12.9.12: Rockets, Cupcakes and Princesses

This weekend we had two birthday parties and the weekend before we had one. It has been crazy but the girls seem to have so much fun playing with their friends and of course, eating the desserts! 

First was Peter's rocket themed party complete with a rocket blaster that actually worked on the girls very own decorated rockets.  They were shocked when their rockets flew up into the air and I do believe their daddy was very proud as well. In the picture, Daphne is anxiously awaiting Peter to blow out his candle so she can have the cupcakes she spied within minutes of arriving. 

 

Next came a cupcake party where the girls got to mix, decorate and then eat their very own cupcakes. Don't get me started on effect of sugar with triplet three year olds.  It was interesting to watch the girls in action.  Fiona wanted to dip each piece of candy in the frosting but not eat the cupcake, Stella wanted to just eat the top/pink of the cupcake partially decorated while eating the remaining candy separately and Daphne wanted to make sure that every drop of candy was in place on the top of her cupcake before she began eating.the.entire.thing!

 

Finally we ended with a princess party. We arrived wearing our tutus and left with a new tiara and wand. In the picture on the far right is Stella, then two down in the purple tutu is Daphne and Fiona is next to her in a black tutu.  There was a dance lesson and tumbling time and the girls were very excited about both.  The girls haven't shown an interest in princess stories in the past but after this party I went home and immediately ordered some princess books.  The girls didn't even know who Cinderella was....bad mama.

12.5.12: Taking care of daddy

Brant woke up this morning with a painful migraine.  While he was curled up on the floor, Fiona (pictured) brought him her blankets and pillow.  Daphne brought him a washcloth for his head and Stella brought her pillow, bear and blanket to snuggle up next to him.  I'm always amazed at how thoughtful and caring my daughters are.

As a side note, Fiona has a small scratch on her foot preventing her from wearing a sock on her right foot all together.  She also wanted to match both of her sisters' pajamas so she is wearing the same top as Daphne and bottom as Stella.  Oh yes, we are full into dressing ourselves these days.

11.30.12: Trains!

Daphne, Stella and Fiona have really gotten into their train set lately.  Today we set up every possible toy we could think of to put inside the track.  There was a zoo, tea party, dinosaur land, farm, several tunnels and more!

11.29.12: Dressing up

My little superheros!  Fiona, Stella and Daphne are really geting into dress up.  They basically find any dress up clothes they can and create their own characters.  It's ridiculous!

Daphne as a 'Super Daph' a panda/tutu/superhero. 

Stella as 'Super Robin' a giraffe/tutu/superhero. 

Fiona as 'Super Monkey' a tutu wearing monkey.  Sometimes batman shows up as well, but not today.

11.25.12: Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for and try to remind ourselves and the girls of this everyday.  For thanksgiving this year we had some friends over for our casual vegetarian dinner and football tradition.  It went really well especially considering we had 13 people (including 6 kids). 
During the long weekend home with daddy, Fiona, Daphne and Stella took full advantage of riding the 'Daddy Elephant'.  I wonder how much longer they'll all fit on Brant's back?

11.11.12: Soccer play date

Daphne/purple, Fiona/blue, Stella/pink, and Peter had a park play date.  Nicole was super thoughtful and brought four soccer balls.  The girls had so much fun chasing after the balls in the giant grassy field.  Soccer games are definitely in our future. 

11.10.12: Fort

Using the couch, chair, curtains, pillows, and blankets Stella, Daphne and Fiona made their very own fort.  They were sure to bring their camping supplies (magnifying glass, binoculars, kleenex, and flashlight) to their adventure.  After this picture was taken I was 'encouraged' to leave their fort to let them play.

11.4.12: Licks

The girls and I adventured up to Nene's house for a long weekend leaving Brant behind to work.  This was only the second time I have taken the 2.5 hour drive by myself and I am happy to report that it went much better this year compared to last. 

 

One of their favorite things we did while we were there was to visit the zoo and aquarium.  They loved the zoo because you can endlessly feed the giraffes (where endless = the number of quarters your parent has with them).  Fiona/pink and Stella/gray were really excited to have the giraffes lick their whole arm.  Daphne/pink liked feeding the giraffes but wasn't so sure about the licking.

 Stella sticking her tongue out like the giraffe.

Fiona pretending she has food even though she doesn't (she really liked the licking).

After thorough sanitation, we continued on our adventure throughout the zoo.  Daphne's favorite part was the map.  She loved consulting the map before we visited any animals.  Here she is showing Stella and Fiona our path around the zoo thus far.

 

The girls were also very excited about going swimming.  Our final attempt at using our own pool was in late September where Daphne refused to get in, Stella would only stand in the water and Fiona would go in for two minutes and then get out - all informing us the water was too cold (and I totally agreed).  Thankfully Nene's neighborhood has a heated pool so the girls were excited to show off their swimming skills.

 

Nene also acquisitioned these large paper boards from costco's recycling pile.  We assumed they'd be great to color on, but instead the girls turned them into books.  They wrote stories on the walls of the books and hid behind them.  Who knew cardboard could be so exciting?

10.31.12: Halloween

Official Halloween photo just minutes before heading out to trick-or-treat.  You can tell by their faces that they were very excited.  Fiona/blue, Daphne/green, Stella/pink raced from house to house getting as much loot as possible.  When presented with a plethora of candy to choose from what do they select?...whatever was in their favorite colors.  It was pretty hysterical because they haven't eaten any candy before so they ended up with favorites purely based on packaging.  Fiona ended up with a large amount of Crunch bars, Daphne Reese's peanut butter cups (orange and purple are also her favorite colors) and Stella Skittles (red aka dark pink in our house).

Upon returning home they spent a while sorting their candy, lining it up and trading with each other.  We had some very worn out (but happy) girls by the end of the night.

10.31.12: STELLA and FIOnA

Today Stella figured out how to write an S all on her own and thereby accomplished her ability to write her own name, legibly.

Fiona learned how to write an N on her own - the remaining challenging letter. Now all three girls can write their own names.

Next we move onto writing our last name.  This may take a little bit, nine letters is a lot for a three year old.