Oh I sure wish I could share pics of the twins because Saturday was a day of triplets delight. They loved the magic of it all! Doing things with all of us can be tough if the twins are out of sync emotionally that day, but this weekend’s activities were things everyone could participate in and enjoy, so it was a winning day- even with the intermittent trauma and sensory processing meltdowns that hit like bricks
A and E’s OT clinic hosted a sensory safe Polar Express Christmas train for clients and their families. All Aboard, Willies! So fun! We hadn’t been on this train since Corbin was a baby, and this was our first experience with the Christmas theme.
Corbin bravely volunteered to be the first to give a solo on the train.
Determined to be the fun mom, but also because waiting is hard for little people, I packed an elf stuffie and started a game of catch with the children. Reese was mortified. Who throws things on a moving train, mom?! We do! Several other families on our car joined the fun and everyone loved it! Well...everyone except Reese, haha. But really, I think that keeping the triplets visually and physically engaged every single minute of the train ride was the key to it being such a successful outing. The sugar free, dye free, gluten free, egg free, nut free cookies were seriously good. I mean...maybe my expectations were lower than low (Reese said they tasted like cardboard and lemon essential oils 😂) but I really think they were surprisingly satisfactory. And I’m a super tough judge when it comes to cookies. The sugar free candy canes were devoured as well on the way home, and we took our sticky, amped up, ugly sweater wearing clam of “Herdmans” to the Bentonville stake center and tried to keep the children reverent enough to see the live nativity. No one smoked cigars or shouted “Hey! Unto you a child is born!” So I’ll call it a success. But I wish we’d been able to do the two activities in opposite order. We opted out of staying for the Noel concert and went home for dinner and Christmas movies. But since we missed the Hallelujah Chorus sing along, I made everyone listen to “Unto Us a Child is Born” on the way home, and had Quincy play the theme from Judas Maccabaeus on her cello so we could get our Handel fix.
I taught relief society on Sunday, and we ate the most incredible HalBQ smoked ribs with the missionaries at my parents’ home for dinner. We tag teamed (I went home with the triplets and watched there while Aaron watched with the older crowd) and warched the First Presidency Christmas devotional broadcast. It was a busy and wonderful weekend (Quincy’s Party was on Friday and the twins had a visit on Saturday morning) and life appears to be full speed ahead until January. All good things, all good things!
Also, I want a nap.
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