Tiff's Turn

Did you get to get outside to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend? The kids were in heaven with the time outdoors, especially since we have been cooped up inside for quite a while. I've had good luck with taking both Aria and Livi with me while I run quick errands lately. Next time I'll take one of the boys. The kid carts at the store are always a hit. While it's oh-so-fun to get out with the kids, the inside of the house has been driving me crazy lately. I've been trying to de-clutter and organize little bits at a time. So far, I have managed to complete this task of creating a chalkboard wall/ "Command Center" in the kitchen. Aria is my mini organizer. She takes it upon herself to gather up things without my help or prompting. So when Livi's formula came that I ordered from the Target sale, she brought her stool to the kitchen, took all the tubs out of the box and stacked them at Bottle Central. I wanted to keep ...

Did you have a good Valentine's Day? I'm thrilled we finally got a few good pictures of the littles done at a studio (besides their newborn photo shoot - which was amazing.) Around here, kids get little gifts for little holidays. Sometimes what's just as fun as receiving gifts is receiving special cards via snail mail. Henry became enraged with me when I took his card away from him because he was eating it. Aria probably thought it was a mini-Christmas holiday because Mimi came over with gifts too. Henry... again with the paper. I always enjoy the excuse of a holiday to do some crafts with the kids. Moving on from eating heart-shaped pizzas, S'Mores pizza and watching the Walking Dead , Livi and Henry had a helmet check today.  Both babies have grown quite a bit since our last check three weeks ago, which is good because the faster they grow, the sooner they will be done with cranial moldings. Both Livi and Hen...

At 7 months old, I started thinking, "It's time to start getting out. more. " "The socializing will be good times," I told the kids. "The fresh air will be nice," I said. "We need to start getting out as a family," I said. While this is all true and dandy, doing that only brought a nasty stomach virus upon us. The first day was rough. The second day, everyone was lethargic and whiney. Throw in three teething babies and I was lethargic and whiney too. At first I thought I had food poisoning from the sushi we had last weekend.  I was worried our guests would suffer the same fate.  And maybe even Colbin too, but luckily all is well, and today is a better day. I felt well enough today to work on the mountain of laundry that comes with 4 sick kids- including washing the sheets. Again. Not only that, I also  cleaned the mattresses ,   washed bath toys  and steam-mopped th...