The Stone Triplets

We received brand new piggy banks from Aunt Jeanene!!! Grams took them all to be engraved, and the final products were delivered this weekend.  I was hesitant to let our gang touch them... nothing quite like the look of brand new, polished, shiny silver piggy banks!  We unpacked them from their protective, padded boxes and let the babies see them.  All of the banks started on the table (made by Pops), but quickly became toys that rolled on the ground.  James was busy rolling his car back & forth, back & forth, back & forth.  I was hoping this would tired him out for nap time, because I was exhausted just watching him!  Madison enjoyed pulling her duck, too, but was just as smitten with brother's race car (see classic photo of her "look" above:).  She would roll her duck on the floor, try to grab brother's car as it zoomed by, then return to her duck.  Morgan was busy checking out the details of her new pig.  She wasn't as enthusiastic about rolling it --- she just wanted to check out the details!  The girls' banks each had an engraved "necklace", and Morgan was FASCINATED by it.  She would play with the necklace, want to take it off, then try to put it on again (without much luck).

Thanks, Aunt Jeanene, for our new banks! 

Earlier this week we enjoyed our first play date with triplets! Not just one set, but two! Anna, mother of BBG triplets, was gracious enough to have the babies play at her house, so we were on our way! Lynn joined us with her GGB triplets, too! That's right --- 9 babies below the age of 2 years!

Talk about a baby-proof home!  Gates everywhere, drawers locked shut, and chairs/furniture very well padded!  Anna even had some of our very favorite toys!

Morgan and Skylar enjoyed playing peek-a-boo in empty diaper boxes!

Both James and Madison enjoyed playing with the family dogs!  (although I'm not sure if the dogs have quite recovered)

Here's hoping you all had a marvelous Mother's Day!  We started our day with a church service.  Grams stayed with the babies in the nursery while James and I attended the service.  They're now big enough to crawl to the snack table and join the others for an animal cracker buffet!  Last time they had snack, James quietly munched on his, ready for seconds. Madison munched on hers, and munched on the little girl who was sitting beside her.  Then she waved around her napkin in triumph!  This was Morgan's first time for snack in the nursery - she quietly ate her goodies, smiling the entire time.  After church service, we dropped Grams off at her house, drove the neighborhood while the babies napped, then arrived home ready for play.

My sweet hubby grilled all day - and what a feast we had!  Ribs, Pork loin, bacon-wrapped steak - amazing, once again!  Grams, Pops, Uncle Jon, Cousin Zach, Maw-maw and Paw-paw all joined us for the feast!  The babies were asleep for most of the meal, but awoke just in time for a ginger snap snack!

As much as we wanted to go swimming to celebrate our day, the overcast skies and chilly air wouldn't allow us... I was too afraid of the sniffles that may follow.