Monday Morning Update - The Holiday Season is Here!

We had a great Thanksgiving Weekend around here! Both Dave and Lucas had really short work/school weeks and enjoyed hanging out with me and the little kids.

Thanksgiving was nice. We put the Macy's parade on in the morning and relaxed until the Roach's came over for dinner around 2:00. Dave fryed our 20 pound turkey in his new fryer from Cabela's! He was so excited to get to use it! We have not had a roasted turkey since we bought our first fryer several years ago. The turkey always turns out juicy and delicious! Aunt Jen was in charge of the side dishes and she did a great job. We all ate a ton, enjoyed watching football and spending the afternoon with each other. It was a fun day!

I looked over the ads for black Friday and decided to hit the Toys R Us at midnight on Thursday! I stayed up, drove the 10 minutes to the store about 11:40, saw the INSANE amount of people and traffic and came right home! I decided that my sanity was not worth the $30- 50 I was going to save. Instead, Fri morning Dave took over toddler duty and I ventured out around 7 to see if I could score any deals. I did awesome! WOO HOO! I scored most of the deals I wanted the night before at Toys R Us and even a few I found just cruising the store! I did so well on time that I called Dave and asked if I could hit Target before going home. He and the kids were having a fun time without me, so he said to go ahead!

All in all, I was out for 4 hours and got our xmas shopping 99% DONE! Go ME! That is a big worry off my mind!

Lucas went camping Fri night thru Saturday evening and we even got most of the stuff wrapped!

Our friend Paige came over Saturday night to babysit and we had a night out! (Thanks again Paige! - whenever you need some more toddler time, just let me know!) Dave and I really enjoyed the time out just by ourselves - we really need to add that to the monthly calendar!

Sunday was church in the morning and then we started to decorate for xmas! We put the tree up and tonight we will be decorating it! It was so much fun watching the kids get excited seeing all the lights and decorations! Our neighbors put a ton out in their yard and the kids stare out all night!

We are going to a tree lighting tonight and then on Friday at the base! I love all the holiday happenings! Can't wait to see the kids faces tonight!

I am also working on updating the blog and hoping to get a new pic for the header while we are out tonight so please be patient with my "work in progress"!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just a very quick post to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!! The kids had a really great time visiting with The Roach's and their Nana and eating lots of great food!

I hope you all had a great day! Now I'm off to Toys R Us for their Midnight sale!

Monday Morning Update -Fun with Leaves!

OK, I did not get many comments for the Cans for Comments, but I will be donating 10 cans to the Navy/ Marine Corps Relief Society's food bank. I really loved this idea and will probably do it again soon! Thanks Helen for including me!

We went Thursday night to check out the family photos we had done. They turned out awesome! We got a great family shot and everyone smiled for their individual shots -even Will! I can not wait to share them with you in a few weeks!

We had a pretty laid back weekend. We worked on getting the house ready for Thanksgiving. Dave bought a new, bigger turkey fryer and some cool gadgets to go with it!

The kids enjoyed the weekend and really had a blast playing in the HUGE leaf pile that Dave and Lucas made! Can you spot the kids in the piles? LOL!


Lucas

Logan

Will

Fight for Preemies!

Did you know that November is National Prematurity Awareness Month, and today, November 17, is National Prematurity Awareness Day!

I have to admit before I had the triplets I never thought too much about this topic. That all changed with my high risk pregnancy! It is very scary to realize that your baby, or in my case, babies are going to be preemies and have to spend time in the NICU.

William was 4lb 10oz at birth.
Logan was 4lb 12oz at birth.
Jessica was 3lb 10oz at birth.

They were only in the NICU 10 days! They got to come home together! (that is not the norm - I found out afterwards)

I am very thankful to the March of Dimes and the work they do! The advances in medicine have saved many many, babies, including my three, but still too many are lost. I am truly blessed to have 3 happy, healthy toddlers and want to help spread the word!

P.S. the photo shoot was exhausting, but I think we got some awesome shots! We go back Thursday to pick our fav's! WOO HOO!

and don't forget to Comment for Cans for Comments all this week! Even new comments to old posts count!

Monday Morning Updates - Cans for Comments, Sickies and the Show!

I am participating this week in Cans for Comments. For every comment I recieve on the blog this week, I will donate one non-perishable food item to the local food bank. I think that this is a great idea to help local food banks get ready for the holiday season. Thanks for starting this Helen!

It has been quite a weekend here at the Dudley house. The kids are still fighting off something, with little appetites and low grade fevers. Dave and I both have symptoms of head colds and Lucas is also starting to feel ill. UGH!!

Saturday Dave and I took the triplets to a show in New Haven. The Imagination Movers have a show on Playhouse Dusney. The crew LOVES this show! We even have a dvd for the car! The show was amazing and the crew had a blast! We got seats in the balcony's first row. That gave us a little more room for the kids to get up and dance and boy did they! One of the Movers, Rich, came up to the balcony and Jessica got to "high 5" him! She was so excited! Will spent the show on my lap, but he was really enjoying it. Logan and Jess keep bouncing from seats, to laps, to the floor to dance! They really enjoyed themselves! We got home around 7:30 and they were in bed by 8:00!

OK, we have the family photoshoot this afternoon. I hope to report back with good news! Until then - Bring On The Comments!!!