The Hickey Triplets

Sunday, August 26, 2012

1st week of Kindergarten

I truly understand the phrase "where did the time go?" This past week, Brooks, Reese and Sloane started Kindergarten in our new city. I can't believe my babies are already going to school!

I had hoped to place each of them in a separate classroom, but our new school only had 2 Kindergarten classes. Sloane is in a class all by herself, and Brooks and Reese are in a class together.

Sloane with Mrs Miller at Meet the Teacher

Reese and Brooks with Mrs Taylor at Meet the Teacher

This year, Brooks, Reese and Sloane attend full day Kindergarten and even ride a bus to school! They also have their own "big kid" locker

Brooks, Reese and Sloane were so excited on the 1st day of school! While they were all smiles and laughter, I was sad on the inside. I had to fight not to cry in front of them!

New Kindergarten backpacks!

My babies are all grown up!

Our new house on the 1st day of school...it was a beautiful morning...perfect!

The neighborhood Kindergartners at our bus stop....7 total this year!

Brooks was so excited! He almost got on the bus without even giving me a hug goodbye! My big independent boy....I had to run over and hug him at the bus door!

Reese getting on the bus for school! At least she did give me a hug goodbye...so did Sloane! My sweet girls!

My neighbors....also Kindergarten Moms on our street! We successfully placed our babies on the school bus!

Monday, August 20, 2012

July was a crazy month with our move from Dallas, Texas to Chicago so we were more than ready for our summer vacation to the beach! This was our 3rd summer to travel to Destin with Brooks, Reese and Sloane....needless to say we were all very excited for some family time!

We actually drove from Chicago to Destin...just 15 hours. :-)

One of the things we like to do at the beach is make sandcastles. This summer, Brooks, Reese and Sloane were able to help with the task!

Our family with one of our sandcastles.

Steve became a master of building sandcastles....look at this one!

Family photo

A sunset walk on the beach...

Our sandcastle was still up that night!

Dinner out with the family

Playing volleyball....who knew Brooks, Reese and Sloane would like to play!

Feeding the seagulls....

Brooks, Reese and Sloane also surfed on the waves with boogie boards...

Three little surfers!

Reese and Sloane buried Brooks in the sand a few times during the week. He seemed to like it!

Another sunset walk on the beach!

Our family

Steve and the girls

Brooks, Reese and Sloane wanted tattoos and the girls also got a braid in their hair

Dinner at Pompano Joe's Seafood House on our last night in Destin! We loved this place, especially the view of the ocean from our table.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

1st week in the new house

Our first week here in Chicago has been exciting yet challenging! Needless to say, moving with 5 year old triplets requires lots of patience and organization.

Brooks, Reese and Sloane were so excited to see our new home and were running wild around the house while the movers were attempting to unload the truck and set up furniture.

It was overwhelming looking at boxes all over the house and not knowing where things were located, etc. All I could think about was "where are the toys?" We need reinforcements ha ha ha!

Brooks, Reese & Sloane's 1st photo in front of our new house

Luckily, we were able to locate the trio's bikes! Our new house is located in a Cul-de-sac so they were excited to ride in the long driveway and in the street in front of our house! This is something they could not do at our old house in Dallas.

On day 2 in our new home, the trio was playing in the basement. At some point, Sloane got hit in the mouth and knocked out her bottom tooth! She was afraid we would be mad so she threw her tooth in the trash! We searched but were not able to find the tooth. That night, we still did not have hot water so we had to spend the night in a hotel. The Tooth Fairy managed to find Sloane's tooth and leave her a note with money under her pillow at the hotel! What a memory...this was Sloane's 1st time losing a tooth!

On day 4, Steve returned to work and I had to get out and learn my way around. First stop...an amazing grocery store called Mariano's!

As I continued to venture out and about, I began to learn that many stores in the state of Illinois sell alcohol including Target and Walgreens! This is very different from the stores in Texas.

Look what I found at Target! My favorite!

In Dallas, Steve and I always took Brooks, Reese & Sloane out to dinner for "family dinner night". We decided to try a local Mexican restaurant in our downtown area. The weather was so nice that we were able to sit on the patio...in July!