Christian, Jackson, & Sophie's first day of school.

The trips in their classroom.

Today I conclude my “Back to School” series with Christian, Sophie, and Jackson’s first day back to pre-school.  They are happily returning to the school they attended last year.  They like it there and they teachers and staff likes them too.  Shelly also teaches there.

“The Triplets”… I try not to refer to them as a singular entity.  They are all very much their own individual people.  All five of my children are very different from each other for that matter.  They are 3^1/2 years old now and testing us in all of the ways that you can imagine three 3^1/2 years olds would.

Christian is a sweet kid with a huge heart.  He almost always has a smile on his face and is doing something silly to make you laugh.  He is very much into fairness and sharing.  Even if it means ripping a toy out of the hand of someone that has two toys to give it to someone that has none.  He means well.  He is also very protective of his brothers and sister.  On the playground one day, a boy tried taking a ball from Jackson. The boy and Jackson both had a clutch on the ball and were wrestling for it.  Christian ran over and grabbed the kid by the head and did all he could to to just about rip the kids head off to pry him off of Jack. Later the same day, the same boy was trying to get the same ball from Sophie.  She kept running away from him.  She then came over to Shelly and I and said, “He hit me!” and pointed to the boy.  Christian heard Sophie and saw her point to the boy and went after him like a mad man.  The boy ran in terror to his mommy.  Christian still likes to curl up in your lap and cuddle.  It’s great, but Christian is a big kid (for a Farley) so it is getting uncomfortable.

Sophie is a great little girl.  She loves to read.  She will sit by herself and read her books while her brothers are ripping the house apart.  She also loves playing with her baby dolls and princesses like any girl.  But having four brothers has also made her a tough cookie and she does not hesitate to box, wrestle, play football or hockey with them.  It has also made her have to stand up for herself so don’t give her any crap!  She is a very smart little girl as well.  Probably all of the reading.  I may be biased, but Sophie is the prettiest little girl in the world.  She is also the most loved person in the house.  Her brothers fight over who gets to play with Sophie, who gets to stand next to Sophie in the pictures, etc…  That is a good thing that will pay off when the dating years arrive.

Jack is my little man.  When I say “little man” I mean when you interact with Jack you think you are talking with a little adult.  Jack is smart… like spooky smart.  Smarted one of my kids at this age by far.  He is an excellent problem solver.  One day he wanted popcorn.  I told him “No.  Not now.”  and went back to work.  A few moments later Noah came upstairs and said, “Daddy, Jack is making popcorn.”  I ran downstairs to find Jack had gotten popcorn out of the closet, pushed a stool over to the stove, climbed onto the stove (good thing is wasn’t on) put the popcorn in the microwave and started the microwave.  I said, “JACK!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!”.  He said very matter-of-factly, “Making popcorn.”  Jack can also be a bit of a “button pusher”.  He should thank his lucky stars he shared a womb with Christian because I foresee him having to bail Jack out of a few messes.

I should also mention that Shelly also starts back teaching today.  She teaches at the preschool the trips go to.

Well, that concludes our “Back to School” series.  It was a good week and we hope the start to a successful school year.

All of their first day of school photos and more can be viewed at Farley Family Photos.

Back to School – Day 2 – Andrew

Back to School – Day 1 – Noah