Emily's Disneyland Day!

Last Thursday, Emily and I kept our date and headed to the Happiest Place on Earth for some Mommy and me time! Emily turned out to be the low key triplet and really had no interest in roller coasters. In fact, Emily's first stop (though are you really surprised?) was to see the goats at Big Thunder Ranch. After spending quite some time there she finally wanted to leave and do some rides. But no roller coasters she told me! LOL We rode several of the Fantasyland rides and then she wanted to ride the horse drawn trolley down Main Street.

Emily was not into waiting and if a line looked even 5 minutes long she opted not to ride. In fact she preferred SHOPPING in all the little stores. We did a lot of browsing, which was fine with me because this was the hottest of the 3 days I'd been with the girls and the a/c was heavenly!

We did end up going on a lot of rides (there really were NO lines and we walked on most rides!) so I ended up on the tea cups much to my dismay, and of course Emily figured out how to make it spin!

We also rode the rockets in Tomorrowland, which I had never been on myself! It's a bigger version of Dumbo and boy do they go HIGH! (see those people down there?) Yikes! Emily was loving it- she took us all the way up to the top and then left us there so she could take in the scene. We also went on Autopia and Emily proved to be a pretty competent driver! And then one of the biggest surprises of the day happened for us- Emily wanted to ride Star Tours! I wasn't sure she was going to like it- but I should know better by now as each day I've spent with the girls one on one, they have surprised me by doing something I wasn't expecting! Emily LOVED Star Tours and we actually rode it twice because she loved it so much! The other delight of the day was her response to the only roller coaster she did go on. It's a small coaster in Toon Town called Gadget's Go Coaster. She wasn't too sure when we started, but she was giggling like crazy when we finished and she managed to say, "I just love it! Let's do it again!" So we did- three more times! Hot and tired- we rode the train from land to land to get around- here Emily sports her- I don't want to take a picture, but I'll do it anyway face. In the end it cooled off quite a bit, we enjoyed some more shopping on Main Street, got a lollipop for Emily (and an ice cream for Mommy) and headed home. Emily loved her day and I loved having this chance to do this with all my girls. School is upon us and a huge milestone is about to happen~ I'm not ready, but its coming!

Ashley's Disneyland Day!

Ashley and I headed out to the Happiest Place on Earth on Monday to share her Mommy Date day. We got into the van and she started to talk and NEVER stopped! LOL My little middle child is quite the talker! We had a wonderful time. It was HOT and it was humid, but we stayed cool and drank a lot of water. The air quality is horrible right now due to the local fires so she got to ride in the stroller all day to try and keep her asthma at bay and I had the travel nebulizer on hand just in case (we never had to use it! Phew!)I wasn't sure how Ashley was going to approach this day. She is usually quiet and "go with the flow" so i wasn't sure how she would be with giving the orders. In the end she ended up doing several things that Madeline did (because Madeline did them- like Big Thunder Railroad and Matterhorn). Below she is telling me- I can't believe I just went on that crazy train~ whose plan was that? and some things we did because Emily wanted her to (because Emily told her- "pet the goats for me!")- I just love this smile! and then she picked several things that SHE wanted to do; like the teacups... ... and Dumbo (we also rode Autopia, Finding Nemo and Alice in Wonderland as well as several Fantasyland rides)All in all she loved her day and surprisingly her favorite part was Splash Mountain! She loved it so much we rode on in TWICE! Wow! That's my girl! After the second ride we were much wetter and refreshed! We ended the day with a snack picnic on the Rivers of America waiting to watch Fantasmic! Somehow I got her onto my shoulders and she had a perfect view of the whole thing. I love my little Ashley-bean!

FFF: Favorite Foto Friday: Madeline!

I'm technically a day late with this post- but I took these pictures on Friday so that counts for something right?I took Madeline for a date with Mommy to Disneyland on Friday! There's just something about seeing Disneyland through the eyes of your children/child! It was so fun to go with just her and do the rides/things she wanted to do! Her list mainly consisted of roller coasters! She had no fear and rode the biggest of the big (for Disneyland and her height limit). I'll post all the pictures soon- but here are my favorites of the day!

Starting the day with a double decker bus ride

The look on her face above says it all!

This was right after the LARGE drop on Splash MountainRiding on Dumbo.

What about Emily and Ashley you ask? They get their days this week- all just before school starts!

Sarah is still doing FFF on her site and this Friday marked her 100th FFF! If you want to see her blog/post on her "tiny dancer", just click HERE!

Reading Superstars!!

We are having a productive summer! One of the items we crossed off our list is completing the Summer Reading Program at our local library! The girls loved going in and checking out books, then returning to give their book reports. In the end they read a total of 8 hours (though I'm sure they read more- that's the minimum they had to read to finish). They each got their picture taken for the wall at the library... ... and received a packet full of coupons for free items at local restaurants and even Legoland tickets! We're very proud of our girls for committing to this challenge! We are still continuing our trips to the library even thought he program is done. As a treat we went to lunch at a little diner in Long Beach that had these cute car benches/seats at the front of the shop. The girls were more into the books! LOL

200th Post!!!

Yes folks! It's here! My 200th post! When I did my 100th post, it seemed to me that 200 would be far away and yet, that hasn't been the case! Blogging about our life has allowed me to share with family and friends the events of our lives. But more importantly, for me, it is giving my girls a written account of the fun that we have had with them and hopefully shows them the indescribable love we feel for them. While I do try to make paper scrapbooks for the girls, my progress is slow. This blog is allowing me to keep up with the day to day events that I may not scrapbook about (or at least record the stories with the pictures so I don't forget!). Does this all make sense? Eventually I will have this blog published into hard cover books for the girls to have. So thank you for riding this amazing ride with us that is "life with triplets", I hope you're in for the long run! I have some special pictures of my lovelies that I want to share with you on this special occasion! Many have commented on the cool Color Accent feature on my camera that I used in the Sno-Cone post. I thought I would share some more fun that I recently had with it with some flowers in my front yard.

EMILY

Emily can be serious when she wants too, and quite stubborn (Hmmm...wonder where she gets that from?) She also has a very SILLY streak to her. She could be WAILING about an injustice done to her and then with a snap be laughing hysterically. She's for sure one-of-a-kind! Case in point- see below!

ASHLEY

Ashley is the girlie-girl (most of the time- she kicks a mean soccer ball and can hit any ball thrown at her with a bat!). She loves to play dress up and usually wears some type of accessory. She often breaks into dance and song. She is passionate and sensitive. She makes sure everyone gets a kiss good-bye and will wave to you from the front door.

MADELINE

Madeline has a zest for life like no other. She usually skips more than she walks. She will proudly tell anyone that she is now tall enough to ride the big rides at Disneyland (which she will get to do in a couple weeks!). Madeline is also sensitive and wants to please. She loves making new friends and is the social butterfly of the trio.These girls make me smile! We are having a wonderful summer and are going to make the most out of these last few weeks together!

Our Anniversary!

Summer is flying by and we have a little under a month before we all go back to school! We are enjoying every moment of it (despite our gloomy weather- BOO!) and as I type this the girls have a friend over for a playdate (a first for our house!). It's so cute to listen to them playing together and hear the things they think are so important to share (have you ever touched a snake? what is your mom doing today? we did the summer reading program!)

I'm trying hard to keep the blog up to date on our happenings, but sometimes events fall through the cracks! One important one in particular was our 11th Anniversary! It's still so hard for me to believe that Rick and I have been married for 11 years now (and together for 16!). To celebrate the occasion we asked my mom to watch the girls and we had a night out with our friends Mike and Michelle! Our first stop was dinner at the Hibachi Steak House (think Benihana!). It was delicious and I ate EVERYTHING! LOL After dinner we went to see the movie "The Hangover"- I haven't laughed so hard in a long time- but for sure not for the weak of heart!! It was wonderful to have an evening with Mike and Michelle (it was like "old' times- if I remember correctly what the "old" times were like- also referred to as the period BT - before triplets).

And to my hubby- I love you! Happy Anniversary!