8.22.13: Mirror lab

Today Stella, Daphne, and Fiona got to take a tour of the giant mirror lab under the football stadium.  I'm not sure they quite understood what was going on but they tolerated the requested pictures and tried to avoid touching dangerous things.  After the tour, there was some cake to celebrate a milestone for the lab.  When asking the girls what their favorite part of the tour was....obviously the cake.  Perhaps next year we will be more into the science.

8.12.13: Adjustment period

Now that school has started and the girls are in the Pre-K/K room, there is no longer a nap time.  Everyday there is ~30 minutes of rest time where teachers read from a chapter book and supposedly many kids fall asleep, but not ours.  As you can see for our shopping adventure, sometimes we just get overwhelmed and fall asleep these days.  The girls have never done this before.  Occasionally they will fall asleep on a long car ride, but not since the days of stroller walks have they fallen asleep while out.  We will definitely call this an adjustment period.

8.5.13: Three Little Bears

The girls started Pre-K (also known as Bears Class) today and as we walked into the classroom the teachers said "Yay, the three little bears are here".  It was adorable, the girls got really excited, and I think the teachers had coordinated.  It is so great to have the girls loving their school, teachers, and friends.  I can't believe they are old enough to be in Pre-K, but I am also amazed at the little people that they have become.  I couldn't be more proud of my little bears.

7.24.13: Destination Kentucky

 Mission #1: Spend time with Great Nana

 Mission #2: Water Great Nana's flowers

 Mission #3: Attend family reunion

 

 Mission #4: Make Uncle Evan and Aunt Melissa dance the hokey pokey

  Mission #5:  Play in the grass and explore the farm

 Mission #6: Visit Cumberland Falls (first waterfall)

 

Mission #7: Enjoy every last minute in Indiana and Kentucky (including the baggage scale) visiting with so many family and friends.

7.16.13: Destination Indiana

 

We have been planning this trip for almost a year, a huge family adventure to Indiana and Kentucky.  We began our trip in Indiana and made sure to stay very busy with Nana, Aunt Melissa, Uncle Evan, Grace, Di and Chris.

Mission #1: Arrive safely in Indianapolis and allow Mama and Daddy time to recover from a very long day.  Insert Nana!  Meet Cammie dog and try not to overwhelm her.

 Mission #2: Indianapolis Children's Museum 

 

 

Mission #3: Get Stella a haircut.  Fiona and Stella have been complaining about how their friends (and some teachers) can not tell them apart.  We decided it was time for someone get a shorter haircut.  Fiona likes to wear pigtails and Stella likes her hair down - so as a group we decided that Stella would get the shorter hair.  On the drive home Daphne said,  "Phew, I can finally tell my sisters apart".

 Mission #4: Celebrate Uncle Evan's birthday

Mission #5: Decorate Nana's front yard bricks + play in grass

Mission #6: Paint our own T-Shirts with Aunt Melissa and Grace

Mission #7: Zoo (including Dolphin show)

Mission #8: Stay busy (Found triplet slide, went bowling, miniature golf, visit Nana's work, play date/dinner with Grace, walk Cammie and so much more)

 

7.6.13: 5th annual Family Day

Today was our fifth annual family day, the day we finally had all of our girls home from the hospital back in 2009.  This is a very important day for us as it always brings back memories of those tough weeks while the girls were in the NICU and then came home one at a time.  It also reminds us how lucky we are to have a happy and healthy family - none of which we take for granted.  We celebrated by spending the day together and, as is our tradition, getting pictures taken (left to right: Stella, Daphne, Fiona).  We love you girls!

 

7.3.13: Afternoons with Nene

For some reason, the girls' school doesn't have an afternoon program in July.  The first couple of days, Nene came down to help us and picked the girls up from school and kept Stella, Daphne and Fiona very busy building and creating in the afternoons. 

6.29.13: Working together

I am always amazed at the girls' (stella, daphne, fiona) ability to work as a team.  For their birthday, the girls got a construction toy where you can build a crazy path for some marbles.  While they started each building their own run, they quickly realized together (and with a little help from daddy) they could build an even bigger, more amazing path for their marbles.  Go Team Robertson!

Brant was having a great time too, even though it doesn't look like it - turns out he was less excited for the picture  :)

6.21.13: Smiles

Sometimes adorable smiles warrant their own post:

Daphne

 

Stella

 

Fiona

6.15.13: Hello Tangled Ponies

This year we had a bowling party to celebrate the girls' fourth birthday. It was a great turn out, some new/old preschool families and even a few astronomer families.  We went to the party store and the girls each picked out their own plates, napkins, cups and one decoration; Fiona picked My Little Ponies, Daphne picked Hello Kitty, and Stella picked Tangled/Rapunzel.  We got them each a coordinating balloon and made sure each of the birthday girls were well represented.
 
Fiona, Stella and Daphne had never been bowling before, so they were very excited when they learned they'd also get to wear special shoes while bowling! 


 Fiona's first time bowling


Daphne's first time bowling


Stella's first time bowling


Having three lanes with ramps and bumpers was key to the successful party.  The kids could all carry a ball themselves to the ramp and bowl on their own.  In fact, each birthday girl got at least one spare.  All the kids took turns really well and everyone seemed happy.  We took a brief intermission about halfway through the party for some pizza and cupcakes (and of course to sing happy birthday three times) and then went back to bowling.

This summarizes the party well, so much stimulation - not even sure where to look = Success!