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Kelly Rutherford spends quality time enjoying the arts with kids in NYC


UPDATED FEBRUARY 7, 2019 5:55 AM EST

Kelly Rutherford gets tospend the summer with her kids. The46-year-old actress has been in a six-year custody battle with ex-husband DanielGiersch and wants to move her childrenfrom Monaco back to the United States. Kelly is not letting the court battle take away from the time with her kids. The Gossip Girl star posted pictures on her Instagram of her son Hermes, 8 and daughter Helena, 6, spending time doingarts and crafts.

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The photo is captioned with asimple heart emoji and shows her growing kids sitting in front of their ownseparate canvases painting. Kelly has admitted to traveling back and forth from the United States to Monaco to see her children, who were ordered by a judge to live with their father in 2012. Last week, during a two day hearing, the actress disputed the claim by a former attorney that since she is not technically a resident of Los Angles, that the court has no jurisdiction in the matter.

Kelly took to Instagram toshare another image of her children at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City,posting a picture of her admiring the art and snapping a photo on hercellphone, while her children played mind craft on an Ipad. “Is anyone looking at theart? #MetropolitanMuseum #minecraft,” she captioned the image.

During an interview with The View, the former Melrose Place star shared a happy milestone moment with thetalk show. “Helena learned to ride herbike in the park yesterday,” she told the daytime talk show. “It’s incredible,it’s emotional. We’re all a little jet lagged but happy.”

Kelly has stated that since2012 she has traveled to Monaco to visit her children more than 70 times. Itlooks like she is making their summer in NYC count.