Today we went to the West Bend Farmer's Market. We met Auntie Jean and Alexis there. Because the whole family went and due to the market being busy, we thought it would be best to take the triplet stroller rather than two stroller - the double and the single. We knew we would have to deal with more comments but it just made more sense.
The kids did an amazing job with all the people that were there, not to mention the many onlookers and those who stopped us. It was sunny and beautiful! We ended up with shoeless kids but whatever to make them comfy.
We are not the type of people that thrive on attention, in fact we rather not be noticed, so an outing like this was a little hard for us. Don't get us wrong, like any parent we are extremely proud of our children and love to "show" them off, but not like we are a circus act.
We ended up being interviewed by the local cable channel. We were stopped numerous times, followed by some people that were waiting for us to stop so they could talk to us, heard many conversations stop mid-sentence as we walked by and many take double takes. We heard nice comments like how precious the kids are, how beautiful they are and how blessed we are. We heard the weird comments like that could have been us, you look sane (directed to me), and what would we do with three. This comment made both of us shake our heads: so are you having anymore? We find this comment to be very personal and a little rude. We would have loved to ask them how many kids they had and if they planned on having more. What is it any of their business, we support our kids so it has no effect on anyone else....I digress!!! Here are some of the numerous questions: are they triplets? A person would ask the ages of them and we would answer with 17 1/2 months and then the person would say oh, so they are triplets, huh? Was that custom made (regarding the stroller)? Statements like: your hands are full, I bet you are very busy, and wow!
All in all it was a great outing for all of us. Gave us a look at our future family outings as the triplet stroller will be our main mode of transportation for the kids as they are out growing the other strollers.
Love, Jen
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3 comments:
Oh sure, the first week I DON't go to the farmer's market & you are the stars of the show!! That's really neat... It's so much fun to go there-like a new festival every week!! Sorry I missed seeing all of you! Hope to see you soon!, Love, Teri
Some people just DON'T know what to say sometimes...you have to smile and nod!!! I noticed that you are having a garage sale soon. Would you be willing to part with any of your boy clothes..any that are 9months and up? My email is peachga11@yahoo.com. Thanks and God Bless
By the way that was ME, Sara Strange posting that comment today-- the 2nd!! Your three are getting so big and I do agree that they GROW up way too fast!!!
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