Toys toys toys.

When ever we buy a toy or toys for the triplets we have to ask our selves one question. How can this be used as a weapon? With three kids there is going to be fights over one toy or the other and the children are not afraid to use the toys to help make their point to one another. It's like a microcosm of human relations. We have constant boundary disputes, wars over resources, negotiations over free trade, Proliferation of arms and war crimes. The children normally are good with sharing, but every once in while there is no peace in the kingdom.
  When it comes to personal space the kids have different needs. Cooper is very social and wants to engage the other kids pretty much all the time. Bobby wants his alone time, and Iris is go with the flow, she can do either with out complaint. This creates problems for them.
  Which leads into the open warfare. Yesterday the Bobs was playing quietly in his room with his assortment of cars. When SpongeBob ended in the playroom Cooper decides that he want to find Bobby and play. After thirty minutes Bobby had gotten lost in his world of cars and here comes little brother to harsh his groove. Cooper wanted to play Bobby wanted to play alone. Cooper being the bigger of the two figures the best course of action is to just lay down on Bobby. You know the deal, let gravity do all he work while the person underneath uses all their energy trying to get you off of them. This resulted in both getting a time out. Cooper for restraining and Bobby for not sharing.
  Iris is the most vicious of the trio. She has this attack, I don't know where she learned it, She is fond of the "fish hook." Yesterday in a different incident, Iris fish hooked Cooper when he tried the patented "I'm going to lay on you" technique. They both got the time out. The odd thing is that Iris hardly ever has physical conflict with the boys but when it happens she ends it. The boys on the other hand will fight until a parent has to break it up.
 Bobby is the physical one and he will push, hit, and bite. Odd that he was the one dealing with a bully situation in school. But Bobby is like a bear, leave him alone and he will leave you alone. So regardless of the level of injury, most of the time it's because he was provoked.
 Another triplet issue is the whole "I was playing with that." argument, if someone is playing with some toy and goes to the bathroom unless they hide it, another will come along and take it. I see the seat saved shotgun arguments coming down the road already.
 Having triplets is a whole different ball game than a singleton. my kids are better at sharing and waiting their turn for the most part and on the flip side they know how to stake claims and defend them from outsiders. And lord have mercy when they are unified in a goal. they are a force of nature against which I must be a bulwark and ever vigilant watching for trouble in the tree line.