mmm mmm cheerios.

riley enjoys the traditional thanksgiving brownie sundae.

it looks a lot like kale is having his first beer.

"but i'm hungry now."

kale does a little stretching with gram and pop.

riley introduces gram and the stephensons to his fave game - animal surgeon.

katrina's favorite picture of riley, ever.

good times in the tub.

riley can't stand the feel of hair on his forehead but he won't sit still for a lengthy haircut. clippers seemed like the obvious choice.

well hello there baby.

sara had him at "sure i'll play floam with you."

triking in the boneyard. good times.

thank heaven for little girls, indeed.

do you remember when we used to be all "our children will never watch tv"? yeah we remember it too and it makes us laugh out loud.

the awesome double slide almost made up for the below freezing temperature.

kai's all "get that baloon, dude." (but not really because babies can't talk)

kenji and rye chatted on the phone and decided since it was wednesday they should both wear stripes.

matt and christa came by for brunch, and they responded when katrina said "show me your dental work."

kale takes a page from elton john's earings for babies book.

riley took the semester off from preschool to trike across the country.

photo by riley. he's getting pretty handy with the camera, right.

three on a see-saw.

kale practices his royal wave.

six months old today!

kale gives a half year happy birthday wave.

take a look at these beautiful and rare hot-house flowers we found growing in the greenhouse at smith.

penny and ben introduce kale and blue.

so many toys, it's hard to know what to reach for next.

when you're the second child you just sort of take your naps wherever.

kale's got a real toothy grin these days (if you look close you can see it, people).

"i'm slipping, i'm slipping, mama." is a new fave game at the playground.

kale just wants to be wherever riley is. plus his outfit sort of matches the bathroom, so that's cool.

he's got the standing up part down pat, it's the getting down gracefully that he needs work on.

guess what. our bike trailer doubles as a (double) stroller. yeah we're psyched too.

puppy lovin'.

on the way to the playground riley trikes, kale strolls and mama rejoices.

costumes. not just for halloween anymore.

kale finally has a seat at the table.

sometimes you gotta take a break and sample the candy.

riley and lila enjoy a bit of downtown trick-or-treating.

angel (as sonny bono) hangs out with our lil stinker.

casey (who lives upstairs) invited us for some chocolate cake in the driveway to celebrate his birthday.

riley tells nama and kale all about paco and chui, the library's resident fishies.

looks like they got a new puppet at the library.