Anyway, the kiddos have been very busy this spring and going into summer and a lot has happened since our last update in April. Some things I won't even mention, I am sure, because there is so much I can't think of them at this point.
All the kiddos are still on two naps a day which is wonderful. I need my time. They are wanting to go outside and play on a new swing set found by Grandma & Grandpa. They enjoy it very much although we wish they could make swing sets available with three swings instead of just two. They like the slide & little clubhouse too but their attention soon gets diverted when the other two are on the swings. We bought them a water table and they have had a ball with that. It is their favorite thing. We even took it on vacation with us this past week. They enjoyed that more than even the pool at our beach house. We will probably buy them a baby pool. They love their baths and with it being smaller than a big pool it won't seem so intimidating to them but we'll see.
We have taken them to the pool only once this spring/summer. They enjoyed the very small fountains so small they could just walk on them. They enjoyed the kiddy pool but just stayed at the very edge of it which is fine because there were only two of us to watch them. They especially like exploring the grounds for leaves, any kind of wrappers, used bandaids, people's shoes, etc.... so if you are ever at the pool and your shoes are missing or anything for that matter we may be present somewhere.
We still go for walks down to the nearby Dairy Queen, Danville square, Wiggles, local park, etc... which they enjoy. The only thing is that when both Jason & I go Collin seems to want me to hold him. When Jason goes by himself Collin seems to do fine. I feel that I need to walk behind them to keep an eye on them and they tend to throw their shoes and sippy cups out when they are done playing with them. We are trying to teach them to sit it in the cup holder when they are done and sometimes if I say, "Hold on to it...", it seems to help. They are noticed by everyone everywhere we go because of their brightly colored choo-choo wagon that we take them in and there are clearly three of them sitting in it looking the same age so everyone knows they are triplets. We have enjoyed getting to know a lot of people to and from the places we go. Everyone wants to know where we got the choo-choo wagon from and all the kids that see it definitely want one. I even heard one kid at the zoo say to his mom that he wanted a bigger one which would mean that it would have atleast 4 compartments on it. You can add on as many as you want. It could get pretty long (haha:-)). If you are interested in one (it is in one of the pictures on this blogsite) you can only get it at steptwo.com which they only have them some times so good luck. We enjoy it though and they do to.
The kids are starting to say words and they recognize things and point them out. The girls especially. I think they say girls learn faster. We'll see. Anniston says "meme" sometimes to tell me she wants food. Too cute. Bailey tends to say "nana" to tell me she wants food. Maybe from banana? Who knows. It is cute though to hear their own little language and the little things they pick up on. Among the three of them they can say tiger, bye bye, eyes, pretty, paw paw(grandpa), gaga(grandma), tree, cracker, etc.... They are also able to recognize trees, flowers, slide, swing, different kinds of food, ball, etc.... When we say, "Do you want to go for a ride?", they go straight for the door and waive their hands bye bye. They are really understanding what we are saying even though they can't necessarily say all of it yet. We are constantly having to figure out what they want and normally can when they take us to things and show us what they want. However, sometimes it can be challenging. Anniston will bring me my shoes when she wants to go outside which we can't always necessarily do at that moment but it is cute. The kids are at different levels with this but can put shapes in the correct holes which is amazing to me. Anniston is especially good at it. She can pick one up and put it directly in the correct one and will turn it directly to the correct side in which the shape is on. The others are good at it too. They also help me pick up the balls and put them in the basket when it is time to clean up for a nap or bedtime. Amazing kids. They also climb the stairs and go down the slide. Anniston will do it 20 times in row. The others are quite interested also. Although we have to teach them to climb up and immediately slide down so not to keep the others waiting because they will push the other down the slide if they don't. I am constantly amazed every day with new things that they say, do or understand.
Although there are new challenges at every stage of their life their is plenty of rewards that come from them too and more than make up for the challenges.
That is all I can think of for now. We will update pictures soon. I am trying to collect all of our vacation pictures before we do. Thanks for keeping updated on our kids.
JKABC
