blogging all the fun stuff that goes on daily... Like Chase putting on all my makeup one morning while I slept.. full eyeshadow and lipgloss.. or Macy's ability to now whistle... or Devin's curiosity with paint lately..

so.. i'll just leave you with a few photos for now.. albeit.. not the greatest of photos.. i'll dust off my real camera soon..

Happy Inauguration 3

2009-01-20T20:30:00.002-06:00

Happy Inauguration Day! 2

2009-01-20T20:17:00.002-06:00

Happy Inauguration Day!

2009-01-20T20:08:00.002-06:00

i'm in soo much trouble..

2009-01-15T16:12:00.002-06:00

i'm in SOOOOOOOOO much trouble!

Bad Blogger..

2009-01-14T09:37:00.002-06:00

i've been a bad blogger lately.. really bad.. sorry... i'll have some pics soon... I've been hanging out on facebook alot.. and i just forget that i have this blog.. but then I realize alot of you are not on FB.. so you haven't seen some of my new pics... I'll come back soon with an update!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T11:08:00.003-06:00

Merry Christmas

Early Christmas

2008-12-24T09:32:00.001-06:00

We had an early Christmas this morning at Mommy's house... Santa came in the night.. here are a few from this morning.. Enjoy.. Merry Christmas..

Milking Santa...

2008-12-09T20:42:00.004-06:00

Milking Santa....

How many more years do i get to milk this Santa thing? I have had more fun lately using the Santa bribe with the kiddos.. It's so fun.. It's just bound to come back and haunt me.. i just know it... This year.. they really get it.. they really get that Santa is "watching" them. Tonight I was able to catch a little lie in action.. Case in Point:

I observed Chase hitting Macy over the head with a broom... (i was cleaning)... He didn't think I was looking, but i just happened to look as it happened. Chase got put in time out.. but the whole time he was crying that Macy hit him with a car and that's why he hit her over the head.. So.. My conversation with Macy went like this:

Me: Macy, did you hit Chase with a car?

Macy: {Nods.. no}

Me: are you sure?

Macy: {Nods, no}

Me: Macy, tell me the truth, we don't lie in this house.. are you lying to me?

Macy: {still nods no}

Me: Ok.. well.. remember, Santa is watching you and he knows whether you hit Chase or not

Macy: look of fear in her eyes

Me: Ok.. well.. if you didn't hit Chase then I guess I can call Santa and ask him?

Macy: still looking a little fearful

Me: but, if you tell me the truth, then I'll call Santa and tell him that you're sorry and you didn't mean to hurt Chase.. then all will be ok for Christmas.. Did you hit Chase?

Macy: Yes (still looking at the ground)

Me: Ok.. Chase will tell you he's sorry, and you tell Chase you're sorry

Chase: I'm sorry Macy

Macy: {cannot look Chase in the eyes} ok.. sorra {can't even say sorry}

That girl is a pistol, i'm telling you....

She has been telling me nonstop how much she loves me... I think this Santa thing is really cool this year.... And don't get me started on the "eyes in back of my head" story.. I catch them looking at the back of my head sometimes to see if i'm telling the truth or not..

Here's the girl in action.. talking to the "man" on the phone..

Just some videos..

2008-11-23T10:58:00.003-06:00

I always forget that i have this video function on my p&S camera..

A Quick Share...

2008-11-18T22:22:00.004-06:00

Just a quick share... here is Macy's Pre-School picture... She looks so sweet & innocent.. and how come she can't give me that cute little lip smile when I have my camera out? This photo is copyrighted by Inter-state..

I don't have the boys' pictures yet.. and there will be a super funny story to go along with theirs so stay tuned..

To all the Veteran Parents out there...

2008-11-09T20:15:00.002-06:00

To all the Veteran Parents out there..... I have a question....

Is it customary for the parent (s) to eat all of your kids Halloween candy?

I don't want to know.. I'm asking for a friend of a friend's, cousin's, Great Aunt.....

Out of the mouth of Babes..

2008-11-05T07:24:00.002-06:00

Out of the mouth of babes...

as i was giving the kids some "nana's this morning:

me: here's your nanas
Devin: monkeys eat nanas
me: yes, they do, are you a monkey
Devin: no, we Triplets
me: oh your triplets, huh
Devin: no, we triplet monkeys

Well said my friend.. well said.......... I could not agree more.. It was a sweet moment..... now i have to go clean the smushed "nana's" off of the floor...

All Treats.. no Tricks..

2008-10-31T20:47:00.003-05:00

All Treats.. no tricks...

Punkn patch

2008-10-28T20:51:00.003-05:00

Pumpkin Patch....

****For my family.. I'm working on a slide show from the funeral... I know you guys are ready to see some pictures....

ok. so.. Chad & I took the kids to the patch today.. well.. it wasn't a "real" pumpkin patch.. but close enough... it was a beautiful day here too..

Getting Back to Normal..

2008-10-15T09:41:00.002-05:00

Getting back to normal.. slowly..

Here's one pic to share..

a Wonderful thing...

2008-10-10T22:42:00.002-05:00

To our Mom, Grandma, Grandma Great, Sister, Aunt, Great Aunt, Daughter & Friend...

God looked around His garden
And found an empty place.
He then looked down upon the earth
And saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you
And lifted you to rest.
God’s garden must be beautiful
He always takes the best.
He saw the road was getting rough
And the hills were hard to climb,
So He closed your weary eyelids
And whispered "Peace be thine".
It broke our hearts to lose you
But you didn’t go alone,
For part of us went with you
The day God called you home.

2008-10-07T02:02:00.010-05:00

Evelyn Pearl Schuette
November 27, 1919 - October 7, 2008

"your life was a blessing,
your memory a treasure.
You are loved beyond words
and missed beyond measure"

Author: unknown

**edited to add that my parents did not make it in time, they only had 1/2 hour to go to get there.. she just couldn't hang on any longer.