October 31st, 2004

They were actually going out this year for Halloween. They had a Wizard of Oz theme going this year. The five of them were all dressed up. Josslyn was Dorothy. Josephine was Toto. JT was the lion. Jing-Mei was the scarecrow and John was the tin man. It took a lot of pushing to get John in to that outfit.

"Momma, look." Josslyn spun around and showed her the blue and white gingham dress. Jing-Mei smiled tucking some more hay into her blouse.

"You guys look wonderful." She said bending down to fix Josephine's black nose, "Where is daddy?"

"I don't know." She said, "John?"

"Coming." He mumbled as he walked ito the living room. A giant smile spread across all of their faces when they saw him.

"You look great!" Jing-Mei clapped his hands.

"I feel like an…a-s-s." He fixed the funnel on top of his head.

"You don't look like one. You look like a father giving his children some joy." Jing-Mei said. John looked at his children. Their eyes were sparkling with joy and excitement as they looked at him.

"If I only had a heart." John smiled softly.

"No pace like home." Josslyn clicked her heels together.

"Okay. Are you guys ready?" Jing-Mei handed each of the kids their pumpkin bags. They all jumped up and down.

"Yes!!!" They all squealed. Jing-Mei and John took hold of their children's hands and led them outside. It was very chilly outside. Hell, it was October in Chicago. What did they expect?

"We'll hit all the houses on this block and then see how they're feeling." Jing-Mei said trotting down the driveway with the kids.

"Okay." John said, "As long as we don't stop by county."

"OH that would be lovely." Jing-Mei snickered as she led the kids up the stairs to their first neighbor's house.

"Don't for get to say thank you." John reminded his children as He rang the doorbell. The triplets all had giant grins upon their faces. They danced with anticipation as they heard footsteps pad down the hallway. An older woman opened the door.

"Tick-n-Teet!!" The triplets screamed.

"Oh look at you three. How lovely!" She smiled as she put candy into their pumpkins.

"What do you say?" John arched his eyebrow.

"Tanks." They all said.

"Happy Halloween." Jing-Mei chuckled as she le them back down.

"Can we eat it?" JT asked taking the candy bar out.

"No, Buddy." John smiled, "We need to wait until we get home."

"Why?" Josslyn pouted.

"Because we're going to go to all of these house and they're all going to give us candy." Jing-Mei smiled.

"So cool." Josephine said as she started to walk down the street again. John laughed softly. The kids ran up to another house and knocked on the door. A young woman came out.

"Tick-N-Teet!!" The triplets screamed. The woman laughed.

"You guys are as cute as buttons." She said giving them some candy, "The Wizard of Oz is my favourite movie ever."

"Tanks." Josephine smiled softly.

"You're welcome." The woman smiled. John took JT's hand. One holiday down and many more to go.

November 16th, 2004

The triplets were turning two years old in a little over a week. It was exciting but yet scary. Wow, time certainly had flown by. The terrible twos time three. It was hard enough having them walking and talking, but the terrible twos…They were nervous to find out what adventures they'd get into.

Jing-Mei adjusted Josslyn's dark brown ponytails. She made sure the red satin bows were just right. She glanced over at Josephine. Her green bows were completely straight. She hoped john was handling getting JT dressed just fine. Josslyn sighed.

"Cake now, Momma?" She asked. Jing-Mei shook her head.

"No. Not right now, Pumpkin." She said standing up.

"Why?" Josslyn pouted. Jing-Mei chuckled softly.

"Because we're waiting for Grandma Chen, Grandpa and Grandma Carter, your friends, and some of mommy and daddy's friends to get here, Okay?" Jing-Mei took the girls' hands.

"It's our party." Josephine said. Jing-Mei chuckled softly.

"I know. That's why we're all excited." She led them down the stairs.

"Is Auntie Ei coming?" Josslyn asked.

"No. Aunt Eileen isn't coming, but she sent presents in the mail."

"Good pressies?" Josephine clapped her hand.

"We'll see." Jing-Mei chuckled as Eleanor walked in.

"Gramma!!!!!!!!" The girls squealed with happiness. They ran and threw their arms around her legs. Eleanor laughed softly.

"Hello to you two." She smiled, "Happy birthday. Where's JT?"

"John is getting him all dressed." Jing-Mei smiled. Eleanor nodded and led the girls into the highly decorated room where everyone was. JT and John walked in after them.

"We're here." John smiled. He spun JT around dressed in his suit.

"Oh look at you." Mrs. Chen clapped her hands, "I knew it would fit."

"It looks wonderful, Mother." Jing-Mei smiled, "Thank you." As soon as Jack arrived, everyone sat at the dinning room table. John smiled softly as he watched his parents. They both had smiles on their faces. He could remember a few birthdays before Bobby had gotten really sick when they were happy and smiling and very pleasant to be around.

"Cake now?" Josslyn asked. Jing-Mei nodded and April shut the lights off. John and Abby walked out holding two vanilla cakes with two candles upon them. Everyone bean to sing.

"Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear JT, Josslyn, and Josephine! Happy birthday to you!!"

"Yay!!" JT clapped his hands. Jing-Mei helped the children blow out the candles. Everyone clapped and praised the children.

"Another year." John looked at his wife. Jing-Mei chuckled softly as she started to cut the cake. "Dad, want some cake?" Jack nodded with a huge grin.

"Please. You can't celebrate a big day like this without Cake, John." Jack chuckled. John smiled and nodded.

"You're absolutely right, Dad." The rest of the party was great of course. The triplets were spoiled. John and Jing-Mei couldn't believe how many toys they received. They were lucky they had huge bedroom because they wouldn't have fit in normal size rooms. The best gifts that the triplet loved most where from John and Jing-Mei. It was three red tricycles of course.