Tiff's Turn

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Oh, wrong holiday. Just kidding. Happy Mother's Day.   #RealLife           After church this morning (a terrific sermon on showing mercy and grace), we hosted a BBQ for our moms. I lasted a whole two hours into the party before falling asleep next to Aria after lying her down for a nap. That didn't surprise me. What did surprise me was the gift I received from my mother-in-law.     "All the love a heart can hold" I love it! I can't wait to hang it in the triplets' room. For a Mother's Day gift to myself, I decided to relax and write about the top four best things about being a mom of four under the age of three. # 4: The sibling friendship. It's almost as though they know already they'll be best friends for life. They may fight over toys, keep each other awake, and get into mischief together,  but these things are all part of loving each other. #...

How was your week? I don't know about you, but I can't stop hearing Prince songs in my head over and over- the soundtrack of my childhood . RIP, Prince. On to happier news, it looks like Livi has just about a week left of wearing her helmet! Then Aria can dress her up however she wants. It doesn't bother her one bit to have the cranial band on, but I do believe it bothers her when it is off. No matter, not having to work around the helmet will be one less thing to worry about. Henry will probably need about three more weeks for his. The #1 reason why I'm stoked to get rid of the thing is because cuddling will be way easier. For everyone. Until then, we are hanging together and trying to get through a weekend without Dad while he is gone for turkey hunting. The kids and I are anxiously awaiting for him to be home today. At least we have had nice weather while Levi has been gone. I'm starting to take the kids outside every day, even i...

Hi all. Happy spring! I'm sure you're like me and wishing it would get pleasantly warm and stay warm. We are ready to get outside more often and soak up the vitamin D.  We have been trying to make the best of being indoors. One way I do this is making sure Aria has special time out of the house. She still gets excited for Mommy and Me dance class every week. Sometimes she gets to go to birthday parties. This time she went with Daddy. Apparently jumping around on a trampoline for an hour is exhausting. Before you know it, I won't have a toddler and three babies. It will soon be four toddlers. The baby phase ending makes some things a little easier, yet more difficult at the same time. For example: Easier: sitting up on their own Sitting up opens up a world of new possibilities for us, like being able to play with Aria while we create works of art with out home-made, edible paint . harder: the th...