Triplets+Paint+Mom Sleeping=TROUBLE!

I find it completely hysterical that I'm posting this drama right after my post on "Good Things Come in Three's" I think this is what you call irony.

Last night while at Bible study I got a really bad headache. I had some OTC headache pill and took two thinking I just ate supper an hour ago I'll be fine. Well, on the way home I started getting sick and needless to say my stomach was a little upset from the meds. I got home the girls were asleep in bed so I took a phenergan to help my stomach. It pretty much knocked me out. I woke up this morning about 8:30 knowing full well my girls had been up a good hour. So, I stumbled out of bed to go see why they were being so good.

I found them in their hall way with at least 12 or more bottles of finger and craft paint on the floor! IT WAS EVERY WHERE!!!!! The floor, the carpet, the walls, the bathroom sink/counter, the toilet, the rugs and their bodies were all covered in paint!!!!! I almost passed out. All I could think was it will never come out of the carpet!!!! I ran and got the little carpet spot cleaner machine and went to work right away on the living room carpet. Then I took the wipes to the floor. I used a whole brand new container of kitchen wipes to clean the floors, counter/sink, walls and toilet. Thankfully the paint was all water based and came up with out too much trouble. By the time I finished the bathroom floor I was over the shock and really wished I had taken pictures of the mess before hand. So, I stopped and got a few pics of one spot on the carpet and the trash bag full of paint and clean up wipes.


The girls are now grounded for the next 30 years and I'm not sure if I will every allow paint supplies to enter my house again.


There is one thing that is for sure...NEVER, NEVER, NEVER let MULTIPLES be awake when you are asleep!!!!!!! It's DANGEROUS!!!!! :)

This was one of the small carpet stains...I had already cleaned up 6 perfect foot prints in red and blue paint before I realized I need pictures to show.

Here you can see a perfect rainbow foot in a dress up clothes box.

This trash bag is full of the wipes I used to clean a carpet that was beyond repair and paint supplies I trashed.

Good Things Come In 3's

We had 3 new experiences this week:

On Monday we went ice skating for Cousin L's Birthday. What a blast. At first the girls used the walker type things to help keep their balance on the skates. Then by the end of the day they were all skating with out any help at all! They loved it and begged to go back for more the next day.

On Tuesday R climbed up in my lap and asked to please read. She has been hinting to me she was ready to sound out words but she wanted to read a story not just words. I went and got the Science reading Pace for her and she read the 1st three stories with little help from me. N then wanted a turn and read 2 stories. J read the 1st story. They are all doing really well. I will post a video of them reading later today. I'm so happy that I waited until they were ready and wanted to read. They love it and the pride in their faces when they finished that first story was priceless!

I have to say that hearing them each read for the first time has to be the biggest blessing to me for homeschooling. I got to teach them how to read. I got be hear them read for the first time! I got to see the light bulb of understanding go on in each little head at how putting the letter sounds together makes a word. This is one of the many reasons why we homeschool! So many moms miss out on this and will miss out on seeing the joy of each lesson learned. I am so thankful this is my full time job! I'm so thankful I did not miss this blessing!

On Thursday thanks to the beautiful weather we got to have school outside for the first time this year. We sat at the table in the back yard and had school. R said it was "the best thing ever!" While I did one on one work the other two played on the swing set. That is what school should be like for every K5 kid! They worked so well outside that they finished all of Friday's work on Thursday so they got to make sock puppets on Friday instead of doing Math and Reading. :) That is just another reason we love homeschool.

So, Did you have any firsts at your house this week?

A Kids Perspective

If you have a kiddo old enough to answer, do this...it was really worth it for the laughs!!

I asked each one this set of questions. You can see they each had a theme. LOL

1. What is something mom always says to you?
N- Not to take off my bracelet
J- Don’t get into trouble or something like that
R-Gives me directions

2. What makes mom happy?
N- Keep the house clean.
J-When I don’t get into trouble.
R-Wal-Mart

3. What makes mom sad?
N-Not cleaning up the house
J-When you are so happy it makes you sad!
R-Fighting

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
N-Tickling me
J-Cause you tickle me
R-Tickling

5. What was your mom like as a child?
N-playing with her baby dolls
J-liked dollhouse with her little baby and big sister.
R-Bad Girl

6. How old is your mom?
N-19
J-17 or 16
R-17

7. How tall is your mom?
N-so big (as she raised her arm in the air)
J-Bigger like daddy
R- 7 feet

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
N-do the computer
J-do laundry
R- Clean

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
N-something that she does everyday
J-check on the computer
R- Types on the computer

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
N-Money
J- Because you are a great mommy
R- Fighting

11. What is your mom really good at?
N-good at turning on the TV
J-good being a mommy and taking care of us and everything.
R-Reading

12. What is your mom not very good at?
N-doing the exercising machine!
J-You’re really good at everything not not good at anything
R-Cleaning

13. What does your mom do for a job?
N- School
J-laundry
R- Clean our teeth

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
J-That stuff you eat at the place Cathy takes us to eat….Chicken Parm. LOL
N-Chicken Promise Saun aka Chicken Parm
R- Chicken Parm

15.What makes you proud of your mom?
N-Mommy is a good cooker
J- You are really good being a good mom and you are good at everything and you the goodest mom in our family!
R-When she cleans

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
N-Wonder Woman!!!!!
J-A mouse
R-Hello Kitty

17. What do you and your mom do together?
N- Read a story
J- Do Laundry
R-Nothing

18. How are you and your mom the same?
N- Cause I’m going up like you.
J- We always go places together cause we are best friends
R-nothing and that’s all I have to say

19. How are you and your mom different?
N- Our hair doesn’t match
J- We don’t match sometime cause we both don’t have on a green shirt. You have a green shirt and I have a purple shirt.
R- Cause we are not the same

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
N- In our heart she loves me
J- Because we are a good family
R-Because I Love her

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
N- Cause he’s cute
J- Because he loves you
R-Cause she married him

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
N-Foodlion
J-Wal-Mart
R-Wal-Mart