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all gussied up for his visit to mimi & bop bop's house.

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a quick visit with the van riels. just act natural, katrina, ignore the camera.

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anton the icicle harvester.

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breakfast is serious business.

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nothing like a little post turkey story time.

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hair twins.

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quite a spread on the thanksgiving table.

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pre-dinner creative play.

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exploring their dutch heritage in the 'one wooden shoe gang'.

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the marble run kept them occupied for a truly remarkable length of time.

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asher and kale (who played together for hours) plus long suffering moe.

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giant cousinly smiles.

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big enough for his own sled now. though a little assistance from great uncle anton is helpful.

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at school riley is not allowed to go out for recess or participate in p.e., obviously we don't have the same objections to physical activity with a broken arm.

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maybe you think it's candy or perhaps crack that they're all fighting for, but you're wrong. it's seaweed snacks, go figure.

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turns out the invisible ink pens from nama make your teeth glow. awesomesauce.

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'mommy do the thing where i say ahhhhh and you hit my chest.'

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broken arm recess activities.

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post hospital visit toys. what can i say, sometimes you just have to give in and get the burning firestrike stadium for the bayblades.

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i got a lot of flack for this omission from last week's blog. 5:30am hospital hallway popsicle.

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pictureureka in the cooley-dick play room. not a bad way to pass the time til riley gets his walking papers.

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holy broken ulna and dislocated radius, batman.

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8 hours in the e.r. go down easier when you've got your own tv.

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once he found out they weren't going to use the sirens riley was pretty psyched to ride in the ambulance. almost worth breaking your arm for. almost.

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kale is ready for his closeup now.

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make your own mask at the smith art museum family day.

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the candy dumping and sorting (not to mention trading and agonizing) has become quite a routine since they only get one piece a day.

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boba fett and this unmasked power ranger enjoy a little chocolate in amherst.

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a little stretching before fakeoween part 2.

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riley, as a rather zaftig luke skywalker, and kale, as bumblebee, during halloween part 2 or as we like to call it fakeoween.

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if your children have not yet discovered the wonder of the beyblade be glad, be very glad.

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kale with park bench and big wheel.

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oh we got the call that halloween was cancelled due to downed trees and power lines, we just decided to go trick-or-treating anyway. less competition for the candy that way.

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bundled up and ready to ride.

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photographic evidence that riley 'used to eat nothing' spade is suddenly open to tofu stir-fry with burdock and broccoli.

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misty morning bike ride with mommy.

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if it looks like they're not doing much to those jack-o-lanterns, know that a photo never lies.

the cool kids a video by riley bo biley on Flickr.

somehow kale missed the 'cool kids don't actually dance' memo.

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no power means no school and lots of time for loitering. shady characters, every one.

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tricycle gangs are becoming a real problem in noho.

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pancake mixer.

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the snow drove the halloween party inside where there was nowhere to hang the pinata. looks like a "make it work" moment to me.

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a freak snowstorm before halloween provided us with ten minutes of awesome snow fun and two days of no electricity.

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our last farm share pick-up for the season *sigh* involved a lot of mud puddle play.

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impromptu art project with packing materials.