Monday, January 24, 2011

Long Time...No See...

The Top Ten Reasons Why I Haven't Written...





10. The kids have been so busy with their Mensa training project...


9. Kids have been actively engaged in higher order thinking training.


8. Mom has been traveling around the country with my children providing them with the synapses to connect neurons to promote brain development.


7. Isabella is being classically trained in ballet, vocals, and Bach. Ben and Will are designing new cars with their K'NEX.


OKAY- enough with what I thought I would be doing with my children... let's get down to the basics...

6. There has been one child on their back in a beetle like state kicking and screaming for the the past two years.

5. My children have Bi-Polar disorder...they are happy one minute and melting down the next.

4. We've gone from 'nanny' to preschool... my alarm goes off at 4:45.

3. I've been locked in a bathroom for 2 years wiping butts and potty training.

2. 2 Year old triplets= pain... As Coach Farrace said- Pain is temporary... Pride is forever... 2's were as bad as you could imagine...3's were awesome! 4's are proving to be the sanity saving age...
And the #1 reason why I haven't posted... It has been all I can do to hang on to my sanity the past few years... but I'm here. My Dad always said Insanity was hereditary...You get it from your kids.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Happy Halloween!


Will and Isabella with their best friend Campbell....Where's Ben??? That's right- He's at Urgent Care...













Fall Festival







painting pumpkins
















Blowing Rock
















We take our children to the woods to see wildlife...


The Elk...It's a family tradition...

The Elk were too close to the road- so we had to park and hike in...but unfortunately that doesn't translate to two year old brains...
We were very close- and saw 50+ elk.




Will gouging out Daddy's eyes.




Will leading the family across a very narrow bridge...




Making muffins with Mommy.
Will's first haircut!


Wednesday, September 2, 2009

A Sunny Summer at the Lake


Grama and her girl.

Captain Bill












3 Generations out for lunch. (or out to lunch?!? I think we are a little bit of both! ha!)
Notice who ate the ENTIRE dessert. :) Munner.




First Haircut!


Neighbor update:
After dodging malaria all summer- We cronfonted the neighbor (my mom took Will to show him the 945 mosquito bites on his legs.)
Bill saves the day! Bill and several angry neighbors came over and took down the neighbors' frog infested, mosquito incubating, snake buffet of a pool.

Cha-Ching! Is that the sound of our property value going back up?

Munner!!!! What a smile!


Picnic with Grandmother and Grandaddy.







Gymnastics Columbia Zoo

Will had a blast!




Dad teaching the kiddos how to fly a kite.









Poppis and Will heading back to the air conditioning (and TV!)





The best picture of our trip! Truly amazing! Thank you Kelly! One thing about having 3...1 is NEVER happy!
And 1 is never looking at the camera.




But- these pictures will make us happy for YEARS to come!




More Beach pics

Isabella finally learned to stop and smell the roses- not just attack and shred them into pieces.
Grammie's swimming lessons





Handsome couple