Progress Report

 Back in March the boys speech teacher handed me three progress reports, most of it was a lot details and jargon that I was not interested in deciphering. It did however contain a small description of how each boy is doing in the class. It's a little glimpse of the boys personality through the eyes of their teacher, I would say it's quite accurate : ) 

Since we're on the subject I'll report that the boys speech is doing very well. Unlike before, their Spanish is now way better than their English! Their sentences in Spanish have fewer holes than their English ones. It validates my efforts, and it makes me happy to know my hard work has paid off. I have to fight my tendency to speak to them in English ALL THE TIME. I may be a native Spanish speaker but I'm much more fluid in English (that's just what wants to come out). I also have a confession, I didn't really start speaking to them in Spanish till they were like 6 months old. Sometimes I fear that is what caused their initial speech delay and why they had more English words when they first started talking. Who knows, but at least the delay only lasted a little while so not too much harm done : )

Loved this recent drawing that Thomas made!

Last weekend Thomas went with dad to run errands. Phil stopped at Peet's for coffee and let Thomas choose a treat. Out of all the yummy options Thomas picked out the same thing that Eli picked out several months back when Phil took him on errands. They definitely have that twin-tuition thing going on there, or in our case triplet-tuition! 

The swing of peace, everyone has a seat and mom only has one swing to push!

Here is a little video of how the boys keep each other entertained (the other two boys are in the tent)...

Outdoor Adventure

So it was forecast to be crazy hot (90F) on Thursday and I was debating on where to take the boys. The splash pad at the park or the children's museum so we could check out the new outdoor section that just opened up? I ended up deciding on the children's museum since it is more of an all-morning thing to do. Little did I know that it would have such a big water feature let alone one at all! It's pretty awesome and I encourage all the locals to check it out! It's gonna be our new go-to splash pad (non-weekend that is, bc such a cool place is bound to get crowed). We were of course very unprepared, no swimwear or sunblock. They got pretty wet but it didn't matter since it was so hot. They did get a little sunburned on the shoulders (they don't seem to mind it though). 

CET, they do not like the sun in their eyes so they love wearing their sunglasses!

Playing in the little "creek"

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The upper section is designated the "toddler section," there is also a sand pit!

Here is a little video of the boys having a fun time at Outdoor Adventure...

Caleb chillaxing on a bunch of pillows, silly boy!

Caleb and papi!

Tulip Fest! (3yrs 7mo)

CET are 3 years and 7 months old!

While Phil's parents were out visiting we went to the tulip festival as we like to do every year. It was beautiful as usual but if was by far the coldest tulip fest we've been to! There was a good chance we'd get rained on but thankfully it held out till a couple of hours after we left, it made for some great clouds : )

Caleb

Ed & Sue with Thomas

Phil loved the salmon colored tulips

Phil and I

Their expressions crack me up!

Best Buds : )

CET

Caleb fell in the mud and his hand wasn't the only thing that got mud all over it!

My favorite tulips!

Eli

Hay!

Representing

The boys representing dads alma mater with their sweaters and fake smiles, haha!

They dressed themselves

Eli

Thomas with another fake smile

Caleb

The other night I turned the tv on and to my delight one of my faves was performing. Caleb seems to have the same taste because he just couldn't help himself from rocking out! Too funny, here is the video evidence, hehehe...

You'll often find the boys "reading" a book together, they are so cute!

Things That Make You Big & Strong

The boys right now are really into asking me if what they're eating will make them big and strong or if it will just make their tummy's big. Not sure how this started, it may have been an explanation about why we can't eat treats all the time or because I've been trying to cook healthier lately (more veggies and whole grains among other things). I've defined for the boys that things that we eat for meals and snacks will make them grow tall/big and strong like dad (don't want them to think they'll be any taller than that because at the rate they're growing they'll be lucky to just get to dads height, ha!). And treats are things we eat occasionally and not a lot of because the only thing treats will make grow is your belly, hahaha funny but soooo true! It's been good toddler psychology because after they ask me if something will make them big and strong and I concur they immediately say "show you mom!" and proceed to take a big bite of what ever we might be eating at the moment. The boys have never been picky eaters (for toddlers that is) but this has helped them try even more new and strange things (aka spinach and lettuce)! 

The following pictures are from our circuit assembly last Sunday. It was quite the magical experience since two of the boys sat with our friends the M family throughout the entire assembly and with only one kid to watch, Phil and I pretty much listened to the entire program! That hasn't happened since before the boys were born, one kid was so easy! The M family must be toddler whispers because the two boys that were with them behaved so well and they even got both to sleep through the second half. I tried rocking the one we had to sleep but to no avail, not a blink was slept, what gives?!

In their first suits, but not too enthusiastic about getting their picture taken, ha!
Not a big fan of suits because of all the pieces and time it takes to dress them but the boys love looking like dad so to make them happy I got them some Target specials. I took the boys with me to buy them and I asked Thomas which he liked better, the striped suit or the plain tan suit. Of course he said he liked the tan suit better since it looked a lot more like a suit dad would wear! Maybe next year my son, the seersucker suit is sooo much cuter : )

I also busted out the backpacks I was saving for preschool because their current Elmo backpacks were in rough condition! "Elmo backpacks, the trashcan welcomes you."

Maybe I've been watching too much teen mom but pictures like these make me so grateful that the boys have a loving father that cares for them as much as I do!

The boys LOVE these two ladies!

After the assembly ended I took Eli to go get his brothers and as you can see two are fast asleep!
(the other boy is in the back and you can only see a bit of his yellow shirt but I assure you, he is asleep)

The next day (Monday) was another beautiful day so we hit the park for some fun and exercise!

Eli

Caleb

Thomas

Monday night was the Memorial and that morning our cheap bow ties from China finally came, yay!

Don't they look so charming!

CTE with their favorite peeps!

Saturday

Our adventures from, as you may have guessed, Saturday!

First stop Pump It Up Jr

Sticking your tongue out really helps your balance

Group slide!

Next we went to the park!
With Caleb : )

With Eli

With Thomas

Eli and pops

Caleb

Thomas

Love those pretty little tootsies!

TEC