Finally, a new Quint Olympics video!

OK, so it has been a really long time since I have posted a video. I finally found some time a few weeks ago and we started one. It honestly isn't my favorite but it will do for now. I really want to show a few with them running around and stuff because it is pretty funny. I have some time off coming up in a few weeks so I will plan to do another one at that time.

Also, today is the last day for the lower prices on the calendars so don't forget to buy a whole bunch.

The Quint Olympics 10 foot crawling race competition video

OK, now that the real Olympics have officially started, we thought it would be a great time to post our most highly anticipated video, the 10 foot crawling race. We couldn't do this one in the beginning because when we started these videos, only one or two of the babies could crawl. Now, all of them crawl (and a few of them walk) so it was the perfect time. Some time in the future, we plan to do a cart pushing race and then a walking race as well. We also videotaped a lemon eating contest (if I can find the tape we put it on) that we are thinking of putting up as well.

WQ+2 Episode 10: The Cheerio Eating Competition

OK, it is finally ready. For some reason, this one took me a really long time to finish. One of my favorite parts is that in one scene, Riley is really sad because he was having a hard time remembering what to say and in the very next scene he is really happy. My second favorite parts is where Kaiya talks about the "Roman Incident".

Here it is:

Quint Olympics and Fathers Day

First, I have to write a little bit about my dad. One of the things that we have said in the past is that we feel we were greatly helped by our parents in preparing for these babies. This applies to my dad as well. One of the most important things I learned from my dad was to relax and be patient. At least, that was what he usually did. When he was here a few weeks ago, Rachelle was amazed at how he could patiently help one of the babies while there was complete chaos going on around him. One of the things noticed early on was that he looks a lot like Kyndall. This is fitting since Kyndall is usually the one who sits there calmly and waits for stuff.

When I was a kid, I remember one time when I had done something really bad (not sure what it was) and he had to spank me. I remember that he the patience to talk with me about the bad thing as well as the spanking for what seemed like hours before actually doing it. If he had just got really mad and spanked me on the spot, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about it. However, after calmly talking to me about what I had done and saying that, by the rules, the punishment had to be a spanking, it made the whole thing infinitely more memorable. So much so that I remember really not wanting to do whatever it was that I had done.

I was also always impressed that he bravely participated with my mom in a whole lot of things that he didn't have much experience in before they got married. Before getting married, his life was mostly sports. He played football and ran track in high school and then also ran track briefly in college. I also remember him once playing basketball with my friends and I during my high school years and watching him make something like 19 free throw shots in a row...and I didn't even know he liked basketball! Anyway, after getting married, he started doing stuff that my mom had always liked such as singing. He played Judah in a church-sponsored production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and even had a solo. I was always just really impressed that he was humble enough to jump right in and try new things like that without having a whole lot of experience. This is something similar to what I have been having to do myself (with these babies) and what almost all fathers do when they have kids. I am glad he was a good example in the area of bravely trying new things.

Like I mentioned earlier, my dad was into sports. On that note, we have decided that we need to start training our kids now. There is going to be some rivalry and they are going to have to work some things out between them so we thought we would start their training with some friendly competition. This episode of WQ+2 is the the first event of the Quint Olympics hosted by Riley and Kaiya. The event is Toy Wrestling and involves putting two babies in a square on the floor and having them wrestle over a toy. If they give up the toy or leave the square, they loose. We thought of this event because we noticed that Rustin just likes to take toys and some of the other babies have started to fight back:

New video coming soon...I think

A lot has happened since I last posted but none of it seemed interesting enough to actually mention. Before I mention any of it (assuming I can remember it), I need to mention that I have some great plans for some fun videos. Now that they are all crawling and also because the summer Olympics are in just a few months, we have decided it is time for the Quint Olympics.



This is where the babies compete in various events. We have noticed that some of them compete a little bit already. Rustin feels like it is his duty to take any toy that any other baby has. Often he will crawl over whatever is in his way, including the faces of other babies, to fulfil his duty. He almost always does this with a big smile on his face. I have found that they almost always have big smiles on their faces when they are doing naughty things. Many of them can't resist pulling the hair of the other babies while wearing big smiles.

Now, what else has happened? My dad spent the week with us last week which was nice. Rachelle made the comment that it is amazing that he would be willing to take a week off of work to go and babysit a bunch of babies. Here is a picture of him with them:



Riley is doing swim team right now. They compete every Saturday in a meet and I was nervous the first time I went because I hadn't actually seen Riley swim all the way accross the pool. When I saw him swim all the way accross I was so excited for him. He usually swims 5 events and I was really impressed because last week he did the butterfly which is not an easy stroke. I was in swimming in high school and I didn't ever actually swim that stroke in competition. He never comes in first...or second...or third but I am totally proud of him. My dad took some shots of him jumping off the blocks. In general, he does really well at this. At the sound of the starting buzzer, most of the kids just kind of roll off the block or else jump in feet first. Riley actually dives although he has that pesky leg that sort of sticks out underneath him:

Something else interesting that happened was that I got a facebook thing from someone that I graduated from high school with (Standley Lake High School Class of '92). I had actually known her since second grade but it was a long time. Her name is Amie Walton and I actually knew her since 2nd grade. Here is a picture of second grade:Here is a closeup of Amie and I (two of the shortest kids in the class):



She started an organization called Hope House of Colorado that helps teenage moms deal with pregnancy which I think is really admirable. It is good to hear that there are people I graduated with that are doing some good things.

Aside from that, I had my 34th birthday a few weeks ago. When I got to work, Jessica, one of my coworkers, brought me a cool badge that said birthday Jedi on it. I wore it all day.

Well, that about sums things up. I hope to be making the first of the Quint Olympics in a few days and have something by next week if I can.