Witches, Monkeys, and pumpkins

 Quinn was a monkey for Halloween.

 We went to the Wild Animal Park for the first time.  It was really cool.  There was a baby elephant and they had vast areas where the animals all run around amongst themselves.

 These are the rhinos gaurding their hill.

 Emma sitting in a nice big comfy chair at the Stone Brewery.

 Before the trip to the Animal Park.

 On the way home.

 We rooted hard, but the Tigers just couldnt pull out a win in the World Series.

 This is at the zoo.  There is a swarm of bees on top of the rock by the oranguatan.  He was playing with them.

 We never get to see these mini hippos at the zoo, this time they were there and a monkey was riding his back.

 She's a witch.

 Emma liked sitting on our stoop handing out candy better than walking around the block getting candy.

 Quinn joining in the fun.

 Aunt Kiki came over to go trick or treating.

 Quinn at the Childrens museum playing the drums. She's a natural.

 Playing with clay.

 Another natural.  Climbing up the wall.

Funny wobbly chairs.

 She is teaching me a trick and saying "Abracadabra"

 Quinn is digging playing in the box and obviously not reading upside down.

 Emma has been looking for dinosaur bones in the front yard.  So far she has found two dimes, a few screws and some other randomness.  No bones, but she is positive and says, 'not yet'

 Cruising on the bike while walking Buster.

 Quinn is loving "helping" walk Buster.

 She stops and picks up leaves, flowers, etc.

 Our first pumpkin carving.  Emma wants to be a witch for halloween so we looked at some pictures and it turned out pretty good.  Too bad it is October 18th and it is moldy and shrinking, guess that is why we bought 4 pumpkins!



 Emma has made this box we brought home from Costco into a boat, a car, and now a hiding spot while playing hide and seek with Buster.

 Emma picked a whole bag of passion fruits from grandpas yard.  Mmm.  They are yummy.

 Cousin Becky was in town for work so she stopped by for Sunday dinner and a beer.

 This is the place we take Buster to the beach to swim.  The tide was out so it is more like mud.  Quinn and Emma love digging in it.

 She made a mud hole and is sticking her toes in it, maybe a surfer in the making?

 Everyone is having fun.

 Someone likes yogurt.

 And someone else likes watermelon.

 Quinn walked all the way around the block yesterday holding the end of Busters leash the whole time. (it is .7miles around our block, not bad for 18 months)

 Emma was saying "bucking bronco" Buster wasnt as amused as I was.

 Quinn had surgery yesterday to open up her blocked tear duct in her left eye. She looked pretty cute in her little scrubs.  Everything went great and she is all back to normal today.

 Butts even hang out in the back of the little ones.

Its upside down, but Emma was drawing pictures of her family.  It is fun to actually see things in her pictures now instead of just scribbles.

Zoo

 This isnt at the zoo, but we've been coloring a lot more since someone is in a cast.  Quinn likes to just put the crayons back into the box instead of coloring.

 Making a picture for her cousin Ava.

 Went to the Zoo yesterday, this spider made of palm fronds is Emmas favorite and we had to come by and see it again on the way out.

 California Condor, he was checking Emma out and yes he was bigger than her.

 Cant even tell there is glass between them!

 Small playground near the elephants.

 At the polar bear spot you can crawl through an iceberg and pop your head up like a seal.

One of the pandas hanging out eating. 

Red Cast

 Emma had to get a new cast because there was too much room in her old one.  She picked the color red this time.  She asked to wear her dinosaur shirt to school because she wanted to make all the kids happy.

 Her childrens Orthopedic office is next door to a Ronald McDonald house.  She was fasinated by him and wanted me to take her picture with him.

 Pig pen.

 It still has been pretty warm here.  This is in our frontyard, also known as the popsicle eating area.