POTD: Learning to Share

Pauline emailed us this photo yesterday with a note that said "Reading books.  Alex stole Lukas' toy and started crying when I gave it back to Lukas. But luckily Lukas is a really good sharer."

POTD: Rainy Day Reflection

Today I am thankful to have wonderful au pairs as our childcare arangement.  It was a monumental effort to get Oliver to daycare and myself in to work this morning, because of the rain.  I shudder at the thought of getting three kids out of the house every morning - just imagine how early we would need to get up to have everyone out the door by 7:15am! The bus wouldn't even be an option.  Actually, the cost of 3 in daycare fulltime (not to mention the collasal hassle) would likely make me a stay-at-home mom.

Somewhere under that umbrella is Oliver waiting at the busstop this morning!

POTD: Gymnastics Fun

Today is Pauline's last day having the kids solo.  Tomorrow Julia arrives and the two of them will overlap/alternate duties for the next three weeks.  Pauline and Lukas took Oliver to gymnastics this morning and just reported that he's having the time of his life in class!

 

 

Cousin Photo Shoot

Yesterday, we had family photos taken (... and I can't wait to see how they turned out!).  Since Nicole and Devon couldn't join us as originally planned, we had an impromptu photoshoot (at the very same park) on Sunday.  We got SO very lucky with the weather both days.

These are some of my favorite shots.  Not too shabby, if I do say so myself.  Perhaps I should consider a Mommy-photography gig as a back-up career....

 

POTD: New School

Today was Oliver's first day at his new daycare.  The old daycare wasn't awful and we liked his teachers, but the owners/director really didn't have their act together and we were concerned about the high teacher turnover (parents talk, and we were hearing lots of concerning stories from other classrooms, we felt it was only a matter of time before we would be the ones with concerns). 

 

I'm already in love with the new place!  Adam said they called him at work around this 11am to let him know how things were going.  A few minutes ago, I just got an email/photo of our lil' guy and this note - I just wanted to send you on a picture of Oliver doing a Science experiment with the other children earlier on today. He is napping right now and seems to be having a good day.

 

 

The new daycare is across the street from Adam's office, which makes drop-offs/pick-ups easier.  The only drawback is that we need to provide lunch (and they don't have a microwave, so I can't just send dinner leftovers). 

4 Month Twin Photos

It is just starting to feel like the babies are little people and not just blobs... Alex loves playing with his feet and both are starting to figure out how to hold things, although often they don't realize that they are clutching onto whatever I have handed them.  They are {this close!} to being able to sit up on their own!

POTD: Halloween Adorableness

We forgot to put the boys in halloween-themed outfits yesterday, so we did it today.  I love, love, love this shot I got of Lukas!  I think it is my favorite photo of him to-date. 

 

Here are Oliver & Alex in the same outfit.  Oliver was 6mo at Halloween, so a bit older than Alex.  Do you think they look alike?  Once you get past the blue eyes, pasty complection, and baldness, I'm not so sure anymore... 

Trick or Treat

Halloween was a bit of a disappointment this year.  The Halloween event at the local park was cancelled on Sunday because of the looming hurricane and Oliver wasn't too enthusiastic about his daycare Halloween party.  Fortunately, we did get some trick-or-treating in yesterday, but it was chilly!  I got off easy on costumes this year - the babies had received the skelton PJs as a present from my stepsister and Oliver loves his fireman dress-up clothes, so I saw no reason to buy him something new for the occassion.  I promise to put a bit more effort in next year, as my window of getting all three boys to dress in a theme will be very short-lived....