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The triplets made these in Preschool Valentine's Day 2008 and they are still my favorites!

Daddy Daughter Dance

Yesterday was the Daddy Daughter Dance at the Turner Rec Center.  Maybe 15 or 17 of us dads with our daughters, dinner, dancing, candy crafts, musical chairs, limbo, more dancing, and cookies.

We had a great time and it was really special to be with my two lovely daughters for this once-a-year occation.  Amy always sets it up for us.

The girls love to dance and be treated like princesses, which I tell them they are.  They love for me to swing them, they love to twirl, and I love to cuddle them, so it was really fun.

The organizers said it was really fun to watch them.  They'd skip around in opposing circles around me while I danced by myself, they'd run around me as I held their hands, I dipped them, I'd take their arms and spin them both out at the same time and then curl them in...really cute.  I treasure these two little girls.

You are not coming to my Birthday Party!

If you have ever been around preschools longer than 5 seconds you have heard the "You are not coming to my Birthday Party" threat.  You also know that five seconds later the uninvited guest gets reinvited.  Which is a good thing for us because just the other morning as the triplets were getting ready for school I heard Owa give the threat to Addi.  I turned to Clayton and said, "This could be problematic."

Old photos from the triplets 5th birthday party at the CW Parker Carousel Museum

2009 Letters to Santa

Dear Santa,

Hi, my name is Addison Danielle Pixton and I want a music box and I want make up. I want a play cup cake maker. Can you give me all those stuff? And I want a snuggie. I want a teddy bear. I like my school. My best friend is Kiona. I like recess. Jyi was chasing us outside and it was fun. My best pink friend is named Pinky. She is a pink blankie. I like to snuggle up with her when it is night time. We have fun together at school. I suck on my thumb with her. She is a very nice blankie. Goodbye.

Love,

Addi

Dear Santa,

I want a music box. I want a Christmas tree set. I want a Christmas book. I want a mug since mine is lost. Santa I love School. I love PE. I love music. I love my family. I love you. I love God. I love Jesus. I love new books. I want a remote control airplane and make up. Usually I wake up and go get dressed on school days. I like Luna. I have a baby Christmas hat that Bryce gave us when we were babies. I want a new movie and jewelry. Goodbye Santa. Now that is the end.

Olivia Jane Pixton

Dear Santa,

I want a shot gun. I want a Bumblebee Costume. I want a paper airplane. I want a green light saber so I can be Yoda. I like library. I like transformer books. I know how to draw Christmas trees and I can put a star on it. I like my sleeping bag because because it has a pillow on it. I like movies I like Luna because she is so good.

Eli

note from Mom - Bumblebee is a transformer!

Kindergarten

The triplets absolutely love love love kindergarten. A friend warned me that I would see them grow up so much when school started and she was totally right. I really love the early learning center too. There are 15 kindergarten classes and 5 preschool classes. Everything is geared for little ones. Even the toilets. Monday is library day and Tuesday through Friday they have music and PE. They are already reading too. Clayton and I can't spell out words anymore. Last weekend I told Clayton I was going to run and errand and take a K-I-D. Eli yelled out KID and said he wanted to go.

The bus picks up and drops off right in front of our house. Two other boys on our street ride the bus as well. The triplets are usually the last ones out to the bus stop but we haven't missed the bus yet!

Christmas Tree

We got our Christmas tree last Monday evening.

The kids were excited.

They could not contain themselves, especially Olivia, from getting into the bin of ornaments, wanting to put them on. We told them the lights needed to go on first, and two of the three strings were out and I couldn't fix them, and bedtime was at hand, so we'd just have to do it another day.


However when we were basically turned the other way, Olivia put the lights on herself and even hung a large array of ornaments, at least on one side.


So I guess we're done?

Week Chart

Necessity is the mother of invention. After perceiving an obvious need, I felt a desire to create this chart with the kids. It has all but eliminated questions about what day it is today and whether we have school or church, whether daddy's going to work, what's tomorrow, how many days until such-and-such, etc.

The pictures are meant to represent what is done on that day--some are more obvious than others, but they include a church, a school, a couple of school buses, a couple of twins Amy watches on Thursdays, Daddy's work, and riding bikes at the park.

If you look closely on Saturday, you'll notice a "butterfly-airplane" indicating the day we're on, which the kids themselves take turns sticking on the correct day. Okay I'll explain: I asked if they wanted a butterfly or an airplane to be the marker, and two wanted a butterfly and one wanted an airplane. Yes, Eli was the airplane.