The Lawry Crew (Declan and his Triplets): Catch Up!

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Catch Up!

The last few weeks have been a little nuts to say the least and I'm barely unexhausted (I realize that's not a word) enough to even type this... I've had a few solid weeks of traveling for work and have been in 4 countries with a weekend at home in between (France, Germany, Italy and Mexico). I'm glad to be home for the next month or so (for the most part).

We were lucky enough to have my parents drop everything and come in for about 10 days... We needed some extra hands while Andy took the girls in to the local elementary to get assessed for preschool. We've been getting speech therapy for all the girls since we moved down here (and before), but when they turn 3 all that stops... But if they are able to qualify (which we just found out they did), then they will go to preschool at one of the local elementary schools. The best part is that it's FREE and we don't have to search for private speech therapy. So we found out they all qualified, but we don't yet know how often - could be every day for half a day or a few days a week or a few hours... We'll meet with the school in the next few months and prep for them once they start after their birthday. I'm really looking forward to this since the girls (especially Stevie) have done great since we've moved and I think it will be great to give Andy a few hours to himself a week :-) Especially in the last 2 weeks the girls have certainly let the terrible 2's creep in - just in time to turn 3!

Speaking of the terrible 2's, I overestimated my parenting ability when I took all the kids solo to Target and then to another store shoe shopping. It was literally 3 2 year olds screaming at the top of their lungs for about an hour and then at the shoe store they were jumping off and on everything. But I wasn't going to let them defeat me, so we walked out with shoe's in the bag, but no shoes not the feet :-)

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks... The girls after gymnastics a few weeks ago... During this particular session Stevie wouldn't let go of her Minnie Mouses (L to R: Bria, Aven and Stevie)

L to R: Aven, Bria & Stevie

Papa and Grandma Judy with Stevie (and her guacamole)

The girls at the bookstore - note the apron that Aven is wearing... She wore this to dinner as well :-)

Halloween is in full swing in our household and the kids have taken a special liking to the skeletons :-) Except Bria, should can do without them... Here's Aven and Stevie