Karate Kid

Last week saw the emerging of the li'l ninja - Yohan at his first Taekwondo lessons. The boy put up a brave face despite all the loud yelling in the class and did magnificently well. Incredibly cute doesn't begin to describe him in his too-big-for-him uniform. As for his jumping jacks and hip rotations - hilariously adorable. But he did an awesome job focusing and he absolutely loves the class. Mamma especially likes Master Lee's command for the last set of punches in the video.

Indoor Picnic

Last Tuesday the kids and I didn't have to be anywhere in the morning. So I let myself breathe and enjoy some time with them, packing them an "indoor picnic" for a cold winter's morning: we wrapped up sandwiches and goodies and put them in backpacks. They pretended we were hiking and we finally came to a picnic spot by a lake. Then we were in a boat on the lake and sometimes we fell in the lake. Love their little imaginations.

Cross-carpet skiing

Certainly no lack of imagination in these kiddos. A couple curtain rods and pieces of trim, combined with scenes of a little snow on the roads as we drove back home from church, and carpet skiing was born.

Brothers and green nail polish

The boy decided on the spur of the moment one day that he wanted to help paint his sister's nails. And he did a pretty good job!

Welcome 2013!