Dig Diggers

Arthur loves his "dig diggers." Any type of large construction vehicle, or farm equipment, causes him to stop in his tracks and marvel at it out loud. He still plays constantly with his dump truck, making it say "beep beep beep" (as he heard when a truck dropped off dirt at Nana and Pop Pop's house). We've started renting episodes of "Bob the Builder" from the library for him to watch in the morning, and when we go on a long walk up the hill by Nana and Pop Pop's, he always rushes ahead to explore the real-life construction equipment.

Language Skills

These are some of their three-word sentences that we've heard so far:
"I love you" (Coraline)
"Arthur, no climb!" (Betty)
"More ____ please." (all)
"Lady get rock." (Coraline)
"That in hand." (Betty)
"Shhh. Betty Corline sleep." (Arthur)
"No Corcor take." (Betty)
"All done Betty." (Arthur)
"Daddy come see." (Coraline)
"That baby's sock." (Betty)
"Ready, out! The rain stop." (Betty)

Oh, and Betty also loves singing the opening to Sesame Street song. But she doesn't know the words, instead bellows out loudly, "DAAAA DEEEEE DAAAH!" Finally, Arthur has been working on his pronunciation of Coraline's name (though he still confuses her for Betty). He now calls her "Corline," which is amazingly close. However, most of the time in the house, it's "Artr," "Babee," and "Conka."

In other news, Coraline got in her first 2-year molar (top left).

Tooth count: A-16, B-18, C-17

A Rough Wake Up

Today we woke up to the sound of someone sideswiping our minivan, parked out in front of our house. So I got to spend the morning dealing with the police, the driver (charged with reckless driving), and the insurance company. Of course it is Sunday, so we can't get a rental car until tomorrow morning - and we don't want to drive it, as Coraline can see right outside from her seat. The good news, though, is that the police officer gave each of the kids a "junior officer" sticker, which Betty proudly wore.

Triplet Play Date

We finally got together with another set of triplets for a triplet play date! Cassie had been an internet friend of ours for the past few years, and recently moved just a few hours away from us. Her triplets are just five days older than ours. Pictured here on the couch are Betty, Arthur, Connor, Christian, Cole, and Coraline.

Everyone had a lot of fun, and they all got along well together. For lunch we ordered pizza, and all six toddlers walked around the backyard munching on their slices.

They went home at nap time, and when Arthur woke up, the first thing he did was ask about his "friends." We can't wait for the next play date!

Three New Teeth

Last night we realized that the triplets' poor sleeping pattern might not be solely related to the transition to toddler beds. It turns out they've been teething. We knew their teeth were coming, we just didn't know that they had arrived. So we found out Arthur finally got in his 16th tooth (top right), and Betty got in her bottom 2nd molars. Coraline is working on a molar as well.

Tooth count: A-16, B-18, C-16

A Day at the Library

Three Toddler Beds

We woke up this morning to Betty crying out, "Climb! No! Arthur! No Climb!" and sure enough, Arthur had climbed *into* her crib. So for naptime today we're trying out everyone in toddler beds. The girls get a double-sized one to share, and Arthur still gets his own single bed. However, we expect that they'll probably be in and out of each other's beds...