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

Goodbye preschool. Hello summer.

Goodbye preschool.

Carson and Owen had their last day of preschool on May 19. The day was supposed to be spent outside playing games, running around and eating ice cream with the sun beaming on the kids' faces. Instead, we had wind, rain, and gray skies. This didn't ruin the boys' good time. They had lots of fun indoor activities. The last half hour of school parents were invited to join the kids. I got to have a snack with the boys (who knew they could be so polite when asked if they wanted a snack) and hear the class recite their nursery rhymes.

Snack time: Jared, Carson and Owen.

nursery rhymes

Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall.

The class.

One last hug for Mrs. Webb.

Goodbye Mrs. Paul.

Hello summer.

Summer vacation means we get to have more time to play with our friends. We had friends over the other day and played a lot. Imaginations were working overtime. Here's a few pictures of our afternoon.

The Bat Mobile must be in the shop.

Spider Man helping Wonder Woman.

Stella and Isaac got to be civilians.

Spider Man, Superman, and Bat-Man ready to fight crime.

Wonder Woman and Porter were told it's about time to go home.

Wonder Woman wasn't happy about leaving.

Good times!

Star Wars

Carson and I took Carson and Owen to Star Wars in Concert. It was amazing! Not only were our two four year old twin boys impressed, but so were my husband and I. Star Wars in Concert is a live full orchestra and choir playing (and singing) songs from the Star Wars movies. There was a huge screen set up behind the orchestra and choir playing clips from the various movies. I could not believe how much Carson and Owen knew about Star Wars.

Before the show started we got to walk around the concourse of the arena and see tons of Star Wars memorabilia. There were clothes from the movies on display, replica characters, and "real live" Storm Troopers walking along with Darth Vader and others. (Can you tell I'm not a huge fan. I don't know the names of the characters.)

After seeing Darth Vader Daddy asked them what they thought of seeing him.

Carson declared : That's not the real Darth Vader.

Daddy: How do you know that?

Carson: It's just a guy in a suit.

Daddy: How do you know that?

Carson: Because if it was the real Darth Vader he would have cut our heads off!

Owen: We're serious!

Storm Trooper and Darth Vader with the boys.

I love how Carson is hugging the leg of this character.

Chewy!

C3PO and Owen

Carson and Owen with Ewoks.

Carson

Owen running away!

Yoda.

Owen showing off his little Light Saber.

Yep. We had cotton candy.

A little left over cotton candy on his cheeks, nose, chin and probably hair.

The hot dogs and fries were pretty good, too.

The orchestra.

Race Day

Carson and Owen ran in the Wichita River Fest Tot Trot race on Saturday, May 08th. They had a great time and did very well. It was a beautiful morning for a race. I ran the two mile race earlier that same morning. Carson and Owen were looking so forward to their race, but once it was time to line up they got a "little bit nervous" especially Owen. They got to run with other four year olds. There were several heats. Carson won his heat. Owen came in a "distant second." Both boys got medals for running their race. Carson was too cool to wear his after his race, but Owen wore his with pride.

Carson and Owen with the River Fest Raccoon.

Pinning Owen's race number on his shirt.

Patiently waiting for their race to start.

And the race is on! Carson is in the front (left center), Owen is right behind him. Carson passed the boy with the blue pants at the finish line.

Posing with medals.

Our Cheerleaders! Stella and Isaac sat in the stroller for hours and didn't complain once. They were troopers this day.

The three runners showing off their medals.

Race Day highlights. (Pause the background music to hear the video.)