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Foxgloves

With all this hot weather and a good dose of cool water my flowers are starting to bloom. The Foxgloves are ready to burst open and feed the steady stream of butterflies that float around the house, I love the fact that they multiply fast and are deer resistant.
It seems like everything is taking a long time this year. The veggies all have flowers and I have a couple of teeny tiny hot peppers but no real crop yet. Thankfully the Farmers Market in town opens on the 13th and I'll be able to pick up some local fresh fruits and veggies. It'll be fun to take the girls, they'll enjoy it, and we'll have some great food for Christmas in July.

My flower boxes are gorgeous on the front of the house, my bookend trees still a little bare (not deer resistant!) Does anyone have any good deer resistant bright flowers they could recommend?

The Sand Box

Todd built the girls a wonderful 8x8 sandbox this weekend. The girls have been in it as much as possible, caking themselves in the shimmery camel colored sand.
You know what I've been noticing lately? The girls are moving in unison. They mirror each others body language and movements. Here are some good example of how they move alike.
They are frateral and look different but when they are dressd the same and thier hair is done the same from the back I can't even tell the difference sometimes, even more so now since they'e been so in synch. They have always said the same things at the same time and have the same tone to their voice.
Aubrey walked before Reagan, and Reagan talked before Aubrey, but fluidity and movement at this point are parallel. Their thought processes are different. At the end of the day they are thier own unique person.

So Happy...

So Sad...

The girls were showing me their sad faces when I told them we had go inside. Isn't Aubrey's bottom lip a killer. Reagan was trying to be sad, but she kept smiling!

Dre's boo-boo

Edie was very interested in Andrea's crutches.

Reagan wanted to be held and be able to touch the new purple cast, and Aubrey was very concerned at the who, what, where, why and how of it. I hope we were a good dose of entertainment.

Everybody Wave

Ahhhh, another gorgeous day at the lake. We had some great company.
Chad and Dre came out to join us. Andrea you are such a trooper! Not seen in this picture is your gorgeous purple cast encased in the suctioned tarp blue aqua leg :) You had the kids crawling all over you all day and you kept smiling! I must admit I thought someone was going to hurt your leg somehow, thankfully you went as un-re injured as possible, Phew.
We had all found our way down to the water. Edie has no fear! It scares me! She went walking right into the water as everyone drifted away from shore. Edie and I splashed around on the shore and then headed up the house when she began to shiver. I wrapped her up in some cozy towels and we sat in the sun warming her up as she enjoyed a bottle of warm milk. We watched everyone swim and float and I got to snap some pretty good shots of everyone.

Hair Pretties

Edie's new look. Love It! Reagan was about this age when she ate and passed a hair pretty (a tiny baby barrette). Edie, is (like I've said before) in the oral fixation phase of growing, this just means she likes to everything in her mouth. We are not talking just one little clip, she shovels them all in. Therefore we are taking a break from the little hair pretties and using some stylish head bands until she is less prone to eat everything.

Carnival

In the center of town there is a traveling carnival with a few rides, a fun house and some kiddy games. They were also offering up a menu of lemonade, fried dough and sausages. So we had to go! I unfortunately did not bring my camera.
The twins had a blast going down the big slide atop a burlap bag, taking turns going with mommy and daddy. They rode the carousel 4 times. They bounced in a big tiger shaped jumper. Reagan unfortunately got stepped on so that was the end of that. And lastly I got kicked off of a ride because I was to 'grown up'. So you had be under fifty four inches tall, I wanted to make sure the girls were safe. It was a red glittery fire engine with three rows. So I buckled myself into the third row until the attendant saw me and shook his head at me and gave me a thumb pointed in the direction of the exit gate. My girls went on their first ride with out mom or dad. They were brave as was I.

The Lake House

Everyone was in line for some Spiderman fruit snacks.

Here are all the kids quiet and in one spot enjoying their snacks. A picture like this is hard to come by. I have a hard time getting three of them to sit still never mind six!

Edie was allowed to have her pipe (pacifier) at the beach. She is still in the infant development stage of oral fixation, this means EVERYTHING goes in her mouth, and yes that includes large hand fulls and shovel fulls of beach sand. Therefore, Edie was allowed to have her pipe at the beach so she didn't eat the sand.

'Mommy I'm having so much fun.'

Reagan had made this comment to me more than once while we were at the beach. She enjoyed looking for shells, snails and crabs. It was beautiful to see them enjoying this.
Aubrey loved jumping the waves and splashing around in the cool water. Being the social butterfly she is she skipped her way over to all the little kids in the tide pools and the boys and girls building sand castles. She tried to start up conversations and handed out hugs.

A Day At The Beach

We took another adventure on Daddy's vacation. A trip to the beach. We went up to Wells ME. We were familiar with the area and it was a perfect day. Again we were packed and on the road by 8am. We parked, changed 3 very excited little ones into swimsuits and poured on the sunscreen. As you can see Todd was getting a workout. He had Edie on his back (22lbs.) and the twins in the buggy (24lbs. each) with all the chairs, toys and essentials tucked underneath. It was a short walk from the area where we parked to the beach.

How do you build a sandcastle with three toddlers?
Answer: you don't.
It's simply fill the bucket, tip it over and 'stomp' on it. The three (four) of them loved doing this.

Of course there is that familiar smell of the beach, kind of marshy old seaweed smell that lingers in the air. Aubrey was quick to make her super sniffer statement, 'mama, I smell someting'. Once there, the twins ran right into the ocean and Edie was quick to follow. It was her first trip and the twins second trip to the beach. The water was about 60 degrees, and we found a quiet little spot with a quick exit. We were by some tide pools and everyone got to explore or find a cool place to sit as the tide came in. I kept commenting how beautiful the day was.

Success

We packed the night before, and woke at 6am. We were on the road by 7:45am.

We had a successful adventure at Story Land. It took us two and half hours to drive up through the White Mountains, what a gorgeous day full of sunshine and cool air. They girls kept saying look at the mountains Mama, aren't they pretty. Edie (who sits in the middle would say ooooh wow.
Reagan chatted the WHOLE time up in the car asking lots of questions, singing, and telling stories. Her sisters slept. She had a mini meltdown at the main gate. Totally understandable, I felt a bit overwhelmed. We entered through this brightly colored crooked little house with crooked doors and windows, with LOTS of people, commotion and noise. Once inside and out of the buggy she was fine.

On the way home Aubrey was the one who stayed awake, and chatted ALL the way down to Concord. Eventually the three of them slept at the same time.

Round trip was 222 miles. The kids did great. We did great! The twins walked all day. They had fantastic behavior and we had loud clapping in the car at the end of our adventure to celebrate the good listening and staying with Mom and Dad. They didn't run off, and stuck close to us, asking ALOT of questions! Here are some pictures of our adventure, the highlights...

We found our way to Cinderella's castle. NO-ONE but Mommy shook her hand. They did take a picture.

Aubrey was a little excited. We wound our way through the park, surprisingly it wasn't to packed, we strolled around and took our time watching the train and finding it all sunshine and smiles as the girls saw and experienced things for the first time. It was beautiful.

Here they are exploring the inside of a giant pumpkin. We checked out a couple of the rides we thought the twins would be able to do. But they went a little faster than I felt comfortable putting a two year old on. They didn't ask to go on them, but enjoyed watching them. There were lots of storybook tales they could interact with and we were thrilled to experience this as a family.

Again, the twins trying to fight their way out of a small space at the same time:)

Edie had a good time too, she enjoyed riding around on Mommy's back all day. Enjoying cool sips of water and tart lemonade. (She weighs 22lbs by the way!) We tried putting her in the stroller a couple of times but she wasn't comfortable with it. She wanted to do what her sisters were doing any time she was 'out' of any type of restraining contraption. She and I would hang out in the shade and take our shoes off feeling the grass under our toes and the sun on our faces while Todd and the twins would explore.


This attraction is called Professor Bigglesteps Loopy Lab.
It was this dome and inside were all these vacuums and blowers. You would feed balls into boxes, tubes, tunnels and funnels, and they would shoot out all over the inside of the dome raining down on everyone. It was a Styrofoam shower of blue, green and pink. There were handheld shooters on the second level. It was absolute mayhem and all three of them loved it. Belly laughing and giggling.

Edie just stood in the middle and squealed. Reagan sat in one spot feeding one machine and watching where the ball would blow out. Aubrey was running all over just delirious from the chaos.
Here is Reagan sitting still amid the chaos.

The ride home we had to stop three times to adjust, get snacks and drinks. The kids ate a great dinner and went to bed early, as did we. We felt success and it felt good to know we can finally go places and have a great time.

The web site said to plan 6 hours for the visit. We made it four hours, not to bad!! Well worth the drive and the memories.
Where to next?, you ask. Well Todd is on vacation this week, we are going to set up a schedule of adventures that include the beach, the lake, a hike, mini golf, and maybe a few other fun family adventures.

Stay tuned....

Before

After

Wish us luck we are off to Story Land this Saturday! Just looking at the pictures I'm getting excited at how excited THEY will be. I'll be sure to post some pics and 'twin funnies'.

Christmas In July

It's almost time to celebrate!!

Juice Box

If the twins have a juice box, Edie has to have a juice box. You know how it goes, she has to do what they are doing. She will hand her sippy or bottle back to me and shake her head no, no, no.

Once she has the juice box, she'll take the straw out and can easily put it back into the box. Wow, awesome fine motor skills! (gifted and talented!)

Floating Ray

She spent most of her time in the water with NO fear! She had no hesitation just laying back and floating. She has ALWAYS done it in the tub (it's a little harder in there now that there are three of them in the tub). She just let go and enjoyed the cool water.

Edie Had Fun Too

She was all smiles!

What Heat?

We spent most of the day in the water. The twins had a blast!