All In a Day

This was one day this past week . . . I don't even remember which day.

The boys thought it would be fun to take a little rest in the kitchen right before lunch.

Fu-fu was on the menu for dinner. The girls actually made the entire dinner this night (fish and spinach/tomato sauce with the fu-fu), but they needed my help stirring (and no wonder - it is not easy!)

We got the kids Twister for Christmas and decided to try it out after dinner. I can't say it was super successful, but the girls had fun with it anyway (and started to learn "left" and "right").

Zoe got too wound up and out of control (which is not uncommon  for us to see - it is quite common with kids from hard places). I had JUST read that morning that one thing you can do to help bring kids back down when they begin "over-frantic activity" (Grey) - which perfectly describes what we see a lot with her - is to have them do jumping jacks (or run up stairs, jump on a trampoline, etc.). So, I decided it was a perfect time to teach the girls how to do a jumping jack. :)

 And then we moved onto push-ups.

 This girl is serious about her push-ups!

 Push-ups turned into kung-fu fighting (gotta love the little boys on Jason's ankle)!

 Isaiah got hurt and needed some love.

 Claire was happy to be a spectator when it came to wrestling (as was I).

 Zoe loves this picture!

The next day I took the kids to Walgreens and Zoe was all excited to show me a magazine while we were waiting to check out. It was a World Wrestling Federation magazine and she knew the names of all three guys on the front cover. Turns out she watched it on TV in C. HILARIOUS!