Confident Man

Reflecting on a long day of playing hard. Evan is not bothered by his lack of pants. He is a confident man.

Sometimes I wonder what our neighbors think!

Rub A Dub Dub

Three little men in a tub!!!!

The boys love to splish splash!

Party in Evan's crib after bath time!

Riots

Have I mentioned before that my boys are active? I mean really active! There is very little quiet play time at our house. Each boy always wants to be doing what the other boys are doing creating some baby fights (and previously mentioned biting). One thing Evan, Isaac, and Drew can all come together on is destruction! I call it baby riots. They can spend some serious quality time pushing over every toy and throwing all small toys over the baby gate. Casey was smart enough to start placing a toy bin on the other side of the gate to catch some of the mess. Here are some pictures of quality triplet play time.

Yes, they push their slide over!

Sometimes while someone is still on it. Yikes!

You can't tell from the pictures but Casey and I "reset" the playroom several times a day and cycle different toys in and out almost every hour. We try to make it nice and organized so they have room to play but it gets messed up pretty quickly!!!

Yes, Drew is putting his head in the basketball hoop.

At least one good thing comes from all of that destruction!

Cougar Cubs

As many of you may or may not know, Casey works for Washington State University and has become a proud Cougar, making the boys honorary Cougar Cubs, I guess. In any case, he was pretty excited to get them decked out in some Cougar gear. Go Cougs!

All of my guys!

Isaac is probably laughing at some devious plan he has cooked up in his head.

Evan is getting pumped up to do some break dance moves.

Drew doing an impression of a robot:)

Baby Proofing

Baby proofing (or containment as it is sometimes referred to in our house) is supposed to consist of baby gates and outlet covers but if you have ever met my boys you would know that these simple measures just won't cut it! Not only do all of the boys walk now, they run, climb, push, pull, and riot.

Since bringing the boys home we turned our dining room into a baby playland. This playroom is where the boys spend most of their day so we have all the supplies we need for them close at hand. Until recently we had a portable crib set up as storage for blankets, books, and toys and also to use the changing table because there was no way I was going to go upstairs to change every diaper! The crib and the diapering supplies became such a temptation for the boys it was too much for them to handle and they just HAD to get into it. My little Isaac has proven himself to be the mastermind behind the demise of the portable crib. He was smart enough to figure out how to push toys over to the crib and stand on them and pull himself up onto the changing table. Will he stack blocks? No. Will he stack toys to stand on. Yes! Isaac gets so focused on accomplishing his missions that anything or anyone who gets in his way...gets it...and yes, I mean a good old fashioned biting! Poor Evan is almost always trying to assist Isaac with his devious plans and inevitably gets in Isaac's way. Needless to say, we are at the heighth of a biting phase...ugh!

So the last straw happened last week. I heard a thud followed by crying while I was in the kitchen doing dishes. I ran into the playroom to see Isaac laying on the floor by the crib crying. When I got to Isaac I looked up and saw Drew STANDING on the changing table with two fists full of vaseline...and a mouth full! I yelled for Casey to come in and as we got Isaac up (who was not injured) we noticed his head was covered in vaseline and every single item that was in the crib was also covered in vaseline. Evan was quietly standing on the other side of the room and also had vaseline on his pajamas! What a mess!!! After a clean up and lunch we headed to the store to try to solve our playroom dilemma.

Yes, Evan has a diaper wedgie.

So now we have shelves with the lotions and potions out of reach and a bench to change diapers on and allow the boys to safely climb on. A pretty decent compromise! The only problem with the new set up is that I always have a little helper when I'm changing diapers. If they aren't trying to grab the clean or dirty diaper my "helper" is poking or hitting his brother. I guess I just can't win!

A Trip To The Farm

For the New Year's Holiday we took the boys to visit Grandma and Grandpa Egger down on the farm in Oregon. This was the first time Drew and Evan had been south of Babies R Us in Lynnwood and Isaac south of Children's Hospital in Seattle. Needless to say an 8 hour car drive was a daunting task but WELL worth it! We drove at night while the boys slept and it worked like a charm! Casey drove straight through making record time (7 hours). Poor Grandma and Grandpa waited up until 2am to greet us!

The boys did great while on vacation! They slept good, they ate good, and they tried really hard to be good! We had such a good time visiting Casey's family and the boys really enjoyed hanging out with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Tina, Aunt Kortni, and cousin Kayli (who was nice enough to share her old toys). We have been practicing identifying animals and their sounds with the boys so it sure was fun to show them some real live cows up close.

Our visit just happened to coincide with the Fiesta Bowl which the University of Oregon was playing in so we got "Ducked". We were all outfitted with yellow and green duck gear which greatly pained Casey to wear as he is a paid WSU Cougar! You should have seen his face! We had a wonderful time at the farm and can't wait to go back!!!

Tina and Evan

Isaac, Casey, Drew, & Grandma checking out the mommy cow and baby cows.

Grandpa and Drew just hanging out.

Kortni and Kayli

They boys spent endless hours playing with these large blocks. They especially loved playing peek-a-boo with Grandma!

Lights of Christmas

We ventured out and took the boys to the Lights of Christmas at Warm Beach. We typically don't go many places other than Costco and Target as a family so this was a pretty big outing for us, especially in the cold! We took the boys in our wagon and they all took turns riding and being carried. Although we lost a few mittens along the way they boys really seemed to enjoy sightseeing and people watching. Maybe next year we won't be doing an Indy 500 lap around the lights and will be able to stop for hot chocolate and doughnuts!