too much?!

I know that I don't feed my kids too much fast food, but every time we pass a McDonald's James starts saying "eat, eat!"

I know we don't watch too much t.v., but when the kids pick up a remote, they know to point it towards the t.v. and press buttons.

I also know we don't listen to the Wiggles CD too much, but Elizabeth can tell me what song is coming on next before it has started.

I know there are some parents that *never* give their kids fast food, or let them watch t.v. but I think that everything is ok in moderation.

James does say "eat, eat" when we pass a McDonald's, but I think he has started to say it when we pass any building. My kids just like to eat! Today for breakfast between the three of them, they had 4 waffles, 2 containers of yogurt, and milk. That is pretty typical. At McDonald's they can eat 10 pieces of chicken McNuggets, a cheeseburger, and a medium french fry. But who can't eat that? :) James and I often shake our heads and think if they eat this much *now* what's going to happen when they are teenagers? And he tells me about how much his brother and he used to eat and how his mom would say "you can't be hungry AGAIN!!!"

We do watch t.v., but only Judge Judy. Just kidding! They love Sesame Street, the Wiggles, and Barney. And I'll tell you what, my kids (in varying degrees) can sing the Alphabet song, can recognize letters and numbers, some days they can count to 10, some days even to 20 (well they pass a few teens), and they can identify colors. And I'm sure a lot of this has to do with Sesame Street. And the flashcards I make them practice 3 hours a day! :) joking, joking....

It is just interesting all the things the kids do now and how much they absorb from the world around them.

Toddler talk

Can you guess what this toddler is saying? (Answers are below)

James: "nektareeen"
Elizabeth: "sha-shua"
Joshua: "ba-coon"

They are all saying more and more every day. Somethings come out very clear, some things they try and try to tell me and I have no idea, and there are some things (like the above items)
that might need to be translated to other adults.
Just writing the way they say these words doesn't give them justice to how cute they sound coming out.

James: "nektareeen"= nectarine
Elizabeth: "sha-shua"= Joshua
Joshua: "ba-coon"= raccoon

Looking back

So I was going through some old paperwork today and I found this consent form I had signed when I saw a fertility doctor. It was called "Clomiphene Citrate Informed Consent". A consent form I had to sign to take a drug called Clomid. Here is one of the reasons I had to sign it:

The Principle Risks of Clomiphene therapy include:

Multiple Births: Approximately 15% of the pregnancies obtained with Clomiphene have resulted in multiple births, with the large majority of these being twins. The chance of higher multiples (such as triplets or quadruplets) exists, though extremely small.

Well I just F*ed up his statistics!!
"It exists though extremely small"!!! Well, it's not that small!

I do remember the doctor telling me that I was his only patient that has taken clomid and ended up with triplets (Although FYI- the Triplet Connection Website I belong to has many, many women that have taken clomid and ended up with triplets, it was just *this* docotr that has not had that happen before).

But looking back, I'm glad I signed that form, took clomid, and F*ed up his statistics, because I have the most wonderful babies in the world!

So I told my husband today that I started a blog and he said "what do you have to blog about?" Thanks! :)

Good times, good times....

Hi! Welcome to my blog!

So I realized that I didn't start this blog saying hi--I guess I had really wanted to tell my soda story... So I thought I would say hi now. HI!!!

You can thank my friend Eden for me starting this blog. She started one herself a little while ago and she told me "it's really easy" so I started one. I enjoy reading her blog and my other friend Andrea's blog, so I thought, why not? My husband already thinks I'm addicted to the Internet, I might as well do something productive :)

I wanted to start this blog so my friends and family can get to see little snippets of our daily life. And so I can record some of what's going on in our life because God knows my memory is shot and I'll forget it if I don't write it down.

This blog is titled "Good Times at the Gillis House" because most of the time we are having a good time here, but also because it's a phase that my husband and I use. However, it's usually when things are *not* going too well that you will hear one of us saying "good times, good times" or "good times at the Gillis House".

So I hope you enjoy the ramblings of a mom of toddler triplets. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the Good Times at the Gillis House!