Az's new favorite pastime is go-carting...

and toddler luge.

her first blockade

az weight trains with pot lids. seriously.

steam engines are cool.

legos aren't too bad either.

but i long for the open sea!

az has to settle for the frozen tundra and her sled.

keeping tabs on our neighbor's shoveling with malcolm's help.

stuck inside on a snowy day, malcolm practices his ball handling skills on az.

az and malcolm backfloat in the kitchen.

ahhhH!!! playgroup is exhilarating!

casey teaches az some basic geometric theorems.

first snow of the season.

tickling the ivory on x-mas!

mush!

more snow.

and more.

grandma mary digs my favorite coat.

do you?

wheeeee!!! i'm flying!!!

hey everybody!
check out the awesome pics of az's fun weekend
with baby oz's family on oz's blog.

ladri di biciclette...

chillin' on the mama

at least a foot taller than az and twice her weight,
mr. frog is mercifully a vegan

az loves nothing better than a chance to spoon soup onto herself

whoo-whee-whoo-whee-whoo-whee -whoooo ... wah-wah-wah
don't even think about it kid. this is my slide.

az would give anything for several hundred sandwich bags right now.
she's into hermetically sealed chaos.

giddyup salty!

Wash yer hands!



Ducks eating donuts. Ah, Chicago!

A girl's best friend.

Fall is the tops!

Now that Az can walk, she loves to hit the streets!

Last year on Halloween she was a little lamb...
This year she's BABY BARBARIAN!
(whatever that's supposed to mean)

Sneaking a peek.

Az fell asleep waiting for the Great Pumpkin to descend on Chicago.
Happy Halloween, Dia de los muertos, and Samhain, everybody!