gotta love the kid's table.

riley and kaime ponder the many thanksgiving dessert choices.

somebody ate all the raspberries off the cheesecake.

duet for xylophone and thumb harp.

if i had a hammer and a cute hat...

you wouldn't think a butter knife would be quite so effective.

never too young to help in the kitchen.

strummin' on the ole banjo.

lisa is 8.5 months pregnant and yet somehow she still finds room on her lap for another toddler. amazing.

and let's not forget batkid - righter of wrongs, doer of good.

and here is batbaby in all his glory.

riley takes his duties as an older sibling very seriously. here he is helping batbaby into his mask.

brothers.

smith campus, oh how we love ye.

that sneaky pie snatcher is trying to get his mitts on the halloween pie.

putting the finishing touches on the halloween pie crust.

mixin' up a little of old witch's halloween pie.

smooshy ears!

having a private moment, reading his book, 'the kiss of the spider woman'.

i'm your biggest fan, i'll follow you until you love me. thank you, lady gaga

it's all superheroes these days.

eitan is the pizza chef. amalaya is the brand new two-year-old.

"get in the cupbord, kale. kale, get in the cupbord. it'll be fun."

a little extra handwashing in the bath never hurt anyone.

i call this one - sink-bath with toothbrush.

someday our kids will have table manners like lucy and isabel. maybe.

it doesn't get much better than wearing your pjs on the swings.

kale spade, salad tosser extraordinaire.

uncle (it rolls off the tongue a bit more easily than second-cousin-once-removed) tom introduces the kids to dr. ticklefinger.

riley really embraced the catskills cabin lifestyle this weekend.

showing off their new slippers from geegeed with some fancy chair moves. (the tilting did not end well but riley's head is ok now)

autumnal baby blur.

taking in the sights at the sk8 park. s'up, bra?

pensive on the playground.

you never know what sort of wildlife you'll find wandering the streets of northampton.

(l to r) mamma conehead, firefighter kale, riley the amazing vampire magician, the dread pirate special craig.

a special's work is never done.

our favorite spooky scary house.

the dread pirate special craig and professor spade supervise a little drive-through trick-or-treating.

hard at work decorating special craig's welcome sign.

riley as a bat pumpkin for his school's trick-or-treating fiesta.

"ears?"