At the Zoo

Halloween was fun for us. We dressed up pretty well all day. I won the pumpkin carving contest at work (after placing 2nd last year, I was out for the win this time!) and that came with a nifty $100 prize.

I will try to get a pic from work to post.

Bronson trick or treated for the 1st time this year, he does not say trick or treat, instead after entering our neighbours houses he thrusts the bag at them. We just went to a few of our building's neighbors and then drove to Laura and Walter's to trick or treat. The astro Halloween party began at 9pm, by then Bronson had been asleep for 2 hours and Matt and I were heading to bed after relaxing with Halloween candy and television.

We had a really hard week with lots of commitments which just left us exhausted. So we tried to take it easy on the weekend. We did a few errands on Saturday, but Sunday we just slept and went to the zoo and hung out.



Bronson has been asking to go to the zoo for the past 2 weeks "Zoo, zoo zoo zoo zoo!" so he was thrilled to go. When we got in we saw our friends Dania and Bertrand and their 2 year old son Niki. Happy coincidence, so we went around the zoo with them for awhile before we got tired and had to head home.

Mama & baby Koala, so cute and so gentle!

The highlight was when the 2 boys were looking in at the gorillas, who have a huge area to play and hide in, but enjoy being near the glass. The boys were pressed up to the glass when the 2 year old gorilla came up to them and stood on the other side and banged at them. Bronson was stunned, Niki banged right back. It was an amazing interaction to see. The gorilla then sat near the glass while the boys conferred on what had happened.


In other news, we head up to OVRO on Thursday, until Sunday, which means that we're missing the Olive Harvest, which is so sad, but I do not have the energy to do it alone with Bronson anyhow, so might as well enjoy Owen's Valley instead. The weather up there is sunny, in the 60's, but cold at night. I look forward to wearing sweaters. We don't have the cabin this time, so we'll be at the motel, which is fun, too. Walter and Laura are up there, so we can dine with them some time. I will take pictures this time of what we do in Big Pine and Bishop, I really do enjoy our time up there.


The weather here has gotten a tad cooler, I now can wear a sweater with my shorts and t-shirt and it has rained a few times, for a few minutes this past week.

Bronson has become interested in tackle soccer, which is a great game for a 5 month pregnant lady to be playing, as well as frisbee.
I am 5 months today, 20 weeks, just past halfway until baby is here...only?!?