Stampede

Last week I really wanted to attend the parade in town and take Griffin to the fair grounds... actually when I was pregnant with the triplets for some reason I got it in my head that by the time the stampede came around, the babies would be old enough to enjoy going out and they'd be fairly easy to manage by then.  Hahaha... now I have it in my head that by NEXT summer, the babies will be fairly easy to manage and we'll be able to do a lot more things.  We'll see how that works out...
I definitely wouldn't say the babies are "easy" to manage now, but atleast they interact more and enjoy looking around at things.  In fact, the stampede and parade was very enjoyable... they stayed in their stroller most of the time happily... and Griffin had a great time on all the rides.  We went to the fair grounds at around 3pm and didn't leave until 8:15... the babies normally go to bed at 7:30 so they did extremely well!  I kind of ended the night poorly because I decided to go on this crazy flipping, spinning, upside-down ride with my nephew and got pretty sick afterwards!  I had to sit on the grass to stop the world from spinning and as I sat there looking up at my stroller full of babies, I decided that was probably the last "big" ride I'll ever go on!  I don't know what I was thinking, I still get car sick if I try to read a map while riding in the van!
Anyways, I wish it was stampede every day cause it certainly beats a day inside at home!  Here are a couple pics of the day... wish I had taken more, but it was a busy day!

Nat & Sunny, Mom & Fletcher watching the parade.  The babies were decked out in their "western attire" until it got too hot!

Griff waiting for the parade to start!

On the airplanes!

Happy Gibs... despite having issues with the heat and getting a heat rash and swollen eyes, she's still grinning!

Sunny, who is usually a bit of a "handful" (to put it gently), LOVED to people watch and was so happy at the fair grounds!

Fletcher and my mom... a tad nervous of all the crowds!

The girls trying out our new bottle holders (thanks to fellow triplet mom Mallory for ordering them up for us!)

We had a lot of "gawkers" that day... one lady asked me if I drove a white mini van... apparently we had left one of the sliding doors wide open after we unloaded and got everyone into the stroller... hahaha... she had kindly closed the door and locked it for us.  She saw all the car seats and figured it had to be ours. Woops!

Camping!

This past weekend we had our annual Cave/Audette family camp-out.  My dad and Chuck grew up in Shaunavon together and us kids have known eachother since birth... it's always a lot of fun when our families get together!  Last year, the only children in attendance were a two-year-old and a nine-month-old... this year, we added 5 babies to the mix!!  Needless to say, we didn't go to our usual back-country-no-toilets-no-water site this year.  Instead, we went out to Little Bow where we had some out-houses and a water tap nearby!  I have several good shots to share (thanks to my mom for sharing a lot of her pics with me!).  We started packing and cleaning out my in-laws' motorhome on Monday and by Thursday morning, we were finally ready to go! It was a lot of work to get there, but it actually went really well.  Well, the nights could've been better, but all that fresh air gave us some extra long naps from the babies so we actually got a lot of relaxing in!  Plus, we had a lot of hands to help!

Babies in their bed for the night...

My little campers!

Long boarding with Griffin, Talyah and Travis

More long boarding with Papa and my nephew Brian... no one seems to know how to stand on them ;)

Bath time for all the babies!

Griffin and Talyah eating lunch

Miss Sunny :)

Gibs and Fletcher talking in the pea-pod

Swim time!

Brian and Griff catching some rays

Feeding time with my sisters... and Jasper getting some bottle action as well!

All the little kiddos!

L to R: Gibsyn, Sunny, Fletcher, Talyah, Jasper, Griffin, Saylor

My dad doing a very thorough job of Griffin's sunscreen

 Beersbie time with dad and Chuck!

And now time to argue the rules...

Look, quads! Jasper's only 3 months old, but he fits right in with the 6 month olds!

Bath time for Griff and Talyah!

 Looks like a tornado hit our site... I'm not too sure how everyone else keeps their's so tidy!

 The whole crew!

 The Cave's

 The Audettes!



So Proud

Griffin went in a week long skating program last week and I can't even begin to explain how proud I am of him.  He was the littlest guy out there, but made it look like he had been skating for years... I love watching him skate... what a natural!

The babies are a few days shy of 6 months now and so we will soon begin a new adventure with them - solid foods!  My mom discovered these awesome "lobster chairs" that clip onto our island and fold up nice and compact when they're done.  Here are the babies trying out their new chairs...

Sweetie-pie-Gibs smiling away... Fletcher trying to smile, but actually wanting out of his chair....

Best Friends

A few days ago my mom and I took the babies to Swift Current to visit our life-long friends, the Audettes!  We grew up with Shauna, Aimee, and Jason and it's so hard to believe that we have children of our own now... better yet, they're all very close in age and I'm sure they will be the best of friends!  Shauna also has Talyah who is 20 months old and already great friends with Griff.
Here's a shot of all the babies (left to right: Sunny, Saylor (3 weeks), Gibsyn, Jasper (2.5 months), and Fletcher):

 The boys:

The girls:

Talyah and Sunny... I have a feeling these two could be trouble ;)

 And one cute shot of my little man... last night he said to me, "I very like you mommy".

I very like you too, Griffin!!! 



Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my wonderful hubby... my rock... my Mr. Calm... the only man I could ever raise all these children with!  We love you Troy/Daddy!

And Happy Father's Day to my own Dad... who always makes us laugh and loves my kids as much as he loves my sisters and I.  Troy and I always joke that he and Griff are best friends!  I love you Dad!

First Swim!

My mom, Natalie and I took the babies to the pool for the first time today!  Here are some shots from that adventure.... it went really well aside from getting dressed at the end - everyone was cold and tired so the change room got pretty loud!

Here they are ready to go to the pool:

Gibsyn in her cute lil swimsuit:

Fletcher the butter-ball with Auntie Nat:

Sunny lovin' her itty bitty bikini!

All three of them relaxing in the baby pool...

It was kind of funny cause the aquasize class got out just as we walked into the change room so the babies were bombarded with "grandmotherly types"... people (especially older women) get such a kick out of three babies!

Day Trip Gone Bad

Growing up, my mom instilled in me the Golden Rule - if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.  So I tend to only blog happy, nice moments... and I feel like perhaps I have painted a very pretty picture, but not necessarily a realistic one.  I'm assuming the people who read this blog want to know what life is really like in our house, so today I wanted to share a not so happy experience...

I took Griffin and Sunny to Spectrum today (Troy stayed home with Gibs and Fletch). It's a festival downtown that has food, bouncy castles, face painting, pony rides, entertainment and so on.  It started off great, but ended with me carrying a screaming baby and dragging a screaming three year old by the arm for two blocks until we reached the mini van.  Granted, Sunny was hungry and Griffin was ready for his nap, but still, it was very embarrassing.  Here's an after shot of Griff... note the spiderman face paint which was washed away by his temper tantrum.  Thank goodness I only brought one baby...