family olympics (and the newest team member)

Under usual circumstances I'm a big stickler for limited TV viewing.  BUT, the Olympics do not qualify as 'usual circumstances' and we've been watching gobs and gobs!  (We can watch online using the NBC site and view all kinds of events, last week we were heavy on the women's gymnastics, recently diving, synchronized swimming, soccer.. )

So today Matt organized a little family Olympic games.  It was awesome. 

This is Lydia finishing up her floor routine.

And as for the score?  She got a thumbs up. 

Isaac on vault was pretty amazing.  He called this move "the tummy back".  Vault (a short sprint across the living room before launching themselves onto piles of couch cushions) was one of the more dangerous events, but remarkably there were only a few minor injuries during the entire afternoon competition.

As soon as the Games started Julianna ran for her USA leotard.  They love to cheer for American athletes, second choice is China or athletes from any country they've visited (which is a fairly long list). 

Our littlest teammate (Luke) snoozed through much of the fun (that, in and of itself, is a big accomplishment for my not-such-a-big-fan-of-sleeping baby boy). 

And our newest team member?  Mostly hung out on Daddy's lap.  He seems to vacillate between several different attitudes - sometimes bold and brave and willing to wander all over the house with just a backward glance to make sure Mom or Dad is close by, and other times he is committed to skin-to-skin contact with Matt :) 

As for how we are all doing, I'm so exhausted at the end of the day I feel like a tired athlete myself.  At any given point during the day I honestly can't think more than about fifteen minutes into the future.  (Except for the moments when I have a panicky "what in the world am I going to do when Matt goes back to work and Mom and Dad go back to America?")

So that's us.  So very very thankful for this little Olympic team the Lord has given us.  And also wondering how in the world we're going to make it through the earliest weeks of adjustment in one piece!