he's like a fish, a fish that doesn't like to get it's hair wet, but a fish nonetheless.

there is almost two feet of snow on the ground in northampton right now.

this is a house full of gamers, no doubt about it.

getting their checkers on.

did i mention there is an orange tree in our back yard? because there is. and kale is enjoying the heck out of it.

even mikey (who is a nervous ninja of a tiny dog) manages to get his relax on.

space robot police bonanza.

apparently vacation homes present no problem for santa.

merry christmukah

wish you were here.

can you spot the statues?

spades with stairs and chandelier.

it's true that the mountains here are awe inspiring and beautiful - sorta like special craig.

we picked that grapefruit from a tree growing right on the street. and then we played soccer with it.

ready to hit the streets of plalm springs (he's really in to adding extra Ls these days).

no shout out to the flooding and traffic that turned our two hour trip from lax to palm springs into a four hour trip from lax to palm springs. but it's cute when the kids fall asleep in the car, so that's something.

an even bigger shout out to sarah for lending us her dvd player. i read an entire book on the plane. an entire book, people.

a big ole shout out to the nashville airport for the play space located directly across from our gate.

not staged. really asleep. really in the same bed. stop the cuteness.

the pizza pirate and the sushi server.

sometimes it's hard to be a knight witch.

so in to the arts and crafts these days that he's making 'happy winter' cards for his friends at school.

loves, i mean really loves, to clean a surface.

gingerbread cookie decorating madness with avery and maddy.

night skateboarding deserves a quiet night.

first snow.

kale and uncle hubie take their discussion of nice touches vis-a-vis annoying touches offline and then drill down before mocking up a boiler plate. after that they nailed some jello to the wall and herded a bunch of cats while vertically integrating synergisticly.

mask making extravaganza.

just a couple of big hungry bears tromping through the forest on their big hungry feet.

but eventually kale couldn't resist the lure of bacon on the hoof.

it took a little while to warm up to the pigs...

catching some serious air in alef's old room.

you're never too old for parallel play.

the spades plus heatherjean post feast. (photo by riley using the self-timer function.)

a view of dessert with fewer people and no flash.

a slice of the thanksgiving table. (and for those of you familiar with oma and opa's house the table is spanning the former den, entryway and living room - trippy right?)

who needs a shield when you've got a canvas sneaker to defend yourself.