The Jones Girls

I wanted to share with you how I maintain some sort of “smooth operations” in our house.  I have had so many people ask how do I handle the clothing for the girls and how do I deal with so many toys for 4 little girls.

I have their matching outfits hanging in the closet together.  They have a large closet the length of one wall and there are bottom and top hang rods to hold all of their outfits. 

The triplets really don’t have a preference in what they wear.  They really like to match identically with outfits.   Especially Savannah who is now 5.  She really likes being a part of the crew!! 

I learned from my multiple moms club to dress them in bright colors and in identical outfits so if any of the girls are missing or lost I know what to look for in a crowd.    I only dress them alike when we are in big public places.   Otherwise they dress differently.  

Miranda is my shoe Diva and LOVES shoes.   She has to pick her own shoes out and changes shoes all day long.   I see a lot of $$$ for Miranda’s taste in clothes as she gets older.

They are color coordinated per girl.  I also learned this from my multiple moms club:

Amanda – yellow or light green

Miranda – lavender or blue

Maryssa – pink or red

The key to keeping things going smoothly is I am very organized with their clothes and toys.

They have a big dresser (that has the changing table on top of it, you have probably seen these) and it holds their matching outfits, short sets and PJ’s.  A lot of their outfits don’t match as a lot of them are from Savannah’s old wardrobe.  Savannah had enough clothes for triplets…LOL!!   I have another 2 drawer dresser that holds their footie sleepers and other misc. clothes such as jackets, etc.

The time that is most difficult is when they are transitioning between sizes.   I just got another dresser to hold their outfits that they will be transitioning into for this summer.  The weather is still touch and go with warm clothes so I am not ready to put away the warm clothes to make room for the summer clothes quite yet.

They have 7 tubs of shoes that are all organized by category of dressy, sneakers, sandals, slippers, mary janes, and play shoes.  These are in the closet.

They have 7 different toy boxes.   6 of the 7 toy boxes are in the den and one toy box is in the Triplets room and a toy box is in Savannah’s room.   

This makes it very easy to teach the girls about cleanning up.  They know where the toys go by the different categories of the toy boxes.  We do clean up every night after dinner and before baths.

The toys in the den are organized so that one toy box will have the huge leggo blocks, another will have the wooden blocks, another will have pretend play kitchen stuff and stuffed animals, another will be for cars-trucks-balls-musical instruments,-musical toys, another for large 2-3 foot stuffed animals like Elmo and Curious George.

A toy box is for dolls and doll clothes and it is in the Triplets room.   Savannah has her own toy box for bigger girls toys such as Barbies and dolls. 

Savannah has her own room.   She has her own dresser for her clothes and her own closet to hang her clothes.  This makes it much easier because she likes to pick out her own clothes for the day and she can dress herself now.  She also has her own book shelf with books.  All of the girls go in there and read books together.

In the den there is a book shelf for books, coloring books and crayons, arts and crafts, play dough, paints, etc.  They have an art easel and each has her own art apron.   They love to draw on Doodle Pros and it really keeps things clean in the den.

Organization is the key to my busy and crazy household!!   Realizing that I am super organized and scheduled, God knew that I could handle triplets and a singleton.  He put my abilities to excellent use!!

I am so excited. A friend of mine who was Amanda’s Occupational Therapist invited Columnist NewieSuzie of the La Habra Star to our Mother & Daughter Tea.

Apparantley Ms. Suzie enjoys having tea luncheons at tea rooms so that is why Deborah invited her. Deborah also knows that I am always trying to promote the MMM Club and the La Habra moms club and gain interest for new members.

So with this in mind, it gave me a wonderful opportunity to give a little exposure to our Multiple Miracle Moms Club as well as my La Habra Moms Club in the newspaper article.

I had an interview with SuzeNewzie of the La Habra Star on Sunday and again this week. She is doing an article about our family and the different organizations that I support and am involved in. She is also including pictures. It will appear in next Thursdays edition of the La Habra Star.

Here is what the article will say:

La Habra
Renown Baby specialist Dr.Benjamin Spock (now deceased) said in his famous books, “When a mom has twins “Get help” Wonder what he would have said to Kimber and her husband, Clifford Jones, who have two year old triplets, Amanda,
Maryssa, and Miranda, born on Daddy Cliff’s birthday, and a 5 year old girl, Savannah, born on the 6th anniversary of Cliff and Kimber’s 1st date. One of the triplets, Amanda, was born with club radial hand and she is a true miracle in the making!

Kimber learned from the Multiple Mom’s Club of Orange County (MMM) to dress the triplets and big sister in like bright colors so if one was missing out in the park, she would immediately know which one was gone. Savannah likes to dress like the triplets, too.  All their clothes are color coordinated.

The busy La Habra mom, who often finds her girls have crawled in bed together, is vice president of the La Habra Mom’s Club. They have Monday
through Friday outings and play days with 30 club moms Monday through Friday.  She said they are always looking for new members so contact her by e-mail at KJones@TheJonesGirls.com

Kimber also belongs to an online Radial Club Hand Support Group located on the Yahoo Group pages.

Kimber says “If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart.”

I am a proud mommy today!! Woo hoo!!

-Kimber

I had to mail Savannah’s broken camera back to Fisher Price for a replacement and I took the triplets with me this morning.  Savannah was in preschool.

The postal service staff remembered when I was pregnant with the triplets.  One sweet employee, Juanita, even sent me a Congradulations card when I gave birth to the triplets.  

Every time we travel I take our boxes of clothes to this post office to mail to Vermont.   The guy who usually helps me with the boxes was dumbfounded and amazed when he saw the triplets.   We laughed and I told him that was why I had to ship so many boxes of clothes because I have 4 girls.  It was a riot!!

Anyway, the girls had a blast waitin in line and playing with postage stuff.   

Savannah woke up this morning and immediately showed her sisters the hole in her mouth where her tooth had been.  She then wanted to show her sisters her tooth that she pulled out last night.   She came to my room to look in the special box for her tooth and it wasn’t there!!

I told her, “remember, we put the tooth box under your pillow last night”.  She quickly recalled and ran to look under her pillow.   She was thrilled and shocked that the Tooth Fairy had come and left her a little sachel with a tooth-shaped porcelain box. She opened it and inside was a dollar!    She was so excited she couldn’t believe her eyes.

Savannah asked where her tooth was.  I told her the Tooth Fairy took it to Tooth Fairy Land.   

Savannah’s bottom tooth was so loose this past week that I knew at any given point it would come out.  I was so scared it would come out when she was sleeping and she would choke on it.

After I put everyone to bed tonight, Savannah got out of bed and told me that her loose tooth was bleeding.  I check it and the tooth was just hanging.   I knew tonight was the big night for her first tooth to come out. 

It was just as big of a night for her as it was for me.  I remember when that little tooth first came in.  What a huge milestone, my first born baby’s tooth that came in is now coming out.   ((sniff, sniff)).

We got lots of pictures and I video taped Savannah pulling her own tooth out of her mouth.   It was such a grown up thing for her to do all by herself.   She was really amazed and wonderous.

I have been talking to her about the tooth fairy.  All she could talk about after her tooth came out was that the tooth fairy would be coming tonight!!  I have a special little box for her tooth and we put it under her pillow.

I am just so full of tears right now.  There is no going back now….everything about my baby is no longer a baby…she is a girl now.  

Savannah has 2 loose bottom teeth and one of two teeth is very loose.  She can push the tooth front and back with her tongue.  I imagine she will be losing the tooth any day now.   

She also has a loose upper tooth but I think we have a few months yet to see that one really working its way out.   I bet by the time she starts Kindergarten in the Fall she will have 2 or 3 teeth missing.  Wow, that is a lot of teeth she will have missing!

Yesterday we talked about what happens to a tooth that comes out, that a new tooth will come in to take its place.   She asked where did the new tooth come from. 

I told her about the Tooth Fairy and she is so excited that she will have the Tooth Fairy come in the middle of the night and take her tooth from under the pillow and replace it with money.    She asked where did the Tooth Fairy come from and where does she live.  I told her the Tooth Fairy lives in Tooth Fairy Land and that is where she comes from.  I told her the Tooth Fairy looks just like Tinder Belle.  

Well the past few days have been scorchers.   We broke records here.   Check out how hot we were:
Sat 4/18 – 80 degrees F
Sun 4/19 – 98 degrees F
Mon 4/20 – 101 degrees F
Tues 4/22 – 92 degrees F
Today Wed 4/23 – comfortable 75 degrees with nice breeze

Thank goodness for the weather report!!   On Saturday I went to Target and bought the girls a nice sized swimming pool to play in, with the anticipation for the heat wave that we endured.   They girls swam in it on Monday and we had a play date yesterday and they played in the pool all day.   They had a blast.

So I guess I need to start putting away the turtle necks and go through their winter clothes to see what I can put away for Maryssa and give the rest away.   Time to start getting out the spring and summer clothes!!  Rearranging their clothes is a lot of work!!