Playdate group

This is our second year to get our playdate group together over the summer. Its a great time to get the kids out of the house and even a better time for the mommy's to enjoy some adult time!

Kade, Collin, Addison, Jake, Cooper, Khloe, Kimber and Bryce

I thought this picture was too funny not to include.

Everyones face is looking at the camera but all of the eyes are looking somewhere else!

Llano River

I'm a little behind on posting so be prepared for some updates. The weekend before the 4th I braved a three hour drive to Llano with three 3 year olds for our Michalewicz Reunion. It was a quick trip but we enjoyed fishing, playing with our cousins (and meeting new ones), and seeing everyone.

Bryce, Addison, and Collin along the Llano River

Kathy and Les

My aunt and uncle from Virgina (soon to be Australia) flew into Houston Friday and met up with me in Brenham to help with the drive. It was great visiting with my aunt during the drive and I really appreciated the help with the kids.

Addison fishing with Tegan and Uncle Jason

Bryce caught his first fish

The "multiples" of the family

back row: twins Lucy and Louis, twins Alexis and Jessica

front row: the triplets and twins Elise and Ian

The Wilde Family

Swim Lessons

For the last two weeks we had the kids enrolled in swim lessons with Ms. Natalie. She was super patient with the kids and taught them to blow bubbles, kick, float, put their face in the water, spiderman walk along the edge and just be comfortable with the water! We learned Addison is our little fish and loved the water. By the end of the lessons she put her head under water and blowed bubbles, she would jump in and go under and was always the first one in the pool. Bryce was not as excited about the swim lessons and cried through several lessons. He didn't like going under water or venturing away from the steps, his favorite was playing with the toys on the steps. Collin hated swim lessons and also cried and screamed through several lessons (poor Natalie), he mostly enjoyed playing in the "little" pool or the cold hot tub. Their lessons were done individually for 30 minutes so we were hanging out by the pool for an hour and a half each day. Thankfully they had a swing set, mommy packed lunches and we were able to hang out in the little pool to keep everyone occupied for that long.

Addison learning to float

 blowing bubbles

Addison and her teacher Ms. Natalie

Bryce excited about jumping in on the first day of swim lessons

Bryce practicing his kicking.

All three would kick harder so they could splash mommy!

Bryce swimming

Bryce with his teacher Ms. Natalie

Bryce and Collin having fun in the little pool

Collin doing the spiderman walk along the edge of the pool

Collin with his teacher Ms. Natalie

Collin and Addison hanging out

Father's Day Weekend

Father's Day weekend we went on a little couples getaway to Port O'Conner with the Maurer Party of Five. This probably wasn't the beach getaway that Jamie and I had planned but it was a kid free weekend so we said sign us up! The kids stayed with Grandpa and Myrna (along with several other helpers) while we enjoyed some fun in the sun. The guys did the majority of the fishing while Jamie and I enjoyed some adult beverages while relaxing on the boat and catching up. Saturday we spent the whole day on the water searching for the fish! The girls even braved the water and spent some quality time with our hubbies wade fishing!

Adrienne and Steven

Jamie and Wesley

Our big catch from Friday!

Adrienne and Jamie making a fashion statement in our wading boots!

Jamie and I actually caught a keeper!

Happy "Belated" Father's Day to my fisherman!

We came home with enough fish to have a fish fry for our dad's Monday. It was a great end to a great weekend. Happy "Belated" Father's Day to my dad and Alan!

Sea World

We continued to celebrate the kids birthday through out the weekend by taking them to Sea World.

The Siemsglusz Family at Sea World

We convinced Granny, Papa, Aunt Dee, Dalton, and Brandon to come along and enjoy the fun!

Bryce, Collin and Addison watching the dolphins

They all thought this was pretty cool so we came home with three of these, in a stuffed animal size of course!

Addison relaxing and eating her lunch during the Elmo show, such a big girl!

Collin loved the shows and was very attentive. During the Azul show he watched carefully and when the people would jump from way up high he would cover his eyes.

Bryce loved the rides and the water!

The kids rode their first farris wheel

And Daddy got to ride his first roller coaster!

3 Three Year Olds

I can't believe the triplets are 3! We celebrated their 3rd birthday with family at our house. We had an explosion of balloons from the balloon fairy, Debbie (our neighbor)! Since I planned this very last minute I didn't have plans for cakes but our wonderful cake lady, Ms. Cavasar, called the day before and asked if she could make them cakes, uh YES!  This year they were really excited about their birthday which made celebrating that much more fun.

We sang individually to each of them. Addison and Bryce smiled and watched as everyone sang to them. Collin seemed to be embarrassed to be the center of attention, as we sang to him he wouldn't look at anyone and to keep from smiling he made a frowning face. 

Happy Birthday to Addison...

Happy Birthday to Bryce...

Happy Birthday to Collin....

Toddler Beds

We finally did it! The kids figured out how to crawl out of their cribs a long time ago and we kept them in their cribs by using crib tents. They recently figured out how to unzip those and would crawl in each others beds and play so we figured it was time to make the move to toddler beds. They have been in their toddler beds for about a week and we are having trouble keeping them in their toddler beds, so we need HELP! How did you keep your child in bed when you made the move from a crib to a bed? Keep in mind there are 3 of them, we've tried laying with them but someone is always left out and we have whining and crying "lay with me". Just not sure what we should do???

Their reaction to seeing their new beds!

Bryce snuggled in his new bed

Collin in his new bed

Addison, excited about her new bed!

Night, Night, sleep tight!

We may do some rearranging once I figure out the decor but for now this is what their new room looks like.

And this is what happens when they won't stay in their beds!

We need HELP!