New Year's Yoga

With the New Year, Cubby started a workout program called P90x3.  It's awesome because all of the workouts are only 30 minutes--long enough to get your sweat on, but short enough to be doable when you have a busy family life.

One of the workouts is yoga.  Sooo good for Cubby who isn't exactly the most flexible guy on the planet.  Christian joined in one morning.  It was so cute!

Christmas Break Fun--Cookies at Grandma's

We had a super fun morning frosting cookies at Grandma's house!  She had made the kids each their own aprons--so cute!

Ju Ju was very busy frosting (and eating).

Kari liked to have Gma's "help."

Kari's finished products!

Yes, Juliana ate more frosting than she put on her cookies.

Kari, getting the hang of it!

After piano, the big kids started in on their cookies.

Group shot!

Meanwhile, Britta was entertained and Gma got her ab workout in...

Sure hope this becomes a tradition--it was so fun!

Christmas Break Fun--Joslyn Art Museum

 Another day (an absolutely FREEZING cold day), I took the kids to the Joslyn Art Museum.  They had just opened this new interactive art area and it was free!  My mom and my Aunt Kris, who was visiting, came along too.  It was a really cool place and we probably could have stayed longer--the kids kept finding new things to play with and do!

You could build with connectagons....or with regular ol' blocks!

 Mirror, Mirror!

 There was a "still life" display that the kids all  tried their hands at.  Christian was very diligent in his drawing--he takes his art very seriously.

They had these cool wipe-board vases that kids could doodle their own designs on.
Kari left her mark quite literally.

Em's favorite area had wasabi tape, stencils, and markers.
She made her own picture frames and then made more for everyone else :-).

One of the coolest things they had were these large digital easels that kids could use actual paintbrushes on and it would show up on the screen.  You could then email or post your artwork online.  Pretty nifty little piece of technology!

It was a really fun morning and I definitely will be taking the kiddos back again!

Christmas Break Fun

 We had a lot of fun over Christmas Break!  Cubby was home for all but two of the days and that made a HUGE difference in the fun we were able to have!

 One day we all went ice skating!  The kiddos all had a great time and did really well!  Gma and Gpa came along too so I was able to cheer everyone on with Miss B.

Britta loved watching all of the action!

Christmas (Afternoon)

After the craziness of the morning, we all just chilled out for a bit.  The big kids started their Lego projects, the little girls played with their toys and took naps.

 After naps, we headed over to my mom's house for just a few more gifts and, what seems to be becoming a tradition, pizza for dinner.  Not too many pictures, we just enjoyed being with our family and one another.

 One of Kari and Juliana's favorite gifts were these butterfly wings.  They love using their imaginations!

 Kari's big gift was the American Girl, "Kit."  The doll came with a book.  Kari loves this book, even though she can't read yet and there aren't any pictures in it.  So sweet!

It was a wonderful day!