christmas dinner and the gang's all here.

dress shirts ftw. also it appears as though kale doesn't eat on holidays.

gathered 'round the warm glow of the ipad

testing out their new rides

nama sent them that cold hard cash.

kale couldn't even believe he wasn't getting a hand me down bike #youngersibling

time to open those stockings.

gettin gussied up.

quality couch time.

just taking a couple prezzies down to portland for early christmas, nbd.

the finished product.

gingerbread houses and a floor air hockey game. i mean how did we end up w friends like this?

v industrious.

what about when nat and erin invite us over to make gingerbread houses and then set up THE CANDY BAR? whoa.

getting into that christmas spirit.

heart and lung dissection lab bc sixth grade is awesome.

obligatory awkward shot in front of the conservatory christmas trees. that grimace tho - priceless.

getting into the family biz

kale takes an active interest in the making of the holiday cookies, while rye is more of a hands off kind of kid.

is that a certified babysitter i see before me? why yes, yes it is.

out to dinner w these lovers.

it's true that the children no longer have appropriate cold weather footwear.

welp we got our annual quarter inch of snow.

so ready for the third grade concert.

nailing their presentation on death and burial customs in ancient greece.

bundled up.

idk how much longer they're both gonna fit on the couch.

whats up, we got everyone in one shot looking at the camera w zero tears. #allthewinning

all the laser focus

bmx skillz at the indoor bike track

pilllllllllllllllow fight

probably gonna open my own nail salon tbh.

please note kale's thanksgiving plate

putting it down in the kitchen.

annual thanksgiving day soccer game got a wee bit muddy.

reunited and it feels so good.

phew they made it, and wasted no time in introducing the younger cousins to their current fave video game.

and they're off

the kids had the whole of thanksgiving week off so we sent them down to portland on a tiny airplane. also they got to choose their own plane snacks and i appreciate how they color coordinated w their outfits.

time to get at that friendsgiving bounty.

squeezing in a little pre-friendsgiving reading

2016 ultimate team in all their rainy glory