Cribs

Cribs

Avery is now 2 and a half and she sleeps in her crib very happily.  A couple of weeks ago, after putting all the kids to bed, Audrey and I were up late packing for a trip when we were surprised to see Avery walking down the hall towards us.  Audrey asked me the obvious question, "Did you put Avery in her crib?"  I said" Yes, I did".  We asked Avery how come she was out of her crib and she said, "I'll show you".  And we were led back down the hall following a 35 inch toddler. I lifted her back into her crib.  She immediately grabbed the top of the side rail, and lifted one leg sideways over the bar,swung herself over the side rail and slowly began rappelling down the outside of the crib. While she was sliding down the outside of the crib she looked at us and said, "It's not hard".

Funny happenings

Baby Brudder

A few months ago, shortly after Chase was born the family attended Friday night services at our synagogue.  The kids love to participate and during the service the Rabbi asked the congregation if there was anything of note they wanted to announce to the other members of the group.  Darcy, our 4 year old daughter and one of our triplets, immediately raised her hand and was the first called upon to make an announcement.  Darcy proudly announced that she had a new baby brother, to which she received  many "Mazel Tovs".  The Rabbi went around the room and the group listened to a few other announcements from the congregation.  Just as the Rabbi wanted to move on the next part of the service, Bryce, our other 4 year old daughter triplet raised her hand to make an announcement.  Proudly, Bryce announced that she had a new baby brother.  Without missing a beat, Darcy piped in, "He's the same one"!

Who is Gorgeous.

The whole family went to the zoo and we were playing in the petting zoo.  I was "monitoring" Avery's whereabouts.  Another parents comes up to me and looking at Avery says, "She is the most beautiful child I have ever seen."   I smiled and said, "thank you".  She then looked like she had an epiphany and said, "I mean, after my kids of course". 

What's Your Name?

It is very surprising to me that our kids are not intimidated by adults and feel free to ask questions.  A few weeks ago we were out for dinner and we were preparing to leave.  The kids started talking to our waitress and she stopped to chat.  Cooper saw her name tag and asked, "What's your name?" She replied," My name is Brandy".  Cooper looked at her and said, " I have a Yuval in my class".  She did not have anything to respond.