Coloring!

It's been a busy week around here. We've done lots, been lots of places and done lots of new things. It was great that Brian had Friday and Monday off, so we got to spend lots of daddy time! The triplets went garage saleing with aunt Kara and I on Friday morning. They were so good and even got a new kitchen set, complete with food and dishes out of the trip. We ate dinner out on Friday night, then mommy went and scrapbooked at a store with a friend. Saturday, we watched the first football game at Dale and Ellen's, then went out to dinner again (and the triplets were very good!). Sunday, we decided to stay home from church. They've all had colds and diarrhea, and we decided not to subject the other children in the nursery to their germs. We did however, run errands to the grocery store and Home Depot. After a good afternoon nap, they "helped" us wash our cars. They mostly ran around holding their big sponges and slipping on the wet concrete. But, the cars are clean and they had fun, that's all that counts. Monday, they spent the morning at Grandma Pam's and ate lunch there. You can see from the pictures they have been doing things like coloring around the house. With more awake time, we have to come up with new things to pass the hours. They are also really enjoying puzzles, playing with their new kitchen and walking to the new Super Target that is open by our house.

Other than the illnesses, there is no real news. Sad to say that Will's bad cough is back and he's on his 5th day of nebulizer treatments. If it doesn't improve, we're going to the doctor this week. Xander probably is the sickest. He has a terrible runny nose, cough and fever. Plus several days of diarrhea. Poor thing just isn't getting enough sleep with only one nap. So, we've changed their naptime to 8:00 and that seems to be helping. They get a little extra sleep, and are still waking up at the same time in the morning. Their one nap a day is usually between 2 and 3 hours, but there have been a couple 1 hr and 20 minute days (and let me tell you, I do not like those.) They aren't really saying any new words. Will has finally caught up in terms of number of words to his siblings. He can say everything they can say. Xander has started saying/signing thank you. It comes out "ta-too" and he waves his arm around (trying to sign it). It's pretty funny. He doesn't do it spontaneously, though. Only when you say "say thank you" or he hears an adult say it. Our fall schedule with piano lessons, choirs and everything else starts up this week. It's sure to be a busy one! More later!