I belong to a great Mom’s of Multiple club.  I have met a lot of great women there and have made friends that will last a long time.

Twice a year, they have a sale.  Members only can sell their gently used clothing, toys, you name it that has to do with a child you can sell there.   Each year I have made out well, buying my girls toys and almost enough clothing to last the season for around $150 total. 

Well this year I was REALLY disappointed.   Seems that each year the pickings get smaller and the clothing or toys are more worn down.  Also, I’m not sure if it is because the sizes are going up but the prices of alot of things were a lot as well.  A fleece sleeper that looks like more than one child used was $3.00.  I would not have paid more than $1.00 for it and even then I would have had to think about it.  Also where the tables used to be jammed pack, they were empty. 

I did manage to get a few pretend toys and some dress up dresses for the girls as well as a few pairs of jeans, some tops and a few sleepers.  But I’m no where near done with their fall/winter clothes.  DH made me sell their coats from last year.  Of course they would have not fit Viviana or Olivia but Cora could have wore one of them.  But no he made me sell them all so as of right now, the girls still need a light fall jacket and a winter coat. 

I HOPE to take them out more often this year so I know it will be needed.  Thanks for letting me vent.   At least with the sale over, I know what I need to look for in the stores.  Before the sale, I was afraid to pay retail for anything in hopes to get it cheaper at the sale.

Does anyone else here buy used for their kids?  Or does everyone by retail and just wait for a sale?

How do you ladies do it?  Last night me and hubby plus the fab 3 went to the local mall.  I had to return some clothes and I wanted to get another pair of sneakers.  We took the single stroller and had the girls take turns in it.  We also had at one point all 3 of them out and running about. 

I was exhausted but the great side was that they were too.  We put them to bed past their normal 8pm bedtime.  I think it was more like 9:30pm and they were out like a light.  They didn’t get up until about 8:30am this morning. 

We used to use them as an alarm clock because once they were awake, they would make noises and wake us up.  Olivia loves to say.  Mami where are you? and after 3 times she tries Papi where are you? lol.  But NOW they are just sitting in their cribs waiting for us to come and get them.  Not sure I want to put them in big girl beds just yet.  I was going to wait until we started potty training which hasn’t happened yet.  

Olivia will pee on the potty when we put her there and tap her belly and say pee pee.  She then says pee pee and trys to push something out.  9 times out of 10 she does something.  The one time she didn’t she said no pee pee.  lol.

Even though every night I go to bed exhausted, they are the highlight of my life.

Hi Ladies,

Sorry it has been ages, but things have been crazy and hectic. End of June the movers came, took our stuff, and off we went to my parents in Belgium for 6 weeks. The twins went to day care 3 days a week, Sofie to summer camp for 3 full weeks, Tobias was already back in Hong Kong. Our stuff arrived, things were organized and last Sunday we finally left. Got here on Monday morning, it’s hot and humid, raining a lot, and the apartment is nice. We re-organized a lot, sorted a lot of stuff, got our full time live in helper (hurray, hurray for no more cooking, cleaning, ironing and always available babysitting … all for $450 a month!) and are getting organized. It’s like expat paradise over here, or “expat for beginners”, foreigners all over the place (600 units in this building alone). We’re overlooking the ocean, the buidling has indoor and outdoor play area, swimming pool and we’re close to beaches and touristy Stanley (south Hong Kong Island).

The flight went well, Felix slept a lot, Maxine was hyper but good, Sofie was good as always. We had 6 seats instead of 5, so that was great. Jet lag was pretty much not existing, which was even better. We’re now 13 hours ahead of Central Time … so a difference between morning and evening!!!

The kids are adjusting well, we’ll see how it goes!

I need to catch up, but I’ll try now that I have more free time on my hands … I should be able to!

A little while ago I was getting things ready for lunch (frozen Kashi pizza if anyone cares) when Jacob came into the kitchen asking to use the potty.  I completely brushed him off…after all he’s only 19 months so we aren’t really forcing the potty issue yet.  He immediately turned around, pulled his Diego Pull-up down in front & peed on the kitchen floor.  Nice.

Hello there,  I have so missed all of you but Diane, only because she is still on BBC and I get to talk to her.  I have really missed being able to talk to other mom’s that have more than one child of the same age.  I know on BBC Ruthie was my buddy but I had even lost touch with her until recently. 

My girls are doing great and will be 2 years old in Sept.  I’m planning the party as we speak.  I wanted to have it at “My Little Gym” or a place like that but I don’t think we can afford it right now.  Money is so tight that I worry about it all the time. 

The girls are great and growing and learning a lot.  Viviana has tested OUT of physical therapy.  She is either at her sisters level or pasted them in a lot of physical activities.  But she still needs speech because she doesn’t say many words.  Viviana is about 35 inches tall, and weighs almost 30 pounds.   Olivia is the most talkative one.  She says about 100 english words and 5 spanish words.  Olivia is also 35 inches long and just over 30 pounds.  They are both in 2t clothing but some of Childrens Place clothing they are wearing 3t already.  Cora is in the middle she says about 30 words but mostly puts them in sentences.  One day she was walking around saying “I want a doggie” LOL.  She is my smallest about 32 inches tall and only 23.5 pounds.  She eats well but then runs around the living room like a chicken without a head LOL.

Well I hope to be here more often, I know the summers are slow since vacations are going on. 

Hugs to all.

Faith and Emma loved the fireworks! We are just a few blocks from the park so we got to watch them from the comfort of our backyard. It was a pretty nice display for our little town. The girls actually fell asleep on my lap during the loudest last 10 minutes. I guess their little bodies can only handle so much excitement. Hope you all had a blast. Here are some pictures~~~~

Wishing all of you a great Fourth of July weekend! Have a safe and fun long holiday weekend with your family and friends

So, first of all - glad to see some posts!  Annette - your kids are gorgeous!

it’s been crazy - as it seems to be with everyone - madeline had hand/foot and mouth last week and sarah and samantha have it now - i should be in bed because i haven’t slept more than 4 hours in 2 nights combined - i feel like the days of when they were babies - they are just MISERABLE - blisters in the mouth - i know some of you have been where i am… it’s tough! :)  On top of that - poor jordan had lice last week - the daycare finally was able to get rid of the culprits that continue to bring it in - oh, how i hope that those of you that haven’t dealt with that before never have to - what a nuisance!

On a good note - we are gearing up for a great july 4th weekend - we are having our annual pool party and bar b que - what is everyone else planning?

i hope you all are well!