Just a few triplet play date pictures I dug up.......nothing is better than getting together with other parents who can relate to your life!  Here are the Bedell, Romocki, Calkins and Geer Triplets.......

For those of you with triplet boys!

Little Boys Are A Lot Of Work

Be careful, you will break it

It is his, please don’t take it

Take the bats outside and don’t hit my walls

This is not the place to throw all those balls

My couch is not a playground so get off it please

Don’t jump on your brother, you will break his knees

Take the rough play outside and run off some steam

Don’t gang up on each other, play as a team

It is his turn I said, now don’t make me yell

Give it back I said and try to play well

Give each other a hug and say sorry for that

For that was his poor little head on which you sat

Stop yelling, no crying

I know when you are lying

No whining, stop fighting

Is that my wall on which you are writing?

Little boys are a lot of work twenty -four hours a day

Being a mom is much work I do say

It starts when you wake and ends after dark

No one said this was a walk in the park

But some day they get will get it the more that you teach

It is sinking in every time that you preach

Your words feel like they go on deaf ears

But you are impressionable during these years

They will grow and grow and from you they will learn

Just when you least expect it they will give up their turn

The fighting will change and their friendships will grow

And the niceness they get is from you and it will show

So be patient and loving and get through these years

Get through the fighting and get through the tears

At the end will be children who are good to all others

They learned and experimented on all of their brothers

Your girl and your boy

Children complete us and make us feel whole

They are the route of our hearts

And the core of our soul

They make us better people

From the moment they arrive

The first smile that they give you

Makes you feel so alive

They are the reason we are created

The reason we are here

They give us the courage to conquer

Any of our fears

They are extensions of us

Only more pure and true

We feel their pain and their love

For them, there is nothing we would not do

Having children is a blessing

A gift and a joy

Never take it for granted

Your girl or your boy

Hold them close to your heart

Give them wings to fly

Teach them respect and love

Make them reach for the sky

Make them laugh

Make them smile

Hug them tightly for a while

Give them security

Give them hope

Give them a place to call home

Let them know in their darkness

They are never alone

Enjoy each day

They grow up so fast

That infancy and childhood

Will not always last

But each stage they pass through

Will be such a joy

Watching them grow into adults

Your girl and your boy

Here are a few current pictures of the triplets and their older brother!  We recently went on a Disney vacation that was more fun than we ever dreamed of!  And this was our second time down there.....it was a great vacation...even with triplets!  They were always occupied, smiled non stop and were exhausted at night.

Today marks the first scrimmage of Brian's (oldest non-triplet) senior season in lacrosse...Such mixed emotions. The boys will be there cheering their brother on and wishing they could play. It's still freezing here with snow on the ground, wish I was in North Carolina...

Still trying to figure out how to get the word out about my triplet book...there are so many helpful tips in there that I wish we had known about when ours were little--Others could save some time and energy :)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BWQVUKK/?tag=raisitripl-20

These are just a few of my many "must haves" to come!  There are so many items that make your life easier with triplets!  The Evenflo Triple Decker Stroller was the best to have when the babies were little.  The infant seats are easily transferred to and from the car...they easily slide into the carseat bases as well as the stroller. This prevents you from ever having to disturb a sleeping baby!  Inserts for the car seats when they are newborns, secures their heads and necks, especially when they are too little to hold them up themselves.  A port a crib that has a height adjustment works best in the beginning. Adjusting it to the highest height is better on your back and the babies love to cuddle close to each other for those early on naps.  Bouncy seats are a must when they start to get a little bigger and are looking for stimulation in the hours that they are alert.......the ones with music, hanging toys, sounds and vibrations are big favorites for the babies.  We had one with a moving aquarium that caught their attention for long periods of time.  Exercausers are a must.  They provide a safe place for the babies to be contained and they provide all sorts of entertainment while in them. They can bounce for long periods of time without the danger of rolling anywhere.  Indoor/outdoor carpet may be a bit of an eyesore on your deck, but it will prevent splinters and will provide for another area for the babies to be contained so that they can play and see the world from different angles.  And The triple Jogger is a stroller that is very useful for walks!  The babies can be side by side.

Many many more items to follow............this is just a taste of what is to come.......