Renaissance Weekend

Owen's stage debut was a week ago, so you can imagine it was hard to figure out what to do this weekend.

The answer was to try a little bit of everything.

The kids started off with some reading on their own. Their choice was a fantastic book by Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin) we found at the library.

Then came the races. 10 laps apiece around the house. Timed. Owen's best was 7.6 seconds. Mom's 7.8, Dad's 7.9 (what can I tell you, I'm not a sprinter), and Maya clocked in at a terrific 13.7 -- blistering speed when your arms are going every which way.

Yoga came next.

And while Mom was gone running some errands, we fired up the iPod and added our own percussion to some old Motown hits. Owen got the hand clapper going ...

And Maya went nuts with the sticks. Check out this action ... !