We had a little run-in with a baby raccoon who decided to hang out by our front door. We called animal control and he captured the little terror (you can see him in the video below).

The boys are having quite a time swimming this summer! They love splashing, screaming and making every kind of noise 4-year old boys can make. They swim almost every day and usually more than once.

Since it was Manish’s birthday this month, the boys also partook (of course) and enjoyed Daddy’s cake and other treats.

The video also has some other clips of the boys admiring the new “look” of their bathroom. Additionally, they get some swim time and prayer time in too!

Relaxing

Also relaxing

Manish is officially half way through his 30s

What better for boys to do on a hot summer day than go swimming? Only one thing: play in mud! Our neighbors ran their sprinklers this evening and some of the water came into our yard by the edge of the fence. Since that part of the yard had little grass, it basically created a strip of mud.

Also included in the video below, is an example of how Aiden harasses his brothers. He calls Evan “boo-boo bear” and Ethan is “tiny dreams.” Pics and video below.

Feeding Aiden some ice cream and Baskin Robbins

Muddy, muddy boys

Loving it!

All over his face

Of course, he can’t get enough of this

The boys have been anticipating this trip for several weeks! Papa, Grandma, Amisha and, of course, Oak were all going to be there as well as Manish’s cousin, Rashmi with her husband (Aashish) and their children (Ananjay and Ananya).

Hannah took Aiden to Children’s Hospital Boston for some checkups after which she drove to Rochester while Manish flew there with the twins (all by himself!).

Papa and Grandma had a little (not so little) party to celebrate 4 things:
1. The triplets (a lot of their friends had not met them)
2. Oak’s graduation and the start of his medical practice in Austin,TX
3. Oak’s engagement to Miss O
4. Amisha’s graduation and start of Residency in Seattle, WA

Below is a short slideshow of trip with some pictures posted (some are repeats). It was a fun, but exhausting trip!

Ananjay is learning how to race with the triplets

Papa reads the boys a bedtime story

For the party, they had their own personal candy

Oak is taking them for a walk…or is it the other way around?

They love the big driveway to race their cars

A race with Oak as the referee

Some different pictures of everyone including Grandma, Ananya and Aunt Rashmi

Oak and Miss O at the party

An attempt at a group family picture

Aunt Rashmi is having a great time

It is because her favorite person in the world is there 🙂

Aiden causing trouble under the table

Ethan is dancing with Ananya!

Look at the spin move!

Love those outfits

Loving their opportunity with the microphone

Look at that face!

Aiden looks disgruntled

Now he has a chance to play

Ananjay is having the time of his life

Ethan’s turn

Another family picture attempt

The kids

The guys

The original five

On the way back: Ethan just woke up, Evan is playing and Aiden & Mommy are sleeping

I was at work when the hail storm passed over. Unfortunately, it did not pass over the cars. Every coworker I spoke with had some level of damage to their car. Some only had to replace windshields while others had their cars totalled. In our case, we had to get a new roof, fenders, hood and multiple dents fixed. Thank God for insurance!

There is a short sound clip below with some pictures to give an idea of the extent of the damage. Some of the ice/hail was baseball size but there were other parts of Dallas that had softball size (or larger) pieces.

Fortunately, there was no damage to the house as it is further north of the storm. The boys were safe and having a good time. Now that things are back to “normal,” the weather has warmed up and they can play outdoors. The images below are of the boys playing out doors and a short clip of Aiden “shooting” the ants and all three wrestling…yet again.

Nailed all over

It even cracked the paint

Zipping up

Evan shows off his ladybug

What are they doing?

Silly boy

Caring for their insects

What is he thinking?

He has all the toys

Time to race

Taking a break

Ethan, you forgot your toy

Aiden, be careful

He wants his toy back

He is upset because he has to share it

About to crash