The Little Mansky

Our little guy keeps us all jumping, laughing, and so happy that we had this little surprise in our lives. He loves his books, writing his alphabet, watching "Little Bear", and playing outside with the neighbor kids.

Potty Time Daddy and Andy

Swim & Gym

The girls are participating in the YMCA's HS Swim & Gym program. They did it last fall and really have enjoyed the variety of activities the kids get to do. Next week I'm going to be teaching a Zumba class for the kids-we'll see how it goes.

Foggy Days

We have had the strangest foggy days lately. It is cold and thick, sinking deep into your bones. At least there is no rain or snow, we do get to see the sun occasionally.

We've got back into our groove, and boy is it busy. The girls are doing the YMCA Swim and Gym, I'm teaching Zumba, Andy is learning to read, and Michael is working hard booking rooms-anyone need conference space?!

Next month promises to be even busier- we are going to participate in our first Homeschool Co-op and I'm adding one more Zumba class. It will help make the grey days zoom by!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!

Happy New Year to all. We stayed up until midnight playing Wii, Scrabble, and watching the Twilight Zone. Andy made it until 10:30pm! Starting at 9pm Pacific we called family and friends in each time zone. We hope everyone had a fun celebration.

This morning we are enjoying our traditional New Year's Day festivities- Donuts and the Rose Parade. It may be rainy here in WA, but it is nice to see sunshine in Pasadena.

Dad stayed home and we completed "The Fort". It reminds us of something Lewis and Clark might have made, or something you may find an American soldier in Iraq living in. For the european version of the snow fort, check out Lilly's brothers' Materhorn! This giant has been hollowed out and has two rooms, a matt floor, and candles to keep it warm.

Shakelton Expedition II

According to the girls, the Shakelton Expedition would have been envious of this snow fort. It was an all day all neighborhood effort, but it got built. Pretty impressive! This will probably be the best snow fort we will ever build, since this is a freaky amount of snow for WA and we want to live somewhere sunny where snow is very unlikely!

The Snow Fort cometh...

That was the talk of the day- the snow fort and ensueing battle. The kiddos worked hard all morning and a bit more after lunch, then they were ready for battle stations. Pretty much all the kids in the neighborhood helped out. The battle seemed pretty tame to me, but they had fun and war stories to share.

Andy had his own plans for the afternoon....