6.11.13: FOUR

 

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY GIRLS!!!

 

You continue to amaze us.  In the past year you have learned to write your names, sleep in your own room, have in-depth conversations, started preschool, made your very own friends, played in the snow, met your cousin, used your imagination extensively, tell jokes, make up stories and songs, express your feelings, display creativity, become superheroes and so much more.  You are independent yet inclusive and always concerned about other people's feelings.  You take care of each other first and foremost and love being together.

 

We are so lucky to have such wonderful daughters and are thankful for our amazing family.  Your enthusiasm is contagious and reminds us to focus on what is really important. We look forward to each and every day with you.

 

love,

mama and daddy

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Fiona @ 7:35 (exactly four years old)

36.2 lbs, 40"

 

Daphne @ 7:36 (exactly four years old)

41.2 lbs, 42.5"

 

Stella @ 7:39 (exactly four years old)

34.8 lbs, 39.75"

Fiona

  

Daphne

 

 Stella

The girls in their Sunbow summer school class.  It is SO hard to wait for everyone when there are cupcakes on the table. 

Notice that every mini-cupcake has four dots in each color.  Inside the cupcakes, they are either blue, green or pink - important to represent for each birthday girl. 

6.2.13: Tiny Dancers

Today the girls (Stella, Daphne, and Fiona) got an early birthday present from Nana....their first Tap/Ballet dance class.  They were so excited!

Stella, Fiona, and Daphne learning ballet positions 

After class, Stella, Fiona and Daphne were showing us their newest tap dancing moves.  They are more than excited for their next class.  Personally, I'm not sure there is anything cuter than triplets in tap shoes!

5.27.13: Family reunited

We retuned home in the morning to some very happy little girls (Stella, Daphne, Fiona) complete with a dance performance.

After less than ten minutes, we were brought the newest books from the library to read (even though we knew Nana had already read them a dozen times), we gladly obliged and with that were back to our normal, wonderful, daily routine.

5.24.13: Adventures with Nana and Nene

The girls were SO excited to have some time with Nana and Nene and while I believe Nana and Nene were also excited, they were a little nervous about the level of energy from triplet preschoolers.  Nene and Nana did not disappoint they kept the girls very happy and busy.  Below are just some of their activities - as you can see complete with giant smiles.

(Fiona, Stella and Daphne at Build-a-Bear)

 

(Stella, Nana, Fiona and Daphne at the library)

 

(Fiona at the children's museum)

 

(Daphne and Stella at the children's museum)

 

(Fiona playing with bubbles)

 

(Daphne playing with bubbles)

 

(Stella watering rocks)

 

(Daphne, Stella and Fiona painting)

 

Thank you Nene and Nana for keeping our little ladies safe and so very happy while we were gone!!!

5.24.13: Decadal Anniversary

(sunset cruise)

 

Today was a very special day for Brant and I.  We celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary and our 17th year together....which means we have spent half of our lives together.  Who would have thought when we went on our first date back in high school, after meeting in math class, that things could have turned out so magnificently?  So we knew we needed to celebrate.

(fancy dinner)

 

Early on after having kids, when we realized these two events would fall in the same year, we 'reserved' Nene and Nana to watch the girls so that we could go on a mini-vacation.  Everything aligned and Brant and I escaped to San Francisco for a long weekend. 

(lombard Street - walking tour)

 

(walking tour)

 

(sunset cruise)

 

(crazy tonga lounge)

 

We had a wonderful time doing anything we could think of that was challenging to do with kids.  We went to SFMOMA, 7-hour walking tour of the city, sunset cruise, waited in a long line at a restaurant (just because we could), fancy dinner, crazy tonga lounge, had uninterrupted conversations and so much more.  We greatly missed the girls as it was our first vacation since they were born (previously the longest we'd both been away was when I joined Brant for 30 hours to buy a house here) but managed to have a lots of fun together. 

 

We already started thinking about another vacation for our 15th year anniversary...but we are planning to give Nana and Nene some time to recover before 'reserving' them again.

5.17.13: Celebrating birthdays

Today we celebrated my birthday with some ice cream cake.  It seems like Stella, Fiona and Daphne take after their mama and love ice cream cake with sprinkles too.

 

 

Somehow I missed posting a picture from Brant's birthday.  Fiona, Stella and Daphne were very excited to eat chocolate cake - especially since they helped make it!

 

Overall two very lucky parents with great birthday celebrations!

5.5.13: Role reversal

Today the girls had a hard time napping, so Brant brought them into our bed for a group nap.  When I came home from running errands, this is what I found...seems like the girls (Fiona, Stella and Daphne) got daddy to nap but forgot to do so themselves.

5.3.13: Tap Shoes

Stella, Daphne and Fiona got some new shoes from Nana today in the mail.  They knew the shoes were coming and were so excited for their new 'tap' shoes.  Even though they are not real tap shoes, the girls all agreed that they are - when three kids agree, who is going to argue?  I'm not quite sure where it came from, but they even pretend to tap dance in these new shoes around the house.  Perhaps dance lessons are in our future.

4.27.13: Party etiquette

For the last two weekends we have had a party at our house for various reasons.  Tonight we had 8 adults and 6 kids in our house.  The kids all did great together and there was even a solid 15 minutes where all the adults sat at the table together and had a conversation....

Milestone:  Able to play with other kids while adults have a conversation - check!

4.21.13: Desert Museum = Dessert

We heard the Desert Museum opened a new aquarium exhibit, so we had to check it out.  Previously, our experience there has been less than delightful but perhaps it was related to our last visit with triplet 2yos in 100+ heat.  The aquarium was great for the girls (Daphne/yellow, Fiona/gray, Stella/pink), they were excited about all the fish and the 20+ tanks.  Brant and I were a little underwhelmed and glad the girls got free admission.  I'm sure the Desert Museum is great for adults, but honestly it is not a place for little kids.  In an attempt to salvage the trip and enjoy our time there, we ran into a ice cream stand where the girls each got their own ice cream cone.  Daphne definitely got the messiest on her face, Fiona was on a mission to eat her entire cone and Stella was so excited about the strawberries in her ice cream, she kept forgetting to hold it upright and covered her pants.  The girls left happy and full of ice cream (while Brant and I agreed not to return again for another two years).