yaaaaasssss, streetcar success!

waiting for the new streetcar, enjoying (from L to R) salad flavored chips and yu-gi-oh cards from uwajimaya.

a little chatting, a little soccer.

epic playground nerf battle roll.

everyone's always staring at their analog devices.

puppy love.

selfie.

friday night (soccer) lights.

mama's birthday means everyone get's to stay up a little late and eat ice cream cake in their pjs.

opening birthday cards from the kiddos.

kale harvested some clay for home use.

hydro-engineers.

devon was preeeettttttyyyy sure it was gonna be a solid 20 degrees colder than it actually was during our walk.

we went to vashon so we could read our library books with our housemates in someone else's living room.

guarding the loot.

ferry trips mean one thing to these children - sanctioned vending machine use.

the only library constraint is that the books all have to fit in the pannier.

proper tire pressure is crucial.

celebrating nat's birth with a 25 pound cake of pure delight.

Happy birthday, dear Rania. 

riley bought that dick's cheeseburger with his allowance. that's how much he loves them.

cookin' cookies.

introducing nat to the excitement of FaceSmash. thanks for the personalized video-game, uncle jp.

that time when your nose is really runny but you need both hands to play the piano.

less exciting than when they were little, but firetrucks are not not interesting.

riley is really into making everyone watch this ted ed talk about the size of atoms. (apparently if you made all the atoms in a grapefruit the size of blueberries the grapefruit would be the size of the earth)

strolling around the frye, checking out a little art.

benny is grudgingly becoming a lap dog, but you really have to make your lap enticing.

it's never the wrong time to wear your super soft faux leopard to school.

why stop reading just because it's breakfast time?

plus we got to play pinball when we stopped for lunch on the drive home, so there's that.

and we got to see these cutie pies.

to come home to this 45 minute taxi line at the portland airport. thank you freak ice storm.

well we left this...

get it, special craig.

doing a little snorkeling.

getting their feet wet.

celebrating my 40th a little early.

with this delightful group of folks and their fantastic millinery.

...katrina and i are living it up in mexico.

they've even gotten a few sled runs in. meanwhile...

the kids have been staying in portland for the past week enjoying the snowy conditions on mt. hood.

dinner!

whole family pk tourney in the back yard.

there's always time for one more game of magic.

all dressed up and ready to play with their legos.