Valentine's Day prep.

Sometimes I feel that I came from a different age and I guess I am so last millennium because we as parents got a note home asking us to "help" our children make their valentine's day card catchers. It was suggested that we use a cereal box or something similar. Which annoyed me and makes me ask a lot of questions. For example what is going on in the class that keeps them so buy that they have arts and crafts homework? Is the reason because they don't want that many kids with scissors at once? And if so why was I required to provide scissors for my children? Does the classroom not have enough construction paper to complete the project? Is it a question of glue rationing?

I seem to remember that when I was in school one of the projects that we did around valentine's day was to make our card receptacle. I seem to remember standing up to cut out shapes and coloring the heart shaped construction paper then gluing it to said receptacle. We would put them up in the class room and for the entire week they would collect all the valentines and then on the big day we would get to open them and eat any candy.

I just don't understand how schools work anymore to be honest, my children are in Pre-K and if they don't have time to make a construction paper valentine's day box in class what the hell are they doing?

The history to be.

When I became a SAHD I joined facebook as a way to expunge all the new parent baby pictures and to have a place to document their infant years. During that time I have picked up many different projects to aid in that endeavor. I have learned all the baby stuff as well as cooking and photography to help. My father in law pointed out that this is going to be wonderful for the kids since they could at any point go back and look at their development through the internet. It was not my intention in the beginning to make a life long documentation of the children but here we are five years later and I am now writing a blog about them. I do this so that when I am with friends and the what not that they have a place if they wanted to see all the kids pics. It's the modern day version of carrying pictures in your wallet and now the blog is all the stories that I would otherwise bore you with during our chance meetings. I don't write for the kids and I don't write for anyone really, to me it is a cathartic purge. Sometimes the line between parent, and person tend to blur. I meet people all the time who will never know that I am a father of triplets and those that do can follow the pages I have created to mark their passage. And everyone else finds out when they meet us in public. On the other hand it's funny how invisible I become with out the kids. People I see everyday running my errands don't even recognize me without the kids and in a small way that's a blessing.

The impending valentine's day and Birthday conundrum.

When the kids were still inside the momma I really wanted them to be born on valentine's day but alas they held on for three days after wards. Now we have to do the valentine's day cards and presents and all that rot and then the kids have a birthday. Which is going to be fine for the boys in years to come but the girl awe lord the girl. She may not know it yet but with her birthday being so close to valentine's day she is going to have a difficult time dating. Because do the kids not only "need" to have a SO for their valentine's day but three days later their birthday. I don't see this being a problem for the next few years but once the puberty strikes then woe and behold this will become issue one. Good luck guys.

Snow Days.....

I need a little help since I will be trapped in the house all day with my kids. The snow has shut down north Texas for the second time this winter. Thankfully we have plenty to keep them entertained but there is a certain freedom to kicking them outside for a few minutes of peace but now that is denied to me as well. Some will say let them play in the snow and I say that I have my reasons for not wanting my children to get cold and wet.

Gifted and Talented testing.

So I have been jumping through the hoops getting the kids tested for G/T in our school district. We went the first round and made it through. Yesterday did the second round which took much longer. I sat outside the principal's office for three hours yesterday with at least two kids the entire time while one was being tested.  God forbid that they all don't get in or some get in or one gets in. This is a lot of ifs going on in my mind. But we as a family won't know till march so there is that.

The feedings.

The children are odd when it comes to eating and drinking. I have three very different issues when it comes to feeding the trips. Iris hardly drinks anything, it is a struggle to get her to finish a class of apple juice. I don't really understand why it's such a struggle. On the other hand she eats very well.

Bobby only eats a complete breakfast. He eats breakfast very well but as for any other meal he only picks at it. a nibble here and a nibble there. And forget about dinner.

Cooper is always hungry. The boy would constantly graze if given his choice. He will eat as much as a grown man and still keep eating. We have yet to find his "full" point. We have taken him to buffets and he ate steadily for the entire time that we were there, it was surprising to witness.

Thankfully the kids will eat or try anything put before them at least once, although I find it really annoying when they make up their mind about something before they even try it. Sometimes they become capricious about food they have loved for ever and sometimes they ask for things that they have never had. Everyday it's something different in this house.

The Superb Owl in our house.

We are not a football watching family in this house. The kids might like it, we don't know we have never watched it with them around. But they are starting to get to an age where they are going to start noticing things like this and it's impact on society. You know the adds and all the hype building up to the "big game." I personally find the games mostly boring and dangerous to play as a child. I dislike the risk vs. reward.

My wife and I have talked at length about if we would or would not let the children play football and so far our thoughts have been no on the subject but that is only because the kids have not expressed any interest in the game it's self. That could be because it's not a big deal in the home. But if and when the kids express interest in the game we will cross that bridge when we get to it.

Instead of doing the whole super bowl insanity thing we tend to have video game playoffs, last night the kids took turns whooping each other on Capcom vs. Marvel fighting game. And the first time my kids play that game they fall into the trap of finding that one cheese ball move that backs you into a corner and just beats you endlessly till they win. We all know the type of move I'm talking about. We had a nice dinner after and story time and then to bed for the kiddos. All in all a great day.