3 Birthday Girls!!

Happy Birthday to my big 6 year olds!!!!  I'm not sure who loves their birthday more....them..or ME!  I LOVE celebrating who they are and I am so so thankful for Addison, Emily, and Hailey.  I LOVE that God picked me to be their mom and I feel so so blessed to have them in my life!  Seriously - I love them!!! :)  Look at how big my sweet Em is....

 and cute Addy...

 and little Miss Hailey...they are SOOO BIG!!!!

 Time TOTALLY flies as I feel like they should be turning like 3 or something.  SIX is SO BIG!  But each age has been so much fun.  It's so neat seeing their little personalities develop!  Here they are with their new "Rainbow Looms" from Grandpa Joel and Grandma Gwen.  They have been busy making bracelets!  One thing is for sure though...having three kids have birthdays on the SAME day is CRAZY!  If they each get one present from each family member....do you know how many presents that is sitting around your house at one time?  And then they all want to set them all up and learn how to play it or do it or WHATEVER at the SAME time!  Just another challenge we get to figure out how to tackle...but wow - birthdays are busy!!  I feel so many emotions celebrating all three of them...and also so much craziness trying to handle all of the birthday busyness!

So Ryan also loves to celebrates his girlies...and he was DEFINITELY as excited about their birthday gift from us as they were.  :)  But they all got REAL golf clubs!  SO CUTE! :)  So we went to the driving range today and it is just so cute seeing Ry teach his girls how to play (including me!)  Gotta start them young I guess! :) (HAE)

Addy

Aww..Addy likes watching any sport with her daddy. :)  She asks so many questions. 

Hailey

Em

Daddy and his girls!

Addison - At 6 years old...Addy is just such a smarty pants.  She doesn't miss a beat.  She is a little mommy sometimes and makes sure people are following the rules and doing what's right.  She FREAKS out if you are about to do something that she knows is not right.  Like if you start backing up while in your driveway and everyone isn't QUITE buckled... :)  This is a good thing!  But also makes me laugh! :)  She is a little perfectionist and one of the most determined people I know!  She loves to compete...especially if she thinks she might win. :) And she is very into soccer!  Addison also loves learning and LOVES to read!  She is so so sweet and I could talk to her all day long like a grown up.  She is a very good question asker. :)   I love you honey!!!

Emily - Wow Em.  You are six years old.  Unbelievable.  Em still continues to be a little encourager to me or to her sisters.  She is a hard worker as well and will focus for a long time doing a little puzzle or working on making about 100 Rainbow Loom bracelets.  Em isn't afraid to go up to someone new and talk to them.  She is cute, confident, and so caring!  Emily also loves soccer and doing anything on the monkey bars lately.  She also LOVES her naps and will thank me on days when I tell her she can take a nap.  :)  Em has a way about her that is kinda funny but it's hard to explain.  Sometimes she'll exaggerate things or just the way she says things can be so funny.  Em tends to play with boys at school (and her reading buddy - a 4th grader) but loves wearing dresses. :)  She loves school too!  Em - you are my little sweetheart!  I LOVE YOU!!

Hailey - She is my spunky funny girl...that also loves snuggling and quality time.  She thinks she's pretty funny (and she is) :)  ...and she loves to make other people laugh too.  She will do these funny little dance moves and often talks like she's 16.  Hailey craves that one on one time with me and I always wish I could give her more one on one time.  She is still very creative and particular when it comes to what she wears, her artwork, how her desk looks, and how her things are organized.  I will often tuck her in at night and she will have her blanket folded perfectly in a tiny square sitting right next to her head.  Then she'll have her pillow pet or poodle centered on that blanket perfectly while she sleeps next to it, not even touching it. Then I'll find some lip gloss or jewelry hidden under her pillow. SOO Hailey! :)  Hailey also likes soccer...and basketball.  She's especially proud of her dribbling skills :) ...and she also loves the monkey bars and playing anything with her sisters.  She is such a people person! :) I love you so much Hailey Grace!!

The night of their birthday we celebrated with the Dooyema fam...the girls picked their dinner.  Addison requested brats :) ...Em asked for fruit salad with specific fruit requests...and Hailey asked for pasta salad.  And then ice cream sundaes for dessert! :) Not too bad!

Em

Hailey

I stopped in at school to have lunch with the girls on their birthday.  They all sit at different tables with kids from all different grades so I had to make the rounds pretty quickly. :)  Normally on your birthday in kindergarten, the child is the "special helper" for the day.  Well this got a little more complicated having 3 special helpers.  :)  But their teacher (who is amazing) said they had a great time splitting up all the duties.  Here they are being the "line leaders" for lunch together. :)  Normally the special helper gets a little wand and has to tap each kid to wake them up after "rest time."  So the girls each got to tap 5 kids to split up the duties. :)  So cute. :)  Their teacher said they are totally fine in class if they aren't together...but if she randomly has two of them be partners for something, they do a little squeal and start high fiving each other.  I LOVE that!! :)   (HEA)

Then Friday we had their birthday party with their friends in their class at Adventure Rock!  (It's an indoor rock climbing place!)  Here they are with some of their friends from school...(Emily, Ella, Addy, Hailey, Connor, and Owen) :)

 Getting instructions...

 And a tour...

 Here goes Addy!

 Em!

 Triple six year olds!!  (EAH)

 Hailey!

 Celebrating with cupcakes in the back room...

 Happy Birthday Addison, Emily, and Hailey!  You each bring us so much JOY!!  We love you and are SO proud of who you are becoming and so thankful for who He has made you to be!!  XOXOXO!!

My little soccer stars :)

Hi!  Well school is in full gear and we are getting used to this new routine around here!  Fall is always super crazy for some reason and this year is the same!  But the girls are loving school and come home with all sorts of stories.  They've also been coming home kinda hyper and silly so either they are overtired or just have to get crazy since they have to be so good in school all day. :)  They are doing good without naps too. :)  But they've still been napping on Friday and Sundays which is great! :) Saturday is full of soccer with a soccer clinic and then a game afterwards!  They LOVE soccer too!  They have 6 girls on a team and play 3 on 3.  It's about the cutest thing ever seeing them play. :)   We love watching them!! Below (Hailey, Addy, Emily)

 They signed up with their good friend Isabelle too on the left! :)  (Isabelle, A, H, E)

 Addy in action

 Addy and Hailey

 Hailey

 Em having a little pow wow with her teammates :)

Emily. focused.  

 The DC United U6 Girls Soccer team!  With Coach! :)

 And then right before school started, Grandpa Kim took the whole fam to the Kalahari waterpark since his company takes the whole company for their company "Christmas" party.  We are so glad we get to get in on the fun too!  Here are Grandpa and Grandma with their grandkids!!   (Hailey, Addy, Em, and Erin!) :) So much fun!

There they go....Kindergarten x3 begins

This morning was my last first day of kindergarten ever.  I'm kind of an emotional mess right now!  I'm totally excited for them and they are BEYOND excited and ready but wow.  There they go.  A house full of craziness and chatter and laughter and questions and energy....to silence!  Just like that!  Seems like just yesterday I took this picture and wondered what their personalities would be and how they would get along and couldn't wait for them to say the words "Momma." I also couldn't comprehend how we would get through the first five years...but God brought us through...and will continue to do so.  

And now Emily, Addison, and Hailey bring me more joy than anything.  Girls - I love you more than you know and I'm so proud of who you've already become the past 5 1/2 years.  You are exactly who I hoped you would be and I feel so incredibly blessed to call you my daughters.  I truly truly love spending time with you and love watching you grow up.  It is all going way too fast for your momma though...  I'm so thankful you have each other and that we have had SO MUCH fun with you each year.  (Emily, Addy, Hailey)

 Em - my caring little sweetheart...my encourager....

 Hailey - my little princess and fun-loving people person

 Addison - my determined little helper, my buddy

 Emily, Addison, and Hailey's first full day of school....yesterday was the first day to meet the teacher and bring all of their supplies.

 I was a little bummed because the bus came 5 minutes EARLY today and last year, that didn't even happen ONCE!  I thought for sure it would be 10 minutes late!  So we didn't even have time to take individual pictures today!  And then it was crazy even getting a hug good bye and then whammo - just like that, they were gone!  This is all good prep for me for when they go to college.  Yikes.  Don't get me wrong, I am so excited for them.  And they were excited too.  They had their outfits all picked out last night. and were up and ready to go by 7 a.m.  The bus wasn't supposed to come until 8:13!

I'm super sentimental today... looking back....

 "So big!"

 Addison, Emily, Hailey...

Here they were yesterday....

 With some of their friends at chapel!

 Addison and Mrs. Hervey!

 Hailey

 Emily

 Today is going to be MUCH harder for me than it is for them.  I've heard that people have said that it's harder sending you oldest child to kindergarten than your youngest.  Maybe that's why I feel so many emotions today.  Sending my 3 oldest today....and also my youngest.  This is crazy.  They told me that they wanted to give me the biggest hug ever when they come home and they want to have "chat time" to tell me all about their first day.  I can't wait for that girlies.  You are the best and I hope you have an incredible time at school....I know you will.  I LOVE YOU ALWAYS!!

A little chat with my soon to be Kindergarteners

Here's a video (sorry it's long) but I just wanted to film a typical chat with the girls.  :) Here's a little bit of what they are like right now.... :)

Hangin' on to summer...

Summer is coming to a close as the girls start KINDERGARTEN next week!!  I won't talk about that yet though as I definitely have mixed feelings about it.  We are trying to get prepped for it this week though by slowing down on the naps as K5 is all day every day except for Friday!  The girls have honestly taken a nap every single day forever.  I'm kind of a schedule freak but they love their routine and know the drill.  They still nap from about 1 to 3 every day.  Wake up around 7..and go to bed at 8:30...and talk to each other til we say no more talking at 9.  They love their sleep.  So a couple weeks ago we started skipping one nap a week.  Then this week...we've skipped three in a ROW!  On the way up the stairs to bed tonight, much earlier than normal, Emily said in a super tired sounding voice "Mom we are NOT skipping naps tomorrow."  This might be a rough transition! But I'll take it cuz I'm so glad they have napped this long!  It's crazy I know! 

We are LOVING every minute of summer and take it all in.  :) The girls have had so much fun together and I'm so thankful they have each other.  The other day we were at the store and the clerk said he had twin sisters who hated each other.  He went on to tell us this whole story about it.  The girls listened to the whole thing, looked at me and then Hailey said "Mom why would they hate each other?"  The guy told them that they probably would hate each other too someday.  How nice, Clerk.  But they looked at me and shook their heads. They were shocked at how this guy was talking.  People say the craziest things I tell ya! Above:  Here they are on a day where they all wanted to dress alike.  Most days they all pick random stuff....sometimes two want to match...and some days they think it's so fun to all dress alike.  I tell them all the time that they are pretty lucky to have each other.  (Em, Addy, and Hailey above)  and below Addy is in front and E and H in the back at the carousel at the zoo. :) 

Here are some of my other triplet mom friends.  I cherish their friendship and love the bond we share! Here we are ready for the Color Run race...BEFORE

AFTER

Then my little brother had a BABY GIRL!!!!!  I am so proud and happy to be an auntie again!  Sweet Brielle is adorable and I cannot WAIT to meet her at Christmas.  It is so hard being away when big things like this happen!

Brielle!! Beautiful!!

So the other day the girls got new tennis shoes for school.  That night...they wanted to get in their "running clothes" and asked me if they could go for a run with me.  So cute. So we literally went for a run together.  I loved it!  They were ALL about it and wanted to keep going.  They would encourage each other not to stop and everything.  It was so cute.  Afterwards Hailey said "Mom, when was your first run with your mom?"  Mom?? :)  I think it is yet to happen. :)  But so cute that they want to do what I do.  Here's Em warming up!

Addison

Hailey

How much fun do they have? :)  (AEH)

Game face.  Look out world. :) (HAE)

Then one weekend in August, our lake has a party for the whole lake.  There is a live band, a golf tournament, a 5k walk/run, games, etc.

Okay and check this out.  Boat parade!  I cannot believe the work people put into this parade!  So funny! That's a pontoon boat! Here are just a few of the boats..
Firetruck

Gilligan's Island

Red Solo Cup