pretty much sums up their individual video game interests.

and enjoying an easter brunch of his own.

meanwhile back in san francisco, kale was busy dying his own eggs under the watchful eyes of peter and jamie.

riley's second egg hunt, in as many days, at nat and erin's amaz easter brunch.

sweet sassy molassy that koa is a cutie.

j.sass and kale do a little hoodie modeling on the side.

riley and araiza are frankly a little overwhelmed by the embarrassment of riches at the volunteer park easter egg hunt.

beachin' it with ferris and brixton.

just can't get enough hugs with thomas.

sometimes we think of riley as small, but then he comes to work with me at the preschool and we realize just how big he actually is.

this is the part of last week where katrina and kale went down to visit john peter and petry in san fran and riley and i had a staycation in seattle. remarkably fun all around.

these two sat (pretty) still for an entire tea ceremony. kale enjoyed the mochi but needed to spit out the tea.

how nice is it to get some hangies with asha? so nice.

bridge, generous and lovely soul that he is, invited his fellow aries to help him blow out all those birthday candles.

turns out asha has never met kale before. luckily that didn't stop them from becoming fast friends.

i just can't get enough of those space needle shots.

water cannons at the pacific science center. awesome.

special craig and kale get comfy on the floor at the michael jackson laser light show.

this is the part of the grandspecial's visit where we tortured the children by making them walk through the amazingly beautiful olympic sculpture park and watch a giant freight train go by.

maybe we didn't choose the most beautiful backdrop available in volunteer park, but this group of lookers more than makes up for it.

bacon and donuts, breakfast of champions.

shelby knew that dave and jeri would be visiting this weekend so she decided to join us back in the city for a few days.

it takes a village to carry all rye's birthday loot home.

adios sweet gameworks. till we meet again.

like a pile of puppies.

all those blinking lights plus fill flash create some pretty weird effects.

now on to the main attraction.

ta da.

party, pizza party!

the grandspecials arrive in time for a little birthday party love.

totally finished and conveniently located so you can keep an eye on them from the kitchen window.

late evening birthday present opening with audience.

happy birthday dear riley. happy birthday to you...

birthday potluck extravaganza.

obvs our ban on toy guns has been lifted. *sigh*

early morning birthday present opening.

carefully dividing the strawberries he cut up. 'one for me, one for riley.'

this is the view from the end of our block looking west. sometimes i can't believe we get to live in such a beautiful place. i'm just saying.

kale is primarily interested in the snacks at the soccer team meeting. riley, on the other hand, is ready to take over as team treasurer.

putting the finishing touches on our play platform under mommy's watchful eye.

sometimes when you go to the park to boff you end up getting to try out a slackline instead.

riley and co take a more ice cream centric view of the party.

showing off his truly fierce moves at last week's ice cream dance party.

um, excuse me, but is there a 9 year old in the house?

happy birthday, sweet baby rye.

kale and keshav getting their wrestle on in front of the space needle.

riley is somewhat easier to spot as he performs the cupid shuffle with his classmates.

i'll give you a hint, kale has taken a page out of the where's waldo franchise and worn strips (blue and grey) so you can find him amidst all those dancing elementary schoolers.

who could walk by all those cherry blossoms and not want to have at least a little climb?

our actual street on our actual walk home from school. #springtimeinseattle

hard not to get excited about the spread at logan and sarah's housewarming party.