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Tales From a Triplet House
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Soccer Mom? Sam I Am I’m a Costco junkie... My Head is Spinning... I need a 'do-over'... Bicycling to school...another milestone. My summer book report. Happy Birthday Triplets!!!! Lines on a Map February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 'Be careful how you interpret the world: it is like that.' - Erich Keller 'I do not pretend to understand the universe. It's a great deal bigger than I am.' - Tom Stoppard 'Chaos often breeds life, where order breeds habit.' - Henry Adams 'When you can laugh at yourself, there is enlightenment.' - Shunryu Suzuki 'My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither; but to just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.' - Thornton Wilder This one was on my quote-a-day calendar the day after I found out I was carrying triplets. 
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Bicycling to school...another milestone.
This morning, the triplets rode their bikes to school. They were so excited.
When we practiced this the week before school was in session, I wasn't thinking straight. I was fantasizing about my school days riding my bike to school. Of course, I started doing that when I was in 2nd grade and my brother was in 8th and would ride with me. It is a somewhat different experience with three kindergartners, one still with training wheels on. But it's only two blocks; how hard could it be, right? I forgot to check the location of the bike rack (the opposite side of the school from the direction we have been mapping out). And, I forgot that they would need bike locks. Then, what to do with the helmets? And, all the cute hairstyles my Daughter1 wants to wear will have to revolve around how the helmet fits on her head. So the first few days of school we walked. Then they received bike locks from their uncle for their birthday. Then we had to wait to use them while I color-coded them so the keys wouldn't get mixed up (thank goodness I have all those colors of nail polish!). Finally, this morning was the big event. We rode the other direction so we would come to the bike rack first (no riding on campus so they would have had to walk their bikes part way if we had approached from the direction we had planned to). The ride went great. I took lots of pictures and a little video. We decided to lock the helmets to the bikes with the chains so they wouldn't have to deal with them in the classroom and I wouldn't have to carry them home. We had left 10 minutes earlier than when we walk to allow for any first time mishaps, but ended up running to the classrooms to get in on time. The girls actually ran in on their own from a central point where I could see them but cut the distance to get my son to his room. All in all, it was a successful first attempt. I know it will go more smoothly the more we do it. I'm so proud of my 'big kids'. 1 comments from 1 users
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creatress
on Aug 29, 2008 at 09:20 AM
That's really cool! They'd be in good company in Davis. Oceans of bikes at our schools. I was going to suggest locking the helmets to the bike, but you out-smarted me! Yay for the big kids!
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