Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

the kids are not bummed out by the piles of slushy snow everywhere cause it makes awesome snowballs. silver linings, people, silver linings.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

while riley does some hangies at the grownup table...

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

kale and helen get their magnatile on...

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

working on his 360 vertical jump and tumble.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

how else are you gonna get the frozen applesauce out of the jar?

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

puts a song in my heart and a petite tear in my eye.

IMG_3756, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

i know this isn't really up to the usual blog quality but COME ON, look at their faces.

dance it

dance it a video by riley bo biley on Flickr.

this is WAY harder than it looks.

IMG_3770, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

this is so riley right now. like, "MOOOOoooooooooom."

IMG_3740, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

the only reasonable thing to do when it is so warm out is to lay your head in the snow.

IMG_3732, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

for one day, it was like FIFTY DEGREES!

IMG_3749, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

and this! the kids don't know how i could even manage to make so many clean napkins. i dug deep into the bottom of the laundry bin, i guess.

IMG_3746, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

there has also been some of this...

IMG_3706, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

guest blogger katrina here, doing an extra! additional! blog post, so that rania will know what we have been up to this week. so, there has been some of this...(which is as bad an idea as it looks, by the way.)

IMG_3703, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

this one goes out to our very own nama nama nama shivaya.

IMG_3696, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

board game night in this house means a high energy round of fantasy forest, a game that has been around for, like, DECADES.

IMG_3692, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

a couple of serious hugs for the road.

IMG_3695, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

casey's heading to alaska for good so we need to make sure he takes some good wrestle-hugs with him.

IMG_3689, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

it requires a lot of concentration to make a valentine for one's sibling.

we miss you, rania.

IMG_3678, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

ok, you MIGHT notice that the quality of the shots this week is a little, er, sub-par. that's because rania is in new mexico, and so we are guest blogging. sorry about the redeye in advance!

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

arctic temperatures can't keep these hearty souls off their bikes.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

sundays are pretty much made for snuggling and lego creations.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

not sure who this lanky, stylish pre-teen is but i thought i'd put him on the blog anyway.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

self portrait with rubix cube and bunny ears.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

who wants to actually dance when you can go to a birthday party and watch other people's avatars dance on the wii instead? apparently all of these children, that's who.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

papercrafts are kind of a big deal in our house right now.

Untitled, a photo by riley bo biley on Flickr.

enjoying a little of that filthy snow from the ice mountain outside school. why don't they ever want to snack on the clean snow? no really, why?