Going to the Zoo!

Since the weather was so nice this weekend, we took a trip to the Children's Zoo here in Lincoln. We went because the multiples club was having a family outing there on Saturday at 10 am, but we didn't see any multiples club people there at all. So, we just did our own thing for the morning. We walked around in the stroller for a long time, looking at the animals. We let them get out by the place where you can pet the goats, Xander and Grace HATED the goats! Will tried to touch one, but got a little freaked because they are so aggressive. We did not feed them at all. When they got tired of being in their strollers, we let them run around in a little open area (that's where I took the picture of them on the turtle) and in a play area with a pretend fire station. The bottom picture is of them in the two strollers. We attract a lot of attention with that configuration and it's very hard to maneuver in crowds. The rest of the weekend was spent playing outside or at the park and we went to Gerhard and Gisela's house for dinner on Sunday for Gerhard's birthday. It was a nice weekend.

The triplets just keep getting funnier and funnier. They seem to always think of something new and crazy to do with a toy, with themselves or with each other. It is definitely making for non- boring days. They are especially funny in the car. They copy whatever the others are doing, so they end up yelling, evil genius laughing, blowing raspberries, plugging their noses or doing any number of other silly things. Our car rides are not quiet anymore. They still enjoy climbing on furniture, but we are drawing the line at kitchen chairs. (I cannot handle kids standing on the table or counters all day.) A quick funny story about Xander. I have been letting them play in our bedroom in the mornings, so I can make my bed and do other things. When Xander comes into our room he goes straight for the nightstand and grabs the remote controls (he always has loved those). He started saying this word that kind of sounded like "remote control", but I didn't pay much attention to it. Then I noticed that he only said it when he was playing with a remote control in our room or downstairs. So, we think that it's his word for "remote control". It comes out something like "degoley gal", but it has the right number of syllables and the vowels are similar. He's trying! They really are trying to talk a lot. They can repeat any word you ask them to and it comes out pretty close. The latest successful ones are "Carter" for their new cousin, and "Kara" for aunt Kara. That's all for this week. Take care everyone!