Popsicles

That's right. The trio has experienced their first icy treat and it was a big hit! I had some frozen push pops in the freezer and decided one day to try and see what they thought. At first they were a little taken back by the fact that they were so cold. They got over that pretty quick and sucked on them and ate them right up! Good thing they like them as it starts to get warmer out. Yum!

1 year ago today.....

I started this blog! I can't believe it has already been a year! I am very impressed that I have kept up with it this long. I am not a writer by any means. In fact one of my least favorite subjects in school was English. I always dreaded having to write papers and did all the tricks to make it longer. Change the font, the font size, you name it I would try it to make it appear longer. Honestly I didn't think I would last this long. Want to know what kept me going? People actually reading my blog! Even though people don't really comment in the blog I know people are reading it. The little comments by people here and there are what let me know people read. Now I really know you all come for the photos of my cute kids......I don't blame you! I think they are pretty stinking cute too! So Happy 1 year anniversary to me!

My very first blog post was 101 in 1001. Well it has been 365 days of those 1001 days. Lets see what I have accomplished. I have highlighted in blue what I have done and the red is what will not happen.

1. Get professional pictures taken of the trio

2. Take the trio to the Philadelphia zoo

3. Take the trio to the Camden Aquarium

4. Plan a trip to Disney World
5. Work on my own business
6. Create a family cookbook
7. Build a snowman with the trio

8. Throw a 30th birthday bash for Alan and I

9. Learn how to use my camera in manual mode
10. Write on my blog at least 3 times a week

11. Have a 1 year birthday bash for the trio

12. Take the trio to the Please Touch Museum
13. Paint our bedroom
14. Redo the bar in the basement
15. Get a dog
16. Put away $5 for each goal completed in each of the trio accounts
17. Potty train the trio
18. Redo our backyard
19. Plant a garden
20. Unpack and organize the house
21. Create my craft-room
22. Decorate the house

23. Make baby food from scratch

24. Re-do the landscaping in the front of the house
25. Take the trio to the beach
26. Teach the trio how to swim

27. Buy a mini van

28. Continue to take lots of pictures of the trio
29. Sew an outfit for each of the kids
30. Continue to be a stay at home Mommy
31. Become actively involved in my MoM's group
32. Have a yard sale
33. Do something special for my parents
34. Get the trio "big kids" beds

35. Move Paige to her own room

36. Decorate both kids rooms
37. Do lots of arts and crafts with the trio
38. Lose 40 pounds

39. Buy a choo choo wagon

40. Make a wedding scrapbook
41. Finish honeymoon scrapbook
42. Do baby books
43. Make scrapbooks for each of the trio
44. Take the trio camping
45. Learn to cook well
46. Use coupon websites to save money
47. Get to know our neighbors better

48. Go to church more often

49. Have a spa day
50. Create my own kids craft book

51. Become a Brownie leader again

52. Take each child on a one on one special day with me
53. Scan in all of my negatives into the computer
54. Continue my playground photography
55. Make a playground book
56. Shred all unwanted documents
57. Organize and file all wanted documents
58. Read over 100 books to the trio
59. Take the trio to Erie to see where Alan grew up
60. Go to Sesame place

61. Get the trio baptized

62. Get a part-time job
63. Go skiing
64. Go to Peddler's village and ride the carousel

65. Go to story time at the library with the trio

66. Re-learn how to knit

67. Re-learn how to crochet
68. Pay off Alan's student loan

69. Be able to be home alone all day with the kids

70. Run a 5k

71. Go to the movies with Alan

72. Go hiking
73. Do the crop walk
74. Go to the Mercer Museum
75. Cheer on Alan running his first marathon

76. Do something with Alan that neither of us has done before

77. Build a sandcastle at the beach
78. Go to the Erie zoo
79. Go to the Baltimore Aquarium
80. Walk all the way to Dairy Queen

81. Organize all the trio's clothes

82. Organize unwanted clothes

83. Sell at the Mother's market

84. Baby-proof the house
85. Start keeping a diary
86. Start an exercise program
87. Go to a Mommy and me swim class
88. Take a photoshop class
89. Double our saving account

90. Start the trio on solids at 5 months

91. Go with Alan to the Franklin Institute

92. Buy myself some new clothes

93. Update my Disney Dvd collection
94. Get my hair highlighted

95. Go out to dinner just me and Alan

96. Have the trio meet all 3 great-grandmothers

97. Make money off of my art

98. Draw with chalk on the driveway

99. Teach the trio to ride trikes
100. Sing songs with the kids

101. Get through the trio's first year with my sanity somewhat in tact!

 

I have done 23 out of the 101 so far. There are 2 that didn't happen. Unfortunately we didn't have the money to throw a 30th birthday party for Alan and I. We saved the money to throw the trio their first birthday instead which we thought was more important. I had also wanted to make my own baby food but that just didn't happen. We shall see what the future has in store for us. I will continue to work on my list. 

 

I just want to say thank you. Thank you for reading and making me plug forward with all of this. This blog will be a great thing for my trio to some day look back on and treasure. And for that I am Happy. 

The ABC's of me

I thought I would change it up a little and do a post about me for a change. Something fun :) I found this on another blog I was looking at although I can't remember what one to give her credit.

A. Age: 30 years old
B. Bed size: Queen
C. Chore you hate: Vacuuming
D. Dogs: 0 :(
E. Essential start to your day: checking facebook
F. Favorite color: Green
G. Gold or silver: Silver
H. Height: 5'6"
I. Instruments you play: None currently. I used to play the organ and the clarinet
J. Job title: Mommy
K. Kids: 2 boys and 1 girl 15 months old
L. Live: the Keystone state
M. Mom's name: Mom
N. Nicknames: Meg
O. Overnight hospital stays: When I was 3 months old for Infantile Botulism and when I gave birth.
P. Pet peeve: Clothes everywhere
Q. Quote from a movie: "you stop that right meow!"
R. Right or left handed: I'm an Ambi
S. Siblings: 2 younger sisters
T. Time you wake up: between 6am and 7am
U. Underwear: Cotton
V. Vegetables you dislike: lima beans
W. What makes you run late: My husband
X. X-rays you have had: my teeth and my hip
Y. Yummy food you make: Lasagna
Z. Zoo: yes my house is a zoo!

Timeout!

The time has come. We have made a timeout chair. So far only one little behind has warmed it. Anyone want to guess who that is? It would be Mr. Levi. He gets himself into more trouble every day. I understand he is exploring and testing his boundaries but when the kid looks at me to see if I'm watching, gets and evil grin, laughs and the proceeds to do what he knows he shouldn't be doing he gets redirected a couple times and then it's the chair. His favorite thing to do is stand on the couch, look and see if you are looking, and then grab the blinds and pull. Little stinker. Right now I am using one of our kitchen chairs with a booster seat attached to it until he can sit still somewhat on his own. We shall see how it goes.

I'm sorry Mom I didn't mean it! (don't fall for it! It's all a ruse!) lol

Tent

Grammy bought them a tent a long time ago. We have been waiting for the perfect time to get it out. We decided about a week or 2 ago to get it out and play with it. The bonus part is the tent comes with a tunnel. The boys love tunnels! Paige was iffy about the tunnel but after having the tent up for a few days she eventually went through it. We have lots of fun with our tent. Daddy included. I don't think Daddy has tried to go through the tunnel yet. (operative word there being yet)

The tent crammed into our play area.

Paige more interested in the box it came in.

Levi in the tunnel

Paige in the hole for the tunnel

Paige and Nathan playing with Daddy while Levi is trying to put 2 of the Wiggles into the stroller to take them for a walk!

Alan moved the tent to the play room and added the other tunnel to make it "cooler"

Alan the photographed Levi coming at him. Alan is in the tent and here comes Levi!

Hi Daddy!

Toys are for Daddy?

Daddy likes to play with the trio's toys. Many a time I have come down the stairs to see a pair of feet sticking out of one end of their tunnel and his head the other. I don't know who gets more excited to see a new toy. The kids or the Daddy! I think Daddy is going to be as excited as the kids this Christmas!

Paige is trying to figure out how she can get in too!

She made it through!

We love Grammy!

We love our Grammy! She comes over when Daddy goes to work to help Mommy and play with us! We love to spend time with our Grammy :)

We wait ever so patiently for Grammy to dry our toys off so we can go outside and play.

We love when she brings her newspaper to share with us.

We love when she acts silly and plays with us.

Our Grammy is the best Grammy there is! We love you Grammy!