I noticed this poor little branch on our Christmas tree. I believe Stella is responsible for making this branch look so "beautiful." I have found other branches on the tree that look very similar to this one.
The Wright kids have been enjoying their new nativity set as well. And what a better place to play with it than under the Christmas tree?
The tree is up. It's perfect. (I may not have said this five years ago, though.)
The kids decorated our main Christmas tree this year. The ornaments are primarily in the front of the tree. A few made it to the "sides" of the tree. The bottom branches are very heavy, but are holding up nicely.
Owen's favorite place to lay has always been under the lit Christmas tree.
Isaac is following suit.
I asked Carson and Owen to get dressed while I was giving Isaac and Stella a bath. I started getting Isaac dressed after his bath, but I couldn't find his jeans. I searched all over the floor. I retraced my tracks from the bedrooms to the family room (where I was dressing Ike.) No jeans. I saw that one of the big boy's jeans were on the floor. I could see that Carson was dressed so of course I started telling Owen to get dressed. He throws the blanket off his lap and stands up to show me he was dressed.
I found Isaac's jeans. A little short for Owen, but they fit perfectly around his waist.
It was an honest mistake.
It's time for a change in the Wright house. It's bittersweet, but much needed and a little overdue.
It seems like just yesterday my babies were sleeping like this.
PS Carson and Owen have also graduated to a bunk bed.
The Wright kids had a great Halloween. The weather was perfect, the kids were excited and lots of candy was received.
Carson and Owen decided they were going to be Star Wars characters for Halloween early in the summer. This of course meant Isaac and Stella would follow suit. Carson was Anakin Skywalker. Owen: Darth Vader, Stella: Princess Leia, and Isaac was Yoda. The FORCE was strong Halloween night.
We went to the Samway's house before trick-or-treating. Their neighbors all get together and have chili, hot dogs and sweets before hitting the streets. This year the festivities were held in Samway's garage. We crashed the party. It was fun for our kids to see their cousins dressed up for Halloween. They loved playing with all the neighborhood kids as well.
We trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. The kids did great! Carson was so excited that he would run up to every house. He would then patiently wait for his brothers and sister to catch up before ringing the doorbell. Isaac and Stella walked to every house and never once complained about being tired. I don't think Stella and Isaac remember much about trick-or-treat from previous years. I'm not sure they realized that trick-or-treating meant they would be getting lots and lots of candy (something they don't get at home), but I'm pretty sure they will not forget what it means when Halloween rolls around next year. They had a blast this year! (As did their older brothers.)
Our oldest twins have very big imaginations. When the two of them are on the same wavelength watch out! For some reason last week when they came down from their room after quiet time they were very excited and on a mission. Their imaginations were racing so fast their mouths couldn't keep up with what they were thinking. They were so excited to tell me about the race track they were going to build in the backyard. I asked if the racetrack was for their matchbox cars. They laughed at me. Of course not! They were going to build a HUGE race track with carpet in the middle (so when they fell or crashed it wouldn't hurt so much.) The track was for race cars that kids can drive, they told me. Mind you, we don't own one of the little electric cars. But, darn it, we will have a racetrack for one.
Carson asked me for paper and a pencil. He and Owen headed out to the backyard to draw up their plans. They sat at the little picnic table for almost 20 minutes or so. It was time to put their plans into action. They raced to the garage to get their carpenter aprons and loaded them down with tools, tape, and nails. Before long Carson and Owen were asking for wood and had a saw in hand. I was informed that the race track is going to have a bridge and a ramp.
The boys moved to the workbench in the garage to put their plans further into motion.
Many of you know that being chosen for Star of the Week is a big deal in a preschooler's life. It's one whole week where the child gets extra attention at preschool. Owen was the first of our two older boys to be selected to be Star of the Week.
On Friday, October 01 Owen got to bring the Star of the Week pet (stuffed animal) Ozzie home. Ozzie followed Owen everywhere he went. We found Ozzie to be a very good little otter. He isn't much of an eater, though. On Monday Ozzie had to be returned to the class. Some of the "perks" of being Star of the Week include getting to bring show-n-tell all week long, bringing treats to share with the class, being the check-in helper, and on Friday a parent gets to come to class to read a book.
Monday Owen decided he wanted New York Jets football cookies and took his Star Wars gun for show-n-tell.
Wednesday, it was Husker cupcakes. The Huskers played K-State Thursday night. We had to get everyone pumped up for a Husker victory. Owen took Spike the Dinosaur for show-n-tell.
