Man Toys

After seeing how much the Spanky's loved the sand box at Hadley's party, we decided they needed one. We got the kind that has sand on one side and water on the other. (I see lots of mudpies in our future0 These stand up ones are great because you don't get a bunch of sand in your diaper :)

They definitely love the water side the most right now.

We also got them a fun sprinkler for the hot summer months. They weren't too sure about it, so they approached cautiously.

The aftermath was not pretty!


But after that they were really able to get down to business: shirtless!


I think Carter just realized that sand doesn't taste nearly as good as it looks.


Real men also like to grill...so we got them a "man's kitchen". It's the BBQ Bistro set complete with barstool and umbrella. They like to cook up some grub and eat it at their new picnic table (a.k.a our dining room table)

Triplet Picnic

Okay again, we did a fun group event and I only have pictures of my kids. We went to Zilker Park with other triplet families in Austin. It was nice to finally put faces with the names of people I correspond with on our Yahoo Group.

Gigi and Papa came with us too. It is a good thing they came because the playscape there is a death trap! I don't think we will attempt that one again for awhile.


The highlight was the train ride throughout the park along Town Lake. The boys had a fun time watching the people go by and eating the snacks we brought along.

We ate an early picnic lunch and then played some more before it got too hot.


The boys were so worn out by the time we got home; I think they took a 4 hour nap!

It was hilarious to see so many Choo Choo Wagons in one place!!

Birthday Party of Firsts

About a month ago we all went to our friend Hadley's FIRST birthday party. It was such a cute theme: a morning PJ party with donuts and breakfast tacos! Needless to say Kyle and I were happy with the menu :)

The boys ate their FIRST donuts at their FIRST try at a picnic table! They actually sat and ate which is amazing...I was sure they would either run away or be on top of the table.

Then they played in a sandbox for the FIRST time.

As if that wasn't exciting enough, they played in a ball pit for the FIRST time.


As usual we were terrible guests, as Kyle and I spend all of our time corralling our kids. I didn't even get a picture of the birthday girl!! Ugh, next time we will do better. They boys did have a great time though, and hopefully we will be invited back this summer for a swim in Hadley's pool :)

Back Packs & Backyardigans

The Spanky's got these back-packs in their Easter Baskets. They don't really get the concept of putting stuff in them but they love to wear them. Davis calls it a gack-gack :)

I thought it was funny that they were watching Backyardigans while wearing their gack-gacks!


And yes those are monkey back packs, and I love the irony!

Lots & Lots of Easter

The Easter festivities began on Saturday this year with the annual neighborhood egg hunt. It was packed with families. I wish I had a picture to capture the chaos.


I prepped the kids all week by putting candy in plastic eggs and having them open them, but I neglected to teach them how to put them in a bag.

Carter was wondering what kind of cruel bunny would leave only half of an egg.


Davis went straight for the candy inside.


Evan didn't want to put down his milk long enough to concentrate on egg hunting.



We woke up Sunday morning and found what the Easter Bunny left us.

Then later, we had brunch at our house with Gigi & Papa, and my brother, sister-in-law and "the cousins". They really enjoyed playing with them on our back deck.



Everyone knows, before you can have a successful Easter Egg Hunt, you have to first hunt for dog poop!



We tried to get a "grandkids" picture, but of course the Spanky's would have none of it.


After our nap we were able to check out the Easter buckets from Gigi & Papa.


We had Peeps for dessert...the boy's weren't nearly as excited about that as I was!

Extreme Makeover: Baby Edition Episode 2

Carter got a much needed haircut a few weeks ago. It looked like a bad combination of a mullet and a comb-over. His hair is so wispy in comparison to the others. But I think he looks like cute little boy with his new do. He was such a good boy through the entire haircut :)

Here is a close-up "before" shot:




And now for the after...camo will really make anyone look older :

Visit from Papa Steve

Papa Steve came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. We wore our shirts that Aunt Kelly gave us for Christmas. We looked like a whole rugby team!



We all loaded up and went to buy our first pair of shoes. I know, I know...they are 18 months old and NEVER worn shoes!! Let me just tell you that all of the "experts" say that bare foot is always best unless they are walking on a bed of broken glass. Well, those "experts" neglected to say that if you never put shoes on your kids, they will scream bloody murder when you finally do.

I tried to put some shoes we already had on them a few months ago, and they just laid down bawled. I have video of it, but it is frankly too sad to watch.

Anyway, we got them some simple velcro sandals, so they can still see their toes. After a little distraction, they decided shoes weren't so bad, and we went to the park to try them out. Now they actually like the shoes, because it means they get to go somewhere. Maybe soon we can move on to tennis shoes.

Later we ate some Taco Cabana for lunch. Apparently Carter didn't like the way it smelled...

Ahh, the perfect blackmail photo!