Trouble?

Trouble??  This girl??  NEVER!

Practice, Practice

Christian continues to work on getting faster feet.  He will take the ball out and practice kicking it against the house in a trap and pass type of drill.  I really admire how hard he works when he decides he wants to improve at something.

 So that way, when it's game time, he knows what to do with the ball and can make quick and smart plays.

"Me Too's" Turn

Being three has its perks and one of them is that you are officially old enough to start dance class!  Miss Juliana's turn for ballet has arrived and she thinks it is just fabulous.  Miss Mary Lorraine is her teacher and is so great at engaging the kids and keeps ballet super fun for these preschoolers.  They also get to do basic tumbling--which is an added bonus for all who get to witness it.

Ju Ju claps

Ju Ju rolls

Tap-Tap-Tap

This year Kari gets to start tap in dancing!

So exciting (and loud--yippee!)!

Kari has Mary Lorraine as her teacher again and even has two friends in her class, Alice and Ellie.

She loves to dance and is just so cute!

Pretzel Making

Christian loves pretzels and had wanted to try his hand at making some one Sunday afternoon.  (And, of course, Juliana "Me Too" Lindseth had to help too.)  They were really easy to make and turned out so yummy!

Big thumbs up from our official taste-tester!

Britta's Dinner at Gma's

Once and a while, Cubby and I get to go out!  And sometimes, we have found that it's easier to get a babysitter for the four older kids and to drop Britta off at Grandma and Grandpa's house.  It gives B a little individual attention and it's lots' of fun for Grandma and Grandpa!

 Just look at this happy face!  I mean, who wouldn't want to babysit Miss Britta?!

Family Bike Ride

Fantastic-Forced-Family-Fun!  Otherwise known as, the family bike ride.  We had a rare empty Saturday morning and took advantage of it to take the kids out to a new (and fairly flat) recreation area to ride around.  Kari is still not big enough to keep up with the big bikes, so she rode behind Cubby and I pulled the two little girls in the bike carrier (aka their "carriage.")  It takes two cars to get everyone and everything to our destination, but it was great and not nearly as painful as the big kids thought it was going to be!