Laundry

Sort, load, wash, dry, pair, fold and put away. Repeat as needed.

I know I am not alone when I say that sometimes it feels as if all I do is laundry. I really don't mind doing laundry. I don't do it as often as I should. On occasion I will skip a day, but will pay for it later. I get great satisfaction out of knowing our clothes are clean. I love how they smell and still appreciate the fact that I'm not plugging my washer and dryer with coins to operate them (as I did in college and our early years of marriage). I don't like putting the clean clothes away. Why is that task so hard for me? It never used to bother me, but as I think back that was before I had two sets of twins. I find myself folding laundry while my kids (primarily Stella and Isaac) are sleeping. It's really hard to put clothes away while my kids are awake (way too much "help.") But, it's even harder to put clothes away while the kids are sleeping in their rooms. I could do it, but I'm no idiot. I'm not going to risk waking them. I pick and choose my battles. I choose not to tackle that one until everybody is out of their bedrooms for sure.

The other night when I was folding the kids' laundry I got a little sentimental. Crazy, right? I was folding the kids' whites. There were way too many socks to count and over 40 pairs of little boys underwear. Socks do not make me sentimental. Folding the boys' underwear did. I was thinking to myself how cute those little underwear were and how it's always a surprise as to which character I'm going to fold up next. I know my days of character underwear will be short lived, but for now I think they are adorable! I love seeing Diego, Elmo, Handy Manny, sharks, guitars, football, Star Wars, Super-Man, Spider Man and etc. on a weekly basis. One day (probably way too soon) they will all be packed away to never be seen again. So until then I will keep reminding myself that this phase is short lived like so many so enjoy the cute underwear because one day I'm not so sure I will be thinking folding underwear is going to be so cute.

Bubbles!

A couple of weekends ago the kids were in the driveway playing with bubbles. Like most kids, our two sets of twins love bubbles ... that was until one child of ours lost his mind when he couldn't catch every bubble coming his way.

Lots and lots of bubbles.

Stella makes big bubbles for Isaac to catch.

Speedy Gonzales he is not. Isaac lost his mind when the wind would carry the bubbles faster than what he could run. If only he would have turned around. There were always more bubbles coming his way.

Okay, Isaac let's try this again.

Here's more bubbles for you.

Still wasn't able to catch them all. Darn it!

Better luck next time, buddy.

Summer, Summer, Summer, Summertime!

It's summer time! We have been waiting what seems like forever for summer to get here. Carson has been asking me daily for the last month or so if it's summer. I can finally answer with a solid YES! Now that that temps have been in the upper 80's and in the 90's it's officially summer at the Wright house. The kids and I spend a lot of quality time outside. The "new" summer activities that the kids have been enjoying most are ones that involve water. The Slip-N-Slide has been a big hit along with our kiddie pools. I love that my kids love their Slip-N-Slide. It brings back so many great childhood memories for me. We put our Slip-N-Slide on our little hill in the backyard. That has made it a lot of fun. Sliding on it while going downhill really makes you go fast. We are missing not having a "real" pool in the backyard this year, but the kiddie pools seem to be good enough for the kids for the time being.

Racing to the flag

Carson makes a splash

Isaac loves splashing at the bottom of the Slip-N-Slide. (Doesn't he look like Owen here?)

Owen splashes Isaac

Stella's and Isaac's turn

Another race

Stella going down a dry Slip-N-Slide

Isaac going down the elephant slide

Owen jumping into the kiddie pool

Daddy flips Carson into pool

Stella's got an itch

Fun in the kiddie pool

Pool time