evening sun.

the evening sun is so lovely these days.

it's the sun that leaves a lingering, beautiful light around, until way late into the evening.

it's the type of sun that you have to thumbtack sheets or towels up over your kids windows, because they refuse to believe it's bedtime, when it's still so bright out.

it makes playing outside so fun, that you forget it's almost 8:00 and the kids should have been in bed already.

it's the type of sun that invites you to get outside and get to know your neighbors better.

this sun makes you crave the front porch, and sitting and talking with your man after your littles are down.

it's the type of sun that makes photos beautiful.  and perfect.

quite honestly, it's magical sun.

{these are from elsa and caedmons birthday pictures---i'll share more next week}

 

thank you, sun, for being so magical.

 

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the never ending laundry pile.

 

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i posted this picture on IG the other day and got lots of comments about how laundry works for other people.  it's so interesting to me, how others do mundane chores.  i love learning from others, and i think we can all glean knowledge off of each other. 

in our house, i do all of the washing and drying on mondays.  then i fold and put away on tuesdays.  no more, no less.  i really dislike the act of laundry--all of it, so this "2 days a week" thing, helps me to not have to think about it, 5 days out of the week.

people wonder if my clothes are just a big pile of wrinkles, and amazingly, they're not.  they probably aren't up to my grandma's wrinkle-free standard, but they work for us.  i think the key is that i get them, when they are freshly done in the dryer, so when i lay them out upstairs, they are still warm.  now, if i were to leave them in a laundry bucket, they wrinkle up, for sure.

 

i fold them all and line them up in order of age.  (i.e. caedmons' pile is on the far left, olive's is on the far right)...then, the kids generally put their own pile away.  i've also stopped folding and matching socks.  i put all the socks in a pile and no longer turn them right side out, and match them up.  i just have each kid grab their socks and if they like them a certain way they can do it themselves.  i have some who wear mis-matched socks everyday, and some who prefer their socks matching and to be folded nicely in their drawers. 

 

so, how do you tackle your laundry? 

let us know in the comments.

while i feel like i've finally got my laundry groove down, i do feel like we can always learn from each other!