Friday, January 7, 2011

Christmas Time...and some other pictures too!

Happy 2011!!! Wow, 2010 just FLEW by! I guess three 2 year olds keep us pretty busy thus making the days pass very quickly:-) We had a wonderful Christmas this year though. Although I'm not convinced the kids completely got the whole Santa thing, they definitely had a ton of fun opening their presents on Christmas morning:-D Leading up to Christmas, we played the "Elf on a Shelf" game with thim...which they loved! They named their elf Bob, ha! For those who are not familiar with this game, every night Bob "moves" to a new spot in the house after giving Santa a report on whether the kiddos were naughty or nice and then the kids have to find Bob's new hiding spot in the morning...so cute! We also read stories about Santa and the true meaning of Christmas, Baby Jesus' birth. All in all it was a wonderful holiday season:-D Here are our pictures from Christmas:

To start the Christmas weekend, we went to Grammy and Grampy's house on Christmas Eve to open presents and have brunch. Here is Harry with his new sit and spin:

Here are the girls opening one of their presents while Darma looks on

Grammy showing Olivia how to use her new piano

The trio watching the dancing Santa...they loved this funny thing!

With Grammy and Grampy:-)


For Christmas Eve dinner, we had over all the family for our traditional lasagna dinner. Here they are dressed up in front of our Christmas tree:

Olivia posing in front of the fireplace...so pretty!

Harry and Mads...she loved her pockets on her dress!

And here's the whole fam:-D


The kids were SO excited on Christmas morning when they look downstairs and saw their presents under the tree. They all shouted "presents!!!" and took off running to the tree. Here they go:

So fun!

They love their new vacuum...it really sucks up dirt!

Madeline opening her new Elmo present...she was so excited when she saw him!

Harry "talking" with their new Elmo

Olivia and Harry playing with their new beading set

Daddy took an arial shot of the christmas morning fun!

For Christmas day and dinner all the family met over at Nana's house for more presents and food. We had so much fun! Here the girls are with Aunt Leah and Nana opening with new grocery cart.


I realized that I hadn't posted any pictures of our winter time activities so I thought I would catch everyone up with our past 6 weeks or so. Daddy got a few extra days off around Christmas so we decided to take the kiddos to the Children's Museum (along with everyone else in town!) to see the Jolly Days exhibit. Unfortunately the line for the slide was WAY too long but the kids had a blast nonetheless. Here is Olivia running around the Playscape:

Madeline "driving" the backhoe
Harry taking Olivia for a ride...so cute!

Playing in the sand together

Madeline in the race car

And Olivia

And Harry too!

This was as close to the slide as we got...oh well:-)


With Christmas time this year, came our first trip to see Santa! We took the kids to the Christmas on the Farm at Traders Point Creamy where they had Santa, live reindeer and lots of yummy food. Here the triplets are waiting in line to see Santa:

Olivia was first to go and did great! Of course, when Santa asked what she wanted for Christmas she said "no" to everything he suggested. I guess she is an easy one!

Very quickly Harry wanted to join Olivia on Santa's lap and they both did great. But when we asked Madeline it was a different story....

This was as close as Madeline was going to get to Santa! Altough I consider it a huge success considering there was no tears:-)
Trying to pose in front of the beautiful Christmas Tree...Madeline wouldn't stop looking at to look at the camera....oh well!

Checking out the reindeer...they loved them!


December was unusually snowy for Indiana this year but it was fun to have a white Christmas! We took the kids out after the first snow at the beginning of December not sure what to expect considering last year they all three screamed when we took them out in the snow. It's amazing what a difference a year makes becuase they loved the snow! Daddy took them for a sled ride and taught them how to make snow balls. Here are our three little eskimos:

Harry:-)

Sled ride...weeeeeee!



Although we made the decision to keep our fake tree considering I already have too many things to take care of in my house, Nana helped me take the kiddos to a local Christmas Tree farm for some fun. Here we are in front of a tree in their barn:

Nana with Madeline and Harry

Harry LOVED these big lights!


I just though this was such a cute recent picture of the girls...aren't they looking older?!?!


The triplets are still loving preschool. Their teacher Mrs. Truwe is a saint of a woman and takes such great care of the kiddos. Here is Olivia at their fall party:

Harry with his turkey

Madeline with Mrs. Truwe


Madeline is such a crazy little girl...she always has been! Here she is with Harry's hard hat and mommy's shoes on:-)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Fall Fun

It is hard to believe that October is already over! I know Christmas is going to be here before we know it and with that comes winter (note pure disgust in my voice!). I love Christmas but that is about the only thing I like about winter...I am sure I was meant to live in Florida:-) Anyway, although it hasn't felt much like fall around here the past month or so, the Callahan Crew has had a great time enjoying the fun activities that come along with fall....like picking pumpkins, Halloween and playing outside. Here are some fun photos from our life this past month:

Well, this picture is actually from September but I had to include it because I just love it so much. Here are the triplets with their bestest friends, the Jack, Will and Quinn. These boys were born just two weeks before my guys and their momma has become one of my bestest friends too:-D

At the playground having fun! Note our Colts gear:-D




You may remember our trip to Stoney Creek Farms last year to pick pumpkins...well it is so much fun we have made it an official family tradition! The kids had a blast...in fact they were having so much fun they would not stay still for a picture;-)

On our hayride to the pumpkin patch

All three did the pony rides and loved it! Makes momma happy;-)

In the straw maze

Looking for the perfect pumpklin with Daddy


Madeline with her pumpkin

Harry with his


At the park enjoying one of the warm fall days...swinging like big girls with Daddy!

Peek-a-boo! Harry and Olivia being silly


Harry and Daddy


A couple of weeks ago we got to go the triplets preschool class for a fall party with their teacher, Mrs. Truwe. We played games and decorated cookies. The kiddos are just loving school and we are so excited we decided to send them:-) Here is Harry with Mrs. Truwe:

Olivia decorating cookies with her classmates

Madeline and Harry decorating their cookies too.


Bryan and I decided to bring back our annual Halloween Party after a two year hiatus this year. Of course, these parties used to be designed for adult entertainment and now it was for the kiddos...oh, how things have changed;-) Several of our friends came with their kids and everyone had a great time. We ate food and played games and enjoyed each others' company! Here Madeline and Lila playing with crafts:

The Alligator aka. Jack riding the pony...I just thought this was the funniest picture:-)

Harry and Cole doing some pumpkin bowling

Harry, Madeline, Olivia, Jack, Will and Quinn..looks like the zoo!


Go Colts!!!


Snuggle time with Mommy...I love this since I don't get it as much anymore with them...they are BUSY 2 year olds!

Here is the Fam at my moms of multiples group halloween party...so much fun!


The triplets LOVED trick or treating this year! At first they weren't too sure but they quickly figured it all out. We went with our good friend Dane and Katie and their baby girl Adelyn, who was the cutest flower I have ever seen:-D Here are Harry and Madeline trick or treating:

My two lil monkies!

And my lil elephant too!

Trick or treat!!!

Here we are with Katie and baby Adelyn:-D