Sometimes I see families who have two children and I think, “My, that looks awfully civilized. One parent per child. Nice and manageable.”

Three kids is a wild ride, there’s no denying it. It’s triple the chaos, but also triple the wonderful. I am so glad we just kind of took the plunge and Brinley showed up, otherwise we would have missed out on moments like these:

She wore this to school. Not kidding.

Two thumbs up at the dentist. One for each cavity!

And she’s decided she wants to grow out her bangs. So. There’s this neat ponytail going on now.