Just a Summer Day...

We spent a lot of time at the park this summer. It's so nice to sit and relax and just watch the girls play. This one day, the weather was crisp and cool and you would no way think it was an August day in Maryland. I love listening to and watching the girls play together. Their imaginations run wild, especially when they are all together.

This photo makes me smile because this game is played all day, everyday. Chase. "Emily, be a monster and chase us......" Hehe. Followed by, "I gonna get you guys...." :) LOVE!

A Day at the Park!

The girls are loving the park these days and we try to go a few times a week, if not at least once or twice to let them run out some energy! I swear it makes them so much more manageable when we are at home; they eat better, sleep better and don't get frustrated nearly as quickly with one another!

Last Wednesday, I put them in their bathing-suits and piggy-tails...my heart could barely contain the cuteness! We met our friends and INT teachers/therapists there and had a blast playing with bubbles, water, hula-hoops (you better believe this Momma showed off her skills!) and of course all that the park offers! (Every day since then, Claire asks for "two-tails" and points to her hair!)

Anna also loves going to the park because she gets extra love from all the wonder teachers/therapists! She is so spoiled and gets so much attention!

The INT playgroup has been such a blessing to me, yet for another year. It's so nice to talk with other adults, have the kids be safe and play and not have to be so overwhelmed to take all five kids by myself! Our play group takes a break for August since lots of people are on vacation and it's normally super hot and humid here in MD, but starts back up in the fall. We will surely miss our friends but hopefully be able to catch up with everyone in a month!

Park Birthday Party

We were graciously invited to celebrate Zach's 3rd Birthday over the weekend! Zach is Julian's sister's little boy (Megan is Tim's sister and she is married to Julian so this is their nephew.). Since our girls don't have any cousins around here, it's nice that Nastassja is close by and we can get the kids together on occasion. I took the triplets by myself and it was so nice to have some time with just the three big girls!

Claire is in pink, Maddy is in blue and Natalee is in purple.

The birthday boy and his Momma!

Chocolate face!

The girls had a great time playing at the park and having cake. They are absolutely loving cake these days and I often use it as a bribe!

We played at the fun park too. I used to play a this park a lot when I was a kid, although the park is different now and way more elaborate.

My girls have no fear when it comes to doing things. They go, go, go and just will do anything. I am so proud of them. There were other kids there that were much bigger than my girls and wouldn't go down the "big" slides (and I have to admit, they were much larger than my girls are used to!). There were many obstacles to climb over and go on to get to certain areas of the play equipment and my girls have no problem doing any of it. I was really impressed.

I was also happy that I could focus on getting so really good photos of them. I know, I did take a lot! Some turned out better than others...but I still wanted to share.

Going up to the BIG slides!

Love this photo of my Maddy-bug!

Claire was so proud of herself!

My Nat!

Love this photo of Claire! This was a ship and so the girls were so excited and thought it was a pirate ship. Claire kept saying, "argggg, I'm a pirate!" It was cracking me up! They are obsessed with Jake and the Neverland Pirates!

It was a great party and such a fun day at the playground!