The Morris Triplets




Saturday, August 31, 2013

Fall, Football, Family and Fun

As summer comes to an end, I am looking forward to my favorite time of the year, when the leaves change, football fans are in full force and the holiday season is just around the corner.  Our summer was good, filled with lots of time outside on the kids new swing set, riding toys, and swimming. In the midst of all this fun, we did have a good 2 wks of illness in June which included pink eye going through all 3 kids and myself (all at different times spread over 2 wks of course) and a respiratory infection.  All this illness, ironically, began on my 30th birthday, confirming the stigma that comes with this birthday milestone...."everything downhill after 30!"...Surely Not! Thankfully, by the time the busyness of July hit,we were all well. The kids completed their first session of swim lessons this summer with Ms. Sue. They did well and had a great time swimming with Travis and I nearly every day for 2 wks (yes, Travis and I had to be in pool with them for this class since they are so young....Travis was very happy when this session was done!) . VBS was also in July, with focus on Fruits of the Spirit. The kids loved VBS and were so excited each night about going to Bible class. We were all pretty exhausted by the time July ended, but I am thankful we were able to do so much! August has consisted of a couple weekend trips for Travis and I, so the kids have had lots of time with grandparents lately.  I am so very thankful and grateful for wonderful parents and in laws who love my children and are willing/want to keep them to allow Travis and I some kid free time every once in a while. On a whim, I also decided to switch kids bed from crib to toddler bed a couple wks back. I had been putting this off out of total fear of the havoc it would wreak on our bed and nap time routines, but they love their big boy/girl beds and have transitioned much better than I ever expected. They actually follow my rule of " no one gets out of bed until mommy comes to get them" (for now anyways). Brooks' latest thing is to go sit in his bed and read his Bible story book. The first time he asked to do this, my heart melted. He is such a sweet, funny little boy, who is so much like his daddy in so many ways...he needs his quiet alone time too. Not much quiet time around our house these days....Brooks just needs to escape every now and then. Braden is obsessed, i mean really obsessed with the color orange right now.  I have no idea how or why this love for the color orange came about, but I do know that he will ONLY wear the orange PJ's, ONLY eat off of the orange plate with the (broken) orange fork, and wear orange shorts and an orange shirt most days of the week ( at home only, I have to put my foot down before letting him leave the house looking like a giant orange!) I am hoping this love for orange will fade soon, but it has been a good 2 months so far and I see no sign of it fading at this point. Kate is really into princesses and dolls these days and tells me regularly that she is saving her piggyback money to go to Disney world....she came up with this all on her own! She really wants to go see the "princess castle" at Disney world and visit Mickey and Minnie's house:) Oh, the mind of a child, so innocent, sweet, fun-loving, imaginative. I want to hold onto these childhood thoughts as long as possible.
In the upcoming weeks, kids will begin SCHOOL! Ok, not really school, actually it is called an infant/toddler class for a few hrs 2 days/wk, but to the kids it is School:) They are so excited to start this class in a couple wks and mention going to school at least daily now. I am excited for them because I know they will LOVE it, but am kinda sad my babies are growing up. My babies,that oh so quickly correct me these days when I call them "my baby." " I am not a baby, I am a big boy/girl" is the response I hear every time and every time my response in return "As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be".