riley only has eyes for the clown, craig only has eyes for that smudge on riley's cheek.

look at this big kid, climbing tall ladders with no help.

at the end of the set, riley when up to them and said "fanks for de music. you did a good job."

nothing more refreshing on a hot day than sticking your feet in a filthy city fountain.

wheeeeeee.

jp and riley jam on it.

riley was amazed by the antics of those big kids under the big top.

a pre circus smirkus pizza picnic. delish.

eventually mama had to take over riley's letter holding duties when he decided he'd rather clap along with the song.

smiles all around at the children's chamber music festival.

"no robbie, i have dis monster truck and YOU have dis monster truck."

elephant floaties make excellent drums.

'one fo da money, two fo da show, free to get ready and four to go!' counts riley before mommy dives in.

jp and laila take riley in da deep deep water.

the evening ended with everyone on the dance floor. gretta was kind enough to teach riley some of her moves.

the drumming! riley thought he'd died and gone to heaven when all those big kids got up with their drums.

after the dancing the kids got to move down to the front to watch...

riley (very enthusiastically) joins dove, heather jean and noah at cousin gretta's dance performance.

playing airplane gets a thumbs up.

bath time with mimi.

currants are the new blueberry.

the height of relaxation. whew.

sometimes it pays to be a big kid when you need to reach into the bush for the best raspberries.

noah and riley are besties.

the creampuffs really were fantastic.

anna came to visit AND gram held her annual hydrobics garden tea party. it was a very exciting weekend.

"da basil comes right outta da garden and den we eat da basil."

riley has recently developed a deep and abiding love for the eggbeater.