Peace--Sort OfIn two days, we were tired but functioning. At three, tense. Four: exhaustion, irritability, desperation. Then . . .
"How are you my mist flower?"
"Marvelous, Moony. Simply marvelous."
"Isn't it wonderful that we can have a babysitter come over here at night?"
"And lock them in."
"Oh, yes. You let him out this morning, right?"
"Of course. Listen to how quiet they are!"
The children were likely silenced by horror rather than the babysitter's night-long escape attempts. But at a certain point peace in the house is like getting your child a dog: you don't care what it looks like as long as the excrement is disposed of and hair vacuumed. Okay, I know, I'm too tired to make an analogy! It's what the vampires want . . .
Hyun-Moon and I celebrated our birthdays quietly only a few days apart. I looked practically vampiric (BAD), but he only imp--okay, he didn't improve, but he still looks rockmazing.
Our birthdays, and the girls' immediately following, were extremely low-key affairs: we were all too tired to really put on the effort, and juggling three babies is not as easy as it sounds! But Moony and I spent a more than appropriate amount of time oohing and aaahing over our little flowers.
If we thought having baby triplets was difficult, we had no idea what was in store once they became toddlers! On top of that my business career was really taking off and Hyun-Moon was thinking about going back to work for realsies.
Our sleep cycles were thrown off, with two adults and three toddlers to train in three skills and otherwise be cleaned, fed, and snuggled.
The potty training
alone . . .
But was it all worth it?
Eh . . . maybe. Give it a year then get back to me.
I must admit that my heart melted whenever I looked down at my girls playing in their own little world. Sweet, imaginative Alice . . .
Sasha the reckless elf-like creature . . .
And of course shy, sensible Mae.
Whatever the problems with daily life, it certainly did fly by! Before I knew it I looked out the window to see snow falling over the valley. Before long, the grey was transformed to a sparkling white wonderland.
One night, at around midnight-thirty, Moony and I ran to the store, bought several hundred pounds of colored lights, and strung them up over the house.
After we were finished, we ran back into the house and cuddled on the couch for a few minutes, simply enjoying each other's company. It felt wonderful just to sit for a moment and be at peace.
Sort of.
Hyun-Moon, with his usual gentleness, picked Mae up and carried her into the nursery. I could hear him wishing the girls goodnight as I got us both some PB&J from the fridge.
At last the girls' birthday arrived! We invited over all of my coworkers, bought a few cakes, and watched our children transform.
