People often ask me, "What's the hardest part of having 2 year old triplets?"
Here is my answer...
HAVING SICK KIDS!
(The picture above is from this past week...our latest flu!)
3 times the germs, 3 times the puke, 3 times the awful diapers...and still only 2 arms/parent...
In the past 7 years, I've NEVER seen Peter sick. NEVER. This year...he's on his 3rd flu.
Build up some immunity babies!
Another question I get all of the time is, "Are they all pretty similar, or do they have different personalities?"
I see a common thread of happiness running though my kids. Even strangers comment on how happy they are! Every time I hear that, it makes my heart smile!
Certainly though, each child is an individual.
Brynn:
Brynn is "Mommy Jr." Even though she was born second, she acts like the first born. She is a pleaser.When her sisters cry, she will rub their backs and say "it's okay!" If she is being naughty, she knows it and she quickly apologizes. She shares well. She LOVES Dora, even more than the other 2. Her favorite song is "Away in the Manger" and she sings it at the top of her lungs. She's mommys helper and a very happy spirit!
Leah:
Leah often reminds me of a mini-teenager. She likes to carry a purse, wear lipstick, beads, and high heels. Last week when she stayed at Mimi's house, she got into her pink PowerWheels Jeep and Mimi asked where she was going.
"Are you going to work?", Mimi asked.
"No," Leah said, "I'm going shopping!"
Leah thinks "share" means "give it to me!" She is just a tiny little peanut who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to get it!
Maryn:
Maryn is cut from her own mold. She is NOT influenced what-so-ever by what ANYONE else thinks. There is no use in trying to convince her to change her mind. If she doesn't want to say she is sorry, she doesn't. She will sit in time-out for 10-15 minutes until SHE decides SHE is ready to say sorry. If she wants to be loving, I'm convinced she is the best cuddler in the world. She has a belly laugh that is contagious. She would have been a great only child. Her very favorite thing is one-on-one time with mom and dad.
The third question most common question is "Can they tell each other apart?"
The answer is no. Not all of the time.
If Leah sees herself in the mirror, she thinks it is Brynn.
If Brynn sees herself in the mirror, she thinks it is Leah.
Maryn calls both Brynn and Leah....Leah.
Sometimes Brynn corrects her.
Last week, Maryn and Brynn were fighting over "car space." (You know, the whole "don't look out my window" thing that kids do.) Anyway, Maryn yelled at Brynn, "Leah, don't touch me!" Brynn VERY loudly corrected her, "I'M BRYNN!" Usually, though she just lets it go.
I often think our family would be such an interesting "subject" to study in the whole nature v. nurture debate. All raised in exactly the same way, at exactly the same time...
and so WONDERFULLY different!
