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beach towel burritos.

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kale just learned how to play 'go fish'. turns out it's almost as boring for grownups as 'war'. *sigh*

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still life with fruit and craft projects.

convertable dance party! a video by riley bo biley on Flickr.

that's right, we rented a convertible. it's just how we roll.

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kale said his favorite part of the day was that everyone kept giving him rides.

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surviving the descent, but just barely.

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scaling the rocky cliffs.

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that's right, we made it to joshua tree this year. kale found a giant stick right away, as is his wont.

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noodle horses and water-squirters in the not so wild west.

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a very mid-century christmas.

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poolside hijinks and grooming.

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playground hangies with special craig AND a batman ice cream from the ice cream truck. does it get better than this?

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ah palm springs living, we've missed you so.

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while stuck in chicago for several hours as southwest tries to locate a flight crew, the kids declare themselves to be 'in heaven'. thank you, cartoon network.

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an auspicious start to our palm springs journey.

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kale as baby j.

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waifish.

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pretty sure we weren't supposed to leave the car and get up close and personal with the look park christmas lights. but come on, who doesn't want to pretend to feed a giant illuminated donkey?

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cooperative games be damned. we are wayyyy into monopoly jr. around here.

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an after-bath visual diagram of the fall riley took off the top of a tomb. for real. i'm just glad i didn't actually see it happen.

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up close and personal with an architectural model.

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riley convinced avi that touring the gallery would be much more fun if a piggyback ride was involved.

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props to katrina and garth for their amazing final studio project.

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potluck and hanukkah, what's not to like?

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on the fifth night of hanukkah dori dispensed five golden coins and a couple of dreidels.

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maxin and relaxin on the bus.

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while the grownups were out singing carols around the bonfire, the children were inside, mesmerized by a different sort of flickering glow.

so gross a video by riley bo biley on Flickr.

don't watch if you have a delicate constitution.

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the tiniest tree fort.

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not sure why kale has his angry face on since he was psyched to listen to mayor narkiewicz read a story.

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demonstrating proper brushing technique with the new electric toothbrushes from uncle dean.

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nothing is more fun than climbing the giant anvil on the way home from school.

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kale makes some amazing sartorial choices. and yeah he bought that necklace with his own money.

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we are getting serious about chores up in here. now they fold the clean napkins and clear the table. hurray for children's labor.

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look who has upgraded to a normal sized bike. congrats you serious monkey face.

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well it keeps them quiet, that's for sure.

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an unprecedented 2 plus hour visit to northampton from the van hills.