The Jones Girls

Yesterday Miranda was playing in the pool in the backyard.  A bee flew right on her finger and stung her.   That MEAN bee!!  She screamed so loud I thought her tonsils were going to spill out.  She was in so much pain.  Cliff and I both had to work on getting the stinger out.   That stinger was in her finger pretty good.

She scored a really cute Curious George band-aid out of the deal though.   All is well now in Miranda Land.

My poor baby girl….

Wow, I made the news again!! You have to check this out on CNNBC!!!!  Woo hoo!!

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Yesterday I was out running errands.  While under the WATCHFUL eye, or should I say not so watchful eye of Daddy Cliff, the girls had a fun time wanting to be like mommy.

They sat in front of my vanity in my bedroom and searched through all of my drawers.  They discovered my make-up.    They drew with my liquid foundation that has SPF sunblock in it, they colored themselves with my different colored lipsticks, and they decorated all of my make-up on my closet doors, antique vanity that was my grandmothers and the hard wood floors.   I also found guilty finger prints sprinkled on different walls throughout the house!!

When I got home from my errands, Cliff said he wanted to show me some pictures and video.   Savannah was there and she had a very guilty look on her face.  So, I watched at first in fascination which then turned into horror as I saw what my 4 little angels had been up to.   They certainly weren’t angelic during that fiasco!! 

Savannah swears that she was “forced” by the coercion of her sisters to do the deed.  Hmmm…really?  I asked her, well then why do I see smiley faces and Mickey Mouse drawings on my closet door that are your height, and much taller than the triplets could have drawn.   She was silent.    I tell you, Savannah is a young 5.  It is more like have quads that are toddlers rather then triplets that are toddlers and a preschooler!!  Sheesh!!

They foundation, powder, lipstick and all of the other kinds of make up were encrusted in their hair and all of their bodies from head to toe.   Cliff gave them a cold shower to teach them a lesson no to do it again.   Then he gave them a regular warm bath and shower.  He shampooed their hair 3 times each and their hair got sticker each time he shampooed.  He was dumbfounded why the shampoo wasn’t working.  Well, hello, their is SPF sunblock in the makeup which is meant to STICK on the face to protect against sun damage, that is why it is STICKING to their hair!!  The shampoo just made the sunblock work even harder to stick to the hair.  At least now I know the $$$$ money I paid for all of that Shiseido makeup with the sunblock really does work.

He put them in their bedrooms after the baths.   I visited Savannah and Miranda and they each got a shower and a bath.  It took me 7 times of using conditioner to cut through the makeup in her hair.  Conditioner is what gets the foundation out, not shampoo.    Soap didn’t get all of the make up stains on her skin in different parts of her body.   That will just take time to get off I guess.  Savannah took 8 hair washes.  Her hair is curly and she somehow had even more make-up than Miranda did.

Amanda and Maryssa had crashed out and I was not about to wake them up from their much needed “beauty sleep”!!   So this morning they each got showers and baths.  Maryssa has super curly hair and it took 6 times of condition treatments and tons of hair brushing.  She was miserable poor thing.  Amanda has the shortest hair of everyone so she took a mere 3 times of condition treatments.  

I had to break out with a steel wool pad (SOS pad), cleanser, lots of soapy hot water and tons of rags to clean up the mess in my room.  The varnish on my antique vanity is ruined and I could just cry.   I got the makeup off of the closet doors and walls.  I see a few little foot prints on the floor that are embedded in the hard wood floor varnish and I am hoping that in time that will get rubbed out.

So now I want my girls to be just like me – have no makeup and since there is no makeup to wear in the house, I won’t be able to wear any.  This means my girls will want to be just like me and not want to wear makeup either.   

Actually, I will invest in a little makeup bag and get some more makeup.  This time it will be locked up in my bathroom cabinet, safe from my little stinkers!!

Tonight we all sat on the couch after dinner and Savannah mentioned her tooth was really loose and she wanted to pull it out.    She asked Daddy to help twist it around a little and then Savannah grabbed hold of her tooth and pulled it out!!   Her sisters stared in amazement as they saw Savannah calmly pull out her tooth.

I tell you, Savannah is becoming a real pro at tooth extractions.  Her Uncle Ned would be so proud (he is a pediatric dentist).

She was asking if the Tooth Fairy would come tonight  I said she sure would.  So we put her tooth in the special tooth box and put it under her pillow.  She will get another $1 for her tooth.  Wow, she has made some good money this past week!!

She talks a little funny with both of her bottom teeth out.   

This is all just a constant reminder that my baby girl is no longer a baby….

The days are showing signs of summer coming.    Cold days are behind us now.    The sun is out and our weather is worthy of my girls swimming in their pool in the backyard.

With this in mind, it meant I had to do the dreaded task of reorganizing their clothes for the summer season.    I purchased a very nice used dresser from a friend of mine for Savannah’s room.    For the past few years, I was using the 3-drawer plastic drawer dressers for Savannah.  It was cheap and also I felt it was safer to use those in her room.

So I moved her 3 sets of plastic dressers out of her room and moved in her new dresser.  This meant I had to rearrange her whole room!!   What a task that was!!  It took me all day on Sunday to do it.

Then the past few days I have been going through the triplets winter clothes.  The clothes that were getting too small for them are going to a friend of mine who has triplets.  The clothes that are 2T/24 months are put away for the fall.  Maryssa can wear those.  Amanda and Miranda are beginning to wear 3T so they may not be able to wear them in the fall.  Time will tell….

I went through the size 3T clothes that were Savannah’s old clothes that I set aside for the triplets to wear.  It was so strange going through them.  I had just put these clothes away a year ago and I couldn’t believe I was going through them so soon for Miranda and Amanda to wear.   Most of the clothes were summer clothes – shorts, tank tops, t-shirts, etc.   I think there were only about 8 pairs of pants in the 3 gigantic bags that I went through.

I used one of Savannah’s larger 3 drawer plastic dressers and put the size 3T summer clothes and the 3T pants in that dresser.   The triplets are currently wearing 2T/24 months and if we run out of those clothes, we can break into the 3T stuff too.  

It was amazing to go down memory lane as I sorted through Savannah’s old 3T clothes.   As I fold each piece, it represented a memory.  

I also went through some of their special baby clothes that I want to keep for prosperity and for them to enjoy when they get older.   I have most of their outfits up to 12 months.    From 18 month to present, I am keeping all of their Holiday Christmas dresses, their Easter Spring dresses and their Halloween costumes.    I think it would be amazing to show them these clothes that I have put away for them for 18 years!!

I went through the shoes and sandals.   I ran across 4 pair of cute leather sandals that my brother, Ron, and I had gotten Savannah at Christmas time when we took Savannah to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.  Those were wonderful memories. One of the sandals were Savannah’s favorite and they showed the worn sole.  The only one that can fit into those pair of sandals is Maryssa.  The larger sandals MIranda and Amanda can wear.  It will be so fun to see the girls wear those sandals this summer!!

It is so wonderful having 4 little girls!!    I am so happy that I spent time going through the clothes.   What a wonderful trip down memory lane it was!!

I tell you last night was one scary night!!   

I was awakened to hear a deep barking sound, like a seal.    I went into the Triplets room and saw Miranda sitting up gasping for breath.    I was so worried for her.

I immediately got Cliff and he and I sat together with her on the den couch while I set up a breathing treatment for Miranda.    We have a nebulizer for the girls whenever they have any breathing problems.  I put Albuterol and Pulmicort in the nebulizer.  Then a mask goes over her face and she breathes in the misty air that is mixed with Albuterol and Pulmicort.  

She struggled to breathe, the poor baby.    I read online that when a baby has croup you need to take them outside in the cool air or run the shower, let the room fill with steam and sit in the room with the child.  The cool, moist air helps soothe the breathing passages.    Croup is caused by swollen and irritate air passages and it makes it very painful and difficult for the child to breathe which is what causes the deep, barking sound.

Miranda also had a fever of 103/5.   Cliff gave her some Tylenol and had her rest on his shoulder all night to help her breathe easier.   He let me get some sleep.  What a great husband I have!!  xoxoxo

All of the girls have been passing this respitory virus around to each other.   Amanda got it first.  It lasts about 10 days.    Amanda and Savannah both threw up because of the large amount of mucus this virus causes!!    Maryssa has the deep cough.

I am so sick of the sickies!!!

Savannah’s bottom tooth, next to the tooth that just came out last week, is ready to come out any minute.   Tonight she wants her sisters watch her pool her loose bottom tooth out.  She wants the girls to see what her tooth looks like outside of her mouth!!

So, the Tooth Fairy will be making another visit under Savannah’s pillow tonight I guess.   Wow, my little girl is growing up right in front of our eyes. Wow!!   She will be a toothless wonder!!!!!