Spring pics - almost 2!

Spring pics - almost 2!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Playgroup Halloween Party

Thanks to the Kliepfel's for hosting an AWESOME Halloween Party for the triplets' playgroup.  We had a fun singer who brought instruments for the kids to play with.  Yummy snacks, a fun craft, and a treat bag to bring home.

Here are some cute pics:

Aubrey (the hostess/fish) and Audrey (Dorothy)
 Katherine (Glinda) and a hand bell
 Mason (the friendly lion)
Thanks to all the playgroup Mom's and nanny's for making this party so fun!

Fall 2011 Trip pics

Brody and I went to Kansas City a couple of weekends ago to visit Uncle Ron.  While we were there Dave took the trips up to the Art Center Rose Garden to get fall pictures.  Here are a few of the cute ones. 

You have to love the Cairns:

Katherine Ann
 Mason William


 Audrey Grace


Friday, August 12, 2011

Potty Training

The potty training is going well.  The triplets friend Aubrey was over and went #1 in the potty 4 times in a row!!  When Audrey saw that she got an M & M every time she decided she wanted to get one, too!
You hear about  boys being harder to train but for us so far Mason has been the most consistent.  Audrey just wants to tell you why she doesn't want to sit on the potty.  Ha ha!

I thought since the cost of diapers were going up this would be a good time to focus on this new skill.  Only problem is the pull ups hold less "matter" so we have to change them more often.  I am not sure if I am winning here or not?

Bless Miss Amber - she has spent the last week in the downstairs bathroom.  I give her credit though she has potty songs pulled up on her smart phone and they are singing while they are in there.

Thanks be to God for blessing us with Miss Amber!

Mason, Katherine, & Audrey Turn 2!

So sorry to everyone that this has taken so long to get posted.  Here is what I remember from the day.

It rained, and rained, and rained!

We did not rent the shelter but luckily no one was using it so we set up shop there.  There was someone graduating from Drake that came right as the party ended so it worked out perfectly.
 Brody (5) Audrey (2) Mason (2) Katherine (2)
Look at the wide mouths full of cake!!


Dave let one of the triplets in the super big and curvy slide, I think it was Mason, and he got stuck!  We almost had to send Amber the nanny (she is 4' 11') up the slide to get him.


 Thank you to all our friends and family that braved the weather for an outdoor party in May.

 


Friday, May 6, 2011

If these were taken in April can I count them as their 2 year?































Easter 2011



I have had several people mention to me that I needed to update my blog so here is my effort.


Easter was a fun weekend but also very tiring. On Saturday we went to church for an egg hunt, to meet EB, and play games. There were over 5000 eggs this year. Kudos to the volunteers at the church.



That night Katherine would not fall asleep for some reason so I was up until 10:30pm with her. Then the EB could come but she did not get to bed until midnight.



Flash forward to Easter morning at 7:15am everyone was up and noticed there were eggs out. EB tried to hide some of the eggs at triplet level but Brody found them very easily. We ended up having to ask him to let the trips find some.



Mason in his Mason style grabbed 2 of his 6 eggs (one in each hand) and got up in the recliner and watched everyone find the eggs for him. He is going to be a manager one day with those skills.


Katherine (our stripper) you will notice was in her diaper since she had removed her pesky PJ's some time in the middle of the night.




I hope everyone had a great Easter, too!









Thursday, March 10, 2011

Downstairs Bath and Playroom (formerly the den).

Here is a shot of the custom Mirror, 2x2 mosaic tiles, extra storage, and the furniture style cabinet and drawers designed by Dave and built by Joe the trim carpenter in a shaker style. It is truly AWESOME!! Note the squares for the tile, the lights, the pull knobs, etc.
This is a close up of the granite counter top and the drawers. There is one for each member of the family and two for visitors. Note the lovely towel next to the sink. We still need a towel rack. :O)
Here is a view of the toilet. For the men in my family you will now be able to sit without your knees hitting the door. There more mosaic around the wainscot. You can also see the pinwheel pattern on the floor. We lost a closet but Joe made sure we had plenty of storage. Enough to hold towels, soap, and TP.
This is a shot of the new closet, just large enough for cleaning supplies, the vacuum, and some games. The carpet pad is super squishy. We highly recommend our contractor and Ryan Jones at Amerifloor in Urbandale.

Friday, February 18, 2011

No more highchairs!

So I finally decided I can no longer tolerate the noise the triplets make in their highchairs when they slam their heads back and forth. It drives me crazy especially after a long and tiring day of work. So the highchairs have been removed and now we have this:


The kids are really growing up. *sniff sniff* It is bittersweet.

For those of you who know I am job searching please say an extra prayer for me this weekend.

Also say a prayer for my broken car that I am going to have to drive to Omaha to get fixed. It is going to be VERY, VERY expensive and we spent all our money on kids and the house. :p)

Guess who pooped on the potty!

Yeah, Katherine sat on the potty (like we've been doing for a few weeks now) and guess what she did last night?? You got it - she pooped! Oh please lord to not have to buy diapers anymore that would be so wonderful.
Grandpa and Grandma are also back from Florida. They were gone 6 or 8 weeks. It is just amazing how much the kids have changed in that short period of time.

Grandma and Katherine

Mason, Grandpa, and Audrey


Cute video

The kids got a teeter totter from Uncle Harold and Auntie Joyce for Christmas. They really enjoy it and they can all do it together.



Late Valentine's Day Update

As many of you know things have been a little crazy around our house for the last several months (or years depending how you look at it). So along came Valentines Day which is mostly a Hallmark holiday anyway.

I didn't feel well all weekend and ended up staying in bed Monday for a couple of hours before going into my job. Imagine my surprise when I came down and saw this on the table.

Good job Dave! Good job!
Then my birthday present came in a box with presents for the kids for Valentine's Day from Poppa Don and Nanny Kaye. Of course the kids thoroughly enjoyed the tissue paper and box. Oh and I think they liked the gift, too. :O)


Thursday, February 3, 2011

Downstairs Playroom and Bathroom

This used to be the closet. Now it is a sink with some extra storage.
This is a close up of the decorative mosaic. Once the tiler started placing them he found out that the wall was crooked so wasn't able to finish.

Here is additional storage. Lord knows that these old houses don"t have much of that.


This is the floor in a pinwheel pattern. I can hardly wait for the grout!

Now we just need some paint in the playroom and some carpet and we have a place for the kids to play.
Woo hoo!!!

Happy Birthday Momma! 29 again.

And we didn't even set off the fire alarm!!!!