sleep?

The girls have been waking up every night, several times a night.  Last night I told myself I would make sure I remembered when they woke up.  Here it is:

I went to bed at midnight.  Right before going to sleep - Hannah woke up (she had a nightmare).

1:00 - Hailey woke up

1:30 - Emily woke up

4:00 - Hannah again

4:30 - Hailey again

5:30 - All of them were up for the day

It's like having newborns all over again.  I'm exhausted.  Pete's exhausted.  And to top it off - I think I have the flu now. 

Guess when I got my flu shot?  TODAY!  I tried to get it before but my insurance company wouldn't pay for me to get it at CVS so I had to make an appt at work at occupational medicine.  Today was the 1st appt they had.  I called 2 weeks ago. 

I'm going to look at the bright side...throwing up will help me jump start some weight loss. 

Snow

We woke up to a coat of slushy snow today.  I grabbed 3 buckets and a shovel and went out to get the kids some snow that we could play with in the house since it was way too cold out (and way too early).  The 1st thing Emily said was 'I eat it?'  Lol...yeah - you can eat it baby...but never eat the yellow snow. 

Pete had to leave for work by 7:00 today so it was an early start to the day.  After he left we played with the snow, ate (snow and breakfast), played with toys, ate more (the girls ate like little piggies today!) and eventually made it to nap time. 

After nap we colored eggs.  We had some egg coloring kits hanging around so we put them to use on this cold snowy day.  Who says eggs can only be colored on Easter?  We're an 'outside the box' kinda family! 

After we colored eggs we took a short drive to get out of the house for a few.  Then back home where Pete joined us shortly after.  We all had dinner and then it was time for baths and bed. 

The girls drove me NUTS today but I think it was me not them (for once).  Eh - tomorrow is another day.

Again!

I forgot to do the blog last night!!!! 

The girls and I went to Chuck E Cheese yesterday for Christina's bday party.  It was a good time for everyone and it tired the girls out so they took nice naps.

Last night after they went to bed I was just hanging out in my pj's.  My uncle text me at 10:00 to say 'meet me at Rookies'.   Rookies is a sports bar that's right down the street from me.  So I changed out of my pj's and met him there!  The rest is downhill from there.  Let's just say I had a great time - although I'm paying for it today.  And a big thank you to LB for coming to get me and saving me from walking home :)

Today...was a blur. 

The girls woke up, ate, took naps, played, and went to bed.  Not all at the same time but that pretty much sums it up. 

Ooops

I did post yesterday - just on the wrong blog.  Sorry!  But here it is:  http://luccotriplets.blogspot.com/

Today was another lovely day with cranky kids.  Emily is unreal lately.  She claims to not be able to move when she's on the floor. She'll say 'I'm stuck, can't get up.'  Or 'Can't move, help'  Sometimes it's funny but most times not really because she usually does it when it's time to do something. 

We went out to lunch with Owen and my brother Peter.  He called to see if we wanted to go to Stew Leonard's and surprisingly enough - it was really entertaining for the kids!  So we grabbed some food and ate in their dinning area then headed home.  The girls took naps - and it wasn't too long before Pete came home from work.

Off to meet my sister and niece for dinner at McD's (they have an indoor play area...gross but it lets them get out some energy).  We spent too much time there and ended up getting home really late.  So they're finally sleeping.  They did sleep all night last night so hopefully it's the start of a trend lol

Really?!?!

After the girls kept us up all freakin' night last night (for NO GOOD REASON) other than 'I want mommmmmyyy!' just to turn around and say 'I want daddddddyyyyy!'  Mostly Hailey.  She drives us NUTS with her attitude.  She will win any screaming contest hands down.  Even against me!  And she does not give up for anything.  GRRRRRRRRRR

Then this morning - as tired as I was since they were up until 12:30 screaming and then woke up at 5:30...I stumbled my way to getting them clothes to wear.  Well Emily refused to wear the shirt I picked out for her because it had pockets or polka dots or some crazy thing.  I picked it out of the laundry basket of clothes that I had just washed...she wore this SAME shirt 2 days ago!  It was JUST FINE 2 days ago.  GRRRRRR

So we manage to get through our morning and they woke up from their naps in pretty decent moods.  We waited for LB to get home from class and then we headed to the mall.  We had to do some shopping for Christina since tomorrow is her bday.  Well for some no good reason the mall turned into meltdown city for Hailey.  GRRRRRRRRRRR

We get home and Pete had dinner ready.  We ate, changed the girls into their pj's (another argument from Emily because she didn't want the pj's I chose) and then it was time for bed.  Bed time has been a battle lately.  The girls just cry and ask for me then ask for Pete and although we leave the room and say good night - they end up at the door screaming and eventually we have to go back in their.  GRRRRRRRRRRR

It's not easy to just let them cry because there are 3 of them and if even one of them is sleeping - while the other one is screaming...we don't want the one that's sleeping to wake up.  Plus Hailey is an angry little child so she becomes self destructive.  GRRRRRRRRRRR

Letter to my toddlers

Dear Hannah, Hailey & Emily,

I'm sorry.  I apologize for not knowing that even though the color red was acceptable for a shirt color yesterday - it no longer is acceptable today.  I am sorry I put your left foot in your pants 1st instead of your right.  I'm sorry I gave you the purple cup when you really wanted the yellow one, only to change your mind (after I caved and gave you the yellow) back to actually wanting the purple because that one is 'yours'.  I didn't know.  I also was unaware that sharing a couch cushion with you was conditional upon your mood. 

I'm sorry I took you to the park with 'too many' slides instead of the park with 12 slides.  And I assure you I didn't know that the Dora pajamas were too tight.  I'm sure they'll fit just fine tomorrow though!  I didn't know you wanted your socks put on before your shirt and I will do better to remember next time the order in which you prefer to get dressed. 

I apologized to the mailman, neighbor and neighbors dog on your behalf today.  Apparently they are no longer your friends (they were your friends yesterday so we were to assume that this was still the case today).   My bad. 

I will throw away ALL of the purple pop pops and the broken ones as well.  They shall be replaced with only the best of what you want....for the moment. 

Should you all decide to change your mind about anything else, or deem it necessary to point out my oversights via nuclear meltdowns - it will be ok with me.  Because I love you :) 

Love,
Mommy

Happy Halloween

Trick or treat!!!  The girls had a blast going trick or treat.  We took our 3 Princesses to 3 of our neighbors houses, yes only 3 houses.  We wanted to give them a taste of what Halloween is all about but they didn't need to circle the neighborhood.  Then we brought them to Grandma's house to spend the night so we could hit the town.  Well, Titi and Bobby took the girls trick or treating down 2 whole streets.  The girls had the best time.  Emily and Hailey got right to work they said trick or treat, got their candy and were ready for the next house.  Hannah had a little trouble she would just stand there after getting her candy.  Don't know what she was waiting for but all 3 of them filled their buckets and were so proud of their loot.  Of course being 2 year olds they can't eat all the candy so I'll be glad to eat it all, lol.